As part of a project that aims to expand the product offering and satisfy demand in the national and international market, Cervecería Bucanero SA inaugurated its second line of barrels yesterday, reported the acn.
At the factory headquarters in the province of Holguín, Luis Miranda Bouillé, technical director of the brewery, confirmed that the new machinery leaves the company prepared for the expansion of international tourism, expected in the country to reach more than four million visitors. per year, and positions Bucanero SA as a leader in the barrel market in the Caribbean and Central America.
The investment is considered the largest in the last two decades in the factory, its main objective is to grow in beer volume and satisfy the broad demand of tourism, gastronomy and forms of non-state management in the country.
Erick Williams Abreu, general director of the joint company, explained that this investment, valued at 4,000,000 euros, doubles the performance of the brewing plant.
He said that the line, along with the other of its type, will have a production capacity of up to 475,000 hectoliters, around 5,000,000 cases of beer per year.
He added that each barrel has a capacity of 30 liters, and its use will improve the consumption experience, by offering greater diversity of the drink in the dispensers of restaurants, bars and hotels, with the opportunity to offer several brands simultaneously to customers. clients, including Cristal, Cristal Extra and Bucanero.
Within the product marketing strategy, he pointed out, double-shot and tabletop dispensers will be used, parallel investment is made in glassware, cold appliances, trays and dispensers, and the installation of 1,800 pieces of equipment of this type, of which 863 are intended for tourism.
Despite this investment, Bucanero SA will not stop producing in the other formats and, according to its General Director to Prensa Latina, in addition to this second line of barrels, it plans, in the next two years, to restore the capacity of the bottle line.
He explained that, for this project, first of all, the labeling machine, the filler and the bottle conveyors will be replaced, which will allow the volume of beers and malts to be doubled.
With the use of barrels and bottles, the company promotes the use of circular packaging, highlighted Williams Abreu, who stressed that these forms of marketing ratify the commitment to recycling and caring for the environment.
Miranda Bouillé explained that the brewery works hard to reduce its demand for water, energy and carbon dioxide emissions.
Currently the company has a portfolio that includes Cacique, Mayabe, Cristal, Bucanero and Bucanero malt, as well as premium products Bucanero Max, Cristal Extra and Perla Negra malt.
Alberto López Díaz, Minister of the Food Industry, as well as other representatives of this industry in the country, participated in the inauguration.
