Acatris sells brewery division
The Royal Schouten Group (RSG) daughter Acatris, based in Londerzeel, Belgium, has sold the assets and the business of the brewery division to Lupofresh Ltd. The sales consists of the Belgian and English hop-business of Acatris. On 4 October 2002 Lupofresh, a hop merchant and trader based in Kent, UK, will take over all employees of the brewery division and will continue the business under the former name "Morris Hanbury".
RSG acquired the brewery activities of Morris Hanbury (UK) and De Coninck (BE) in 1999. The disvestment of these activities are in line with Acatris’ strategy to focus on the markets for food and health ingredients..