Grupo Petrópolis builds two new breweries in Brazil

Together with Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, Brazil’ s second-largest brewing conglomerate, Grupo Petrópolis, privately owned and headed by proprietor Walter Faria, has now built two new breweries with a capacity of six million hl each. The first of the two production facilities had already gone into operation during late 2013, in Alagoinhas near Salvador de Bahia, following around one year of construction work, right on time for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The second facility, in Itapisuma near Recife in the state of Pernambuco, is scheduled to start up in mid-2014. This represents massive expansion for the group into the north of Brazil.

Both brewing facilities are identical in construction and dimensioning. Krones won the turnkey order for the two breweries and supplied the entire kit involved, starting with the brewhouse, the cellarage and the filtration system, all the way through to the filling kit, as well as building 18 combined fermentation and storage tanks and 12 bright-beer tanks for each brewery on site. With the breweries in Alagoinhas and Itapisuma, Petrópolis will in future be operating a total of six breweries in Brazil.