Focus on new plants: Namibia Breweries Ltd., Windhoek Installation of new generation Primus III kieselguhr filter in Africa
Six months had been planned from order placement to acceptance testing.
Filter manufacturer PallSeitzSchenk complied with this schedule. It did not take long during order negotiations to convince the customer about the concept and the technical merits of the new Primus III.
Beer from Germany has been imported to South West Africa since 1884. The dark strong beer had to tolerate long sea journeys, it was very expensive and only partially suited to the hot, dry climate. In 1904, this led to the establishment of four small local breweries (Kronen brewery, Omaruru brewery, Klein Windhoek brewery, Felsenkeller brewery) who amalgamated in 1920 to form South West Breweries Ltd.
In 1968, South West Breweries took a majority share in Hansa brewery in Swakopmund.....
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