Anheuser-Busch last week announced some $15.5 million to upgrade bottling lines at its brewery in Fort Collins. The lines will shift from packed to bulk glass, allowing the plant to streamline in-house production, reduce emissions and strengthen its supply chain.
The new bottling lines are scheduled to be fully operational this summer.
According to Tim Seitz, general manager of the Anheuser-Busch Fort Collins Brewery, the change from a packed glass to a bulk glass system will help the company be more efficient with its beer production.
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The Fort Collins brewery is one of the two facilities that cans clean, safe drinking water for Anheuser-Busch's Emergency Drinking Water program. Since the program's inception in 1988, Anheuser-Busch and its wholesaler partners have provided more than 93 million cans of emergency drinking water to U.S. communities affected by natural disasters and other crises.
Over the last five years, Anheuser-Busch has invested about $2 billion in its U.S. facilities, operating more than 120 plants.
Earlier this month, Anheuser-Busch InBev reported higher-than-expected Q1 revenue while facing lower U.S. sales. The company said its revenue rose 2.6% to $14.5 billion.
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