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billion bottles of 750 ml) of beer terns, container
in 2017, Vietnam is the ninth glass demand from
largest beer producing country these segments is expect-
globally. Beer production volume ed to register healthier num-
jumped by a whopping 15.4 per bers in coming years.
cent in 2017, as compared to With a forecasted annual
the previous year production vol- growth rate of 6 per cent to
ume of 37.90 million hectolitres. 2020, the beverage industry in
The country is the third larg- Vietnam is amongst the high-
est beer market in Asia on vol- est growth fast-moving consumer
ume basis. Vietnam ranked 8th goods industries. Beverage con-
in Asia in terms of the volume of sumption is estimated to reach container glass
beer consumed in the year 2008, 109 billion litres in 2020. plant was relocated
however, after nine years (based from Ho Chi Minh
on beer volumes of year 2017), MALAYA VIETNAM GLASS City to the current
Vietnam trails only China and LIMITED location in 2012 with a
Japan in Asia in terms of volume Malaya Vietnam Glass is a total investment of USD 47
of beer consumed. joint venture between US-based million to produce 75,000
Around 90 per cent of container glass producer O-I tonnes of glass bottles on a per
Vietnam’s market is controlled Glass, Thailand’s Berli Jucker year basis.
by top four breweries including Public Company Limited (BJC) The plant manufactures glass
Sabeco (one of the stakehold- and Vietnam’s largest beer pro- containers for Vietnamese beer,
ers in Malaya Vietnam Glass), ducer, Saigon Beer Alcohol soft drink, food, wine, spirits
Habeco ( one of the stakeholders Beverage Company (SABECO). and pharmaceuticals, with one
in San Miguel Yamamura Hai OI and BJC acquired this furnace, three glassmaking lines
Phong Glass), Heineken, and plant in a transaction in 2010. In and two applied ceramic labelling
Hue Brewery, while new play- this aquistion, O-I and BJC pur- lines.
ers such as Sapporo, AB InBev, chased Fraser & Neave Holdings The plant is equipped with
and Masan Brewery share the Bhd.’s Malaya Glass operations, world class modern technology
remaining 10 per cent. which include plants in Sichuan from leading glass technology
Non-alcoholic beverages and Province, China; Saraburi suppliers and uses natural gas as
the food industry are also creat- Province, Thailand; Johor Bahru, a fuel.
ing significant demand for con- Malaysia; and Ho Chi Minh City, One of the stakeholders in
tainer glass manufacturers in the Vietnam. the venture, Sabeco, which is
country. With the rising number Located 60 kilometres south the largest beer producer in
of modern retail chains, changing east of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, is the largest consumer
lifestyle and consumption pat- Barja Vung Tau province, this of container glass products from

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