date:Mar 06, 2013
pleased that we now can take this important step forward in China, Carlsberg CEO and President, Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen, said in the statement.
Carlsberg, which inherited a stake in Chongqing Brewery through its takeover of Britain's Scottish and Newcastle, raised it in 2010 to make it the biggest shareholder in the Chinese company with 29.7 percent.
Asia has become the main battle ground for the world's biggest brewers. The region accounted for 18 percent of Carlsberg's total sales volume in 2