South African glass bottle manufacturer, Nampak, has announced plans to open glass bottle factories in Nigeria and Ethiopia.
The bottle plant in Nigeria would cost about $90 million and the one in Ethiopia would need about $65 million, according to chief executive Andre de Ruyter. He said the Ethiopian factory would have the capacity to produce up to 30 000 tonnes of glass per year.
"The Ethiopian beer market is growing extremely fast and virtually all of their glass is imported at the moment," he said.
The factory in Nigeria, where Nampak already runs a beverage can business, would be able to produce 50 000 tonnes of glass a year.
