East African Breweries completes sale of glass subsidiary

Published 2nd October, 2015 by Greg Morris

East African Breweries Limited (EABL) had concluded the sale of one its subsidiaries, Central Glass Industries, to South Africa's Consol Glass Africa.

EABL, controlled by the UK’s Diageo group, said in April it planned to sell the bottlemaking subsidiary, subject to the approval of the regulator, the Competition Authority of Kenya, and its shareholders.

EABL did not disclose the sale price.

Greg Morris

Glass International Editor

Greg Morris has been editor of Glass International and organiser of the Glassman conferences since 2012, specialising in glass packaging. Prior to this he spent five years working in newspaper journalism.