The brewing plant there was modernized during the early 1970s and subsequent investment has kept it in line with current technology.
National groups could only find outlets for their own beer by acquiring smaller companies and shutting down their brewing plant.
Today, modern brewing plants perform myriad analyses on their beers for quality control purposes.
The Western Europe zone has 16 brewing plants producing 36.1 million hectolitres.
The company has a payroll of nearly 25,000, annual revenues of $11 billion and brewing plants in 11 states.
There have been subsequent changes of ownership, and structural alterations to accommodate the brewing plant.
The brewing plant was updated in 1988, and as of 2005 produced 12 megalitres annually.
Heineken's brewing plants have been designed and engineered in several parts of the world.
It has seven brewing plants in Mexico, with a total annual installed capacity of 60 million hectoliters.
The subsidiary owns four brewing plants and employs 1,250 staff.
