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                    [Title] => SMC to set up brewery in Johor, Malaysia
                    [Summary] => Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is stepping up its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with its plan to put up a new brewery in Johor, the southernmost state of Malaysia.


SMC vice-chairman and president Ramon Ang said plans are now underway for the acquisition of a 20-hectare property in Malaysia to house its proposed beer and hard liquor facility. He said the company has applied for a business permit from the Malaysian government and is optimistic of securing one anytime soon.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254280 [Title] => SMC seals deal to purchase Thai Brewery assets [Summary] => Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. has sealed a deal to purchase the brewery assets of Thailand Amarit Brewery Ltd. with the payment of 3.9 billion baht (roughly $95 million) last Tuesday.

The conclusion of the deal followed the granting by Thailand’s Excise Department to SMC on June 1 of a license to produce beer in Thailand.

The acquisition gives SMC access to the fast-growing and largest beer market in Southeast Asia. Thai per capita beer consumption is among the highest in Asia.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252252 [Title] => SMC to produce beer in Thailand [Summary] => Thailand’s Ministry of Finance granted to San Miguel Corp. (SMC) yesterday a license that will allow the Philippines’ biggest food and beverage company to produce beer in Thailand.

This is the first step in SMC’s entry into the highly attractive Thai beer market.

"The granting of the beer license is an important milestone in our investment in a brewery in Thailand," SMC said.
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The lease agreement involves a 100,000 square meter property located at Long Binh Ward in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai province in Vietnam.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246373 [Title] => SMC gets license to manufacture non-alcoholic beverages in China [Summary] => Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) obtained a new business license in China, allowing it to manufacture non-alcoholic beverages such as tea and juices.

The business license, issued by the Industrial and Commerical Administrative Bureau of Shunde District, Foshan City and the Foreign Funded Enterprise Registration Administration, is essential for the manufacture and sale of SMC products in the area.

The license also provides SMC with incentives and preferential treatment from the relevant government bureaus for a period of 50 years or until March 2054.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245694 [Title] => SMC buys Thai brewer’s assets for $102M [Summary] => Food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has signed a definitive sale and purchase agreement with Thai Amarit Brewery Ltd. for the purchase of the latter’s $102 million worth of assets. [DatePublished] => 2004-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231719 [Title] => SMC sees 25% revenue hike in ’04 [Summary] => San Miguel Corp. (SMC), Southeast Asia’s largest food and beverage group, expects its revenues to increase by 25 percent next year with most of its main businesses driving the growth.

SMC president Ramon Ang told reporters Friday night that the growth will be primarily driven by the company’s beer operations, packaging and food units.

"Next year will be a much better year. We expect a 25 percent growth in revenues," Ang said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 229385 [Title] => SMC set to expand Indonesia business [Summary] => Food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is now in talks with two to three firms in Indonesia to push through with its planned expansion program in that country within the year. [DatePublished] => 2003-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223013 [Title] => San Miguel sales surge in July, August [Summary] => With the containment of the SARS epidemic, Southeast Asia’s largest food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) posted strong gains during the first eight months of the year, with domestic beer operations maintaining robust volumes.

In a statement issued yesterday, SMC said its consolidated sales revenue from January to August this year grew by 11 percent to P96.8 billion, buoyed by sustained favorable performance across most of its businesses. Consolidated operating income reached P7.47 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 219944 [Title] => SMC signs $20-M deal with Thai company [Summary] => Food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. has signed an agreement with Thai real estate developer Amata City Co. Ltd. for the purchase of a $20-million industrial complex in Amata City, Rayong.

Signatories to the agreement were SMC chairman Eduardo Cojuangco, SMC president Ramon S. Ang, Amata chairman Chavalit Yodmani and chief executive officer Vikrom Kromadit. Witnessing the signing of the agreement was Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => SMC to set up brewery in Johor, Malaysia
                    [Summary] => Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is stepping up its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with its plan to put up a new brewery in Johor, the southernmost state of Malaysia.


SMC vice-chairman and president Ramon Ang said plans are now underway for the acquisition of a 20-hectare property in Malaysia to house its proposed beer and hard liquor facility. He said the company has applied for a business permit from the Malaysian government and is optimistic of securing one anytime soon.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254280 [Title] => SMC seals deal to purchase Thai Brewery assets [Summary] => Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. has sealed a deal to purchase the brewery assets of Thailand Amarit Brewery Ltd. with the payment of 3.9 billion baht (roughly $95 million) last Tuesday.

The conclusion of the deal followed the granting by Thailand’s Excise Department to SMC on June 1 of a license to produce beer in Thailand.

The acquisition gives SMC access to the fast-growing and largest beer market in Southeast Asia. Thai per capita beer consumption is among the highest in Asia.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252252 [Title] => SMC to produce beer in Thailand [Summary] => Thailand’s Ministry of Finance granted to San Miguel Corp. (SMC) yesterday a license that will allow the Philippines’ biggest food and beverage company to produce beer in Thailand.

This is the first step in SMC’s entry into the highly attractive Thai beer market.

"The granting of the beer license is an important milestone in our investment in a brewery in Thailand," SMC said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249099 [Title] => SMC inks 40-yr lease for Vietnam facility [Summary] => San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has signed a 40-year lease agreement with Amata Co. Ltd. for the establishment of a beverage facility in Vietnam, a major move toward SMC’s efforts to gear itself as a major food and drink company in the Asia-Pacific region.

The lease agreement involves a 100,000 square meter property located at Long Binh Ward in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai province in Vietnam.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246373 [Title] => SMC gets license to manufacture non-alcoholic beverages in China [Summary] => Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) obtained a new business license in China, allowing it to manufacture non-alcoholic beverages such as tea and juices.

The business license, issued by the Industrial and Commerical Administrative Bureau of Shunde District, Foshan City and the Foreign Funded Enterprise Registration Administration, is essential for the manufacture and sale of SMC products in the area.

The license also provides SMC with incentives and preferential treatment from the relevant government bureaus for a period of 50 years or until March 2054.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245694 [Title] => SMC buys Thai brewer’s assets for $102M [Summary] => Food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has signed a definitive sale and purchase agreement with Thai Amarit Brewery Ltd. for the purchase of the latter’s $102 million worth of assets. [DatePublished] => 2004-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231719 [Title] => SMC sees 25% revenue hike in ’04 [Summary] => San Miguel Corp. (SMC), Southeast Asia’s largest food and beverage group, expects its revenues to increase by 25 percent next year with most of its main businesses driving the growth.

SMC president Ramon Ang told reporters Friday night that the growth will be primarily driven by the company’s beer operations, packaging and food units.

"Next year will be a much better year. We expect a 25 percent growth in revenues," Ang said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 229385 [Title] => SMC set to expand Indonesia business [Summary] => Food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is now in talks with two to three firms in Indonesia to push through with its planned expansion program in that country within the year. [DatePublished] => 2003-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223013 [Title] => San Miguel sales surge in July, August [Summary] => With the containment of the SARS epidemic, Southeast Asia’s largest food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) posted strong gains during the first eight months of the year, with domestic beer operations maintaining robust volumes.

In a statement issued yesterday, SMC said its consolidated sales revenue from January to August this year grew by 11 percent to P96.8 billion, buoyed by sustained favorable performance across most of its businesses. Consolidated operating income reached P7.47 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 219944 [Title] => SMC signs $20-M deal with Thai company [Summary] => Food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. has signed an agreement with Thai real estate developer Amata City Co. Ltd. for the purchase of a $20-million industrial complex in Amata City, Rayong.

Signatories to the agreement were SMC chairman Eduardo Cojuangco, SMC president Ramon S. Ang, Amata chairman Chavalit Yodmani and chief executive officer Vikrom Kromadit. Witnessing the signing of the agreement was Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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