OTP Bank România finances the construction of Bere București de Cartier´s (Bucharest Beer by Neighborhood) microbrewery in Corbeanca (Ilfov), near Bucharest, which will have a production capacity of 24,000 beer bottles each month, three times more than the current capacity.

The total investment of the project implemented by Bere București de Cartier is $240,000, of which OTP Bank’s financing is $160,000. The factory is designed to produce the crafted beers Rahova, Pantelimon, Drumul Taberei and Dristor brands, but three other brands will be added soon. The fully automated production unit will be operational this autumn and combines bottling and labelling lines. To design and build the machines, the company has worked together with engineers and technicians who have fully adapted production lines to the characteristics of craft beer production.

Bere București de Cartier currently produces Rahova, Pantelimon, Drumul Taberei and Dristor brands, and this autumn Dorobanți, Berceni and Titan will join the portfolio, once the new microbrewery will come into operation. The brands have been developed from the nostalgia of old beers and the target is composed of generations who grew up in Bucharest urban environment from 1980s to the 1990s. They were refined with the help of a Belgian brewer that manages the crafts quality.