Anheuser-Busch InBev invests again in US manufacturing

Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) is injecting $300m into its US manufacturing operations this year.

The radical invested an identical sum successful its accumulation sites 2025.

AB InBev plans to usage the caller capex to put successful its proviso concatenation and successful exertion projects, though it declined to stock circumstantial details.

The Budweiser brewer is aiming to summation accumulation and put successful packaging for brands including Michelob Ultra.

Alongside the investment, AB InBev’s US arm, Anheuser-Busch, is opening 15 method skills grooming centres astatine its facilities nationwide, the radical said successful a connection yesterday (22 April).

The centres volition beryllium utilized to bid employees and supply them skills successful areas including integer tools, and mechanical and electrical systems.

In the statement, Brendan Whitworth, Anheuser-Busch CEO, said: “By strengthening our manufacturing operations, we are creating sustainable careers – not conscionable jobs – and investing successful the radical who are captious to our success.”

The institution said it aims to upskill much than 90% of its US manufacturing workforce implicit the adjacent 5 years.

It added that much than 2,700 employees person already received grooming since its archetypal Technical Excellence Center opened successful St. Louis successful 2022.

In its full-year results for 2025, released successful February, AB InBev reported radical gross of $59.32bn, down 0.8% twelvemonth connected twelvemonth connected a reported basis, and up 2% organically. Normalised EBIT roseate 2.5% to $15.85bn, oregon 7% organically.

For the 4th quarter, reported gross accrued 4.8% to $15.55bn, and roseate 2.5% organically. Norma EBIT roseate 5.9% to $4.04bn, oregon 4.5% organically.

In the US, gross successful the afloat twelvemonth fell 1.3%, with gross per hectolitre expanding 2%. EBITDA successful the marketplace was broadly level astatine -0.4% and borderline improved 29bps.

Fourth-quarter gross for the group's US declined 1.4% and EBITDA fell 6.2%, though brands specified arsenic Michelob Ultra and Cutwater supported marketplace stock gains, the radical said astatine the time.

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