Anheuser-Busch, a leading domestic manufacturer and brewer of Michelob ULTRA, Busch Light, Budweiser, and Bud Light, today announced a new $14 million investment in its Houston brewery. Over the last 5 years, Anheuser-Busch has invested nearly $2 billion in its facilities across the country to help create and sustain jobs and drive economic prosperity in the communities where it operates and its employees call home.

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Key Highlights of the Investment:

• Facility upgrades to maintain industry-leading quality standards and maximize efficiency
• Updates to the critical manufacturing equipment that makes our beer production possible
• Replacing plant infrastructure, including the roof of the warehouse, elevators, and doors
• Installing new air rinsers on can lines in order to reduce water usage
• Upgrading wireless, fiber and copper network connectivity

The Houston brewery, a cornerstone of Anheuser-Busch's U.S. operations since 1966, has played a crucial role in the $2.3 billion capital investments the brewer has made in Texas, to date. Anheuser-Busch operates more than 120 facilities across the country and, with its distributor partners, employs 65,000 hardworking Americans. As the nation’s leading brewer, Anheuser-Busch has the unique ability to create U.S. jobs and drive economic prosperity at this scale.

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