{"id":35185,"date":"2026-07-20T12:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niir.org\/blog\/?p=35185"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:22:39","slug":"beer-industry-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niir.org\/blog\/beer-industry-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"India’s Beer Industry Is Booming \u2014 But the Real Gold Is in Manufacturing Inputs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beer Industry Manufacturing Opportunities<\/em><\/p>\n

India’s beer market just made headlines. India’s beer industry is expanding at a near 20 per cent rate, United Breweries Limited (UBL) MD and CEO Vivek Gupta said in a recent Economic Times report<\/a>. The positive movement is being pushed by favourable state-level excise reforms in Karnataka and Maharashtra along with favourable weather conditions. This is a big market indication \u2014 far beyond the beer shelf at your local store.<\/p>\n

There is, though, the part that seldom makes the news: Beer sales are booming, but beer profit margins are extremely challenged. Expenses for raw materials, including glass bottles and aluminium cans, imported barley and packaging materials, are squeezing profit. The pressure has been further exacerbated by global geopolitical tensions and an unfavourable exchange rate between the rupee and dollar.<\/p>\n

This isn’t bad news to a sharp entrepreneur or MSME manufacturer. This is an opportunity that’s staring you in the face. The increasing demand for beer coupled with the high cost of inputs, components and allied products from the supply side is creating a need for a local supply of raw materials and intermediate goods to meet the demand. Economic Times has grabbed the headlines. Let’s now dissect its meaning to your next manufacturing idea.<\/p>\n

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