Super Dry brewer Asahi delays new plant by 3 years as costs double

Company will keep operating older facility beyond its slated shutdown date

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A rendering of Asahi Group Holdings' planned Tosu brewery, touted as an energy-saving facility with carbon capture technology. (Photo courtesy of Asahi Group Holdings)

HIROKI OBAYASHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Asahi Group Holdings will postpone the opening of a new beverage factory in Japan by three years to 2029, the maker of Super Dry beer said Friday, hit by soaring construction costs.

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