CHILE: CCU buys half of microbrewer Kunstmann
Chile's beer giant Companias Cervecerias Unidas (CCU) has bought 50% of microbrewer Kunstmann, which is one of the only Chilean breweries that CCU doesn't already own. The deal is part of CCU's latest efforts to increase its share in Chile's premium beer market. Under this same strategy, the company bought Patagonian brewer Austral at the end of 2000.