Once Anheuser-Busch InBev seals its 79 billion pound takeover of rival brewer SABMiller, it could find itself party to other smaller deals, involving Castel Group, Coca-Cola and Anadolu Efes.
The initiative intends to address the difficulty manufacturers face in deploying the latest digital technologies, such as real-time tracking, 3D modeling and visualization, and the Internet-of-Things, on a large scale.