Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- Nigeria's glass-making company Beta Glass is setting out this year to capture new grounds within Francophone Africa to extend its territory beyond West and Central Africa, where it is the largest producer of the glass containers used to package goods.

Beta Glass' current reach, apart from its base Nigeria, where it runs two glass manufacturing plants, spans at least twelve export markets on the continent.

Over the half a century for which it has operated in the country, it has Nigerian Breweries, AB InBev, Guinness Nigeria, and Nigerian Bottling Company, among the big names in its clientele.

Also, it has earned a reputation for itself as the maker of the bottles holding popular beverages like Sprite and Amstel Malta...