Royal Unibrew
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Fakse Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Annual production volume | 4.8 million hectolitres (4,100,000 US bbl) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Public OMX: RBREW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Royal Unibrew is a brewing and beverage company headquartered in Faxe, Denmark. Its brands include Ceres, Faxe, Albani and Royal. Royal Unibrew also has a strong presence in the Baltic region, where it owns Vilniaus Tauras, Kalnapilis (both in Lithuania), and Lāčplēša Alus (in Latvia), as well as in Poland, where it has recently purchased the Strzelec beer and Brok breweries, and most recently Browar Łomża. It also brews and markets Heineken in Denmark.
History
The company was founded in 1989 through the merger of the breweries Faxe, Veres and Thor under the name Bryggerigruppen. Odense-based Albani merged with the company in 2000.[1] In 2005, the name of the company was changed to Royal Unibrew.
Operations
Denmark
RoyalUnibrew is the second largest beer company in Denmark with a market share of about 25%.[1]
Baltic countries and Poland
Royal Unibrew acquired Lithuanian breweries Vilniaus Tauras and Kalnapilis in 2001 and a controlling interest in Latvian brewery Lāčplēša Alus in 2004. The company also owns the Latvian soft drink company Cido.
Royal Unibrew entered the Polish market with the acquicition of Browary Polskie Brok-Strzelec S.A. in April 2005.[2] It was followed by the acquisition of Browar Łomża in 2007.
List of subsidiaries
| Brewery | Country |
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| Hartwall | Finland |
| Albani Bryggeriene A/S | Denmark |
| Brok Browar | Poland |
| Browar Łomża | Poland |
| Ceres Bryggeriet | Denmark |
| Cido | Latvia |
| Faxe | Denmark |
| Kalnapilis | Lithuania |
| Lāčplēša Alus | Latvia |
| Līvu Alus | Latvia |
| Maribo Bryghus | Denmark |
| Strzelec Brewery | Poland |
| Tauras | Lithuania |
Royal Brand
The largest brand of Unibrew is Royal. It is based on Ceres' Ceres Royal Export and Faxe's Faxe Pilsner/Classic. Royal Export was also brewed by the other breweries in the group, but later the Pilsner and Classic were added to make a complete family of beer as is traditional in Denmark.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Mirakelmageren fra Faxe er klar til næste væksthop" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "Bryggerigruppen erhverver betydende polsk bryggeri" (in Danish). Nordea. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Royal Unibrew. |
- Royal Unibrew corporate website.
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