Baltika Brewery (russian: link=no, Пивоваренная компания "Балтика") is the second largest brewing company in Europe and the leader of the Russian beer market with over 38% market share. It is headquartered in St. Petersburg and part owned by the

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. The Baltika brand was one of the two Russian brands (together with

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) included in the Financial Times Top100 Most Valuable Global Brands list in 2007. However, Baltika was not included on the list in 2009. Baltika is one of the top three brands in the Interbrand Best Global Brands 2012 report.

History

Baltika Breweries launched production in St. Petersburg in 1990. It was co-founded by Afghan-born Naif Achakzai and Nikita Kefirov. After privatization in 1992, the company was reorganized into an open joint stock company. In 1993 Baltic Beverages Holding Brewing Concern became the company's largest shareholder. In 1998, the name of the enterprise was changed to Open Joint Stock Company Baltika Breweries. 2000 saw the opening of the largest Soufflet Malting Plant in Russia built by Baltika in St. Petersburg, together with the French company "Groupe Soufflet", which invested approximately $35 million in the project and received 70% ownership of the plant. Baltika covered the rest of the expenses and received 30% of the shares. The company listed on the

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in September 2001; by January 2002 it had reached a market capitalization of $1.3 billion. At the end of 2006, Baltika merged with three Russian breweries, Vena, Pikra, and Yarpivo, and in 2007 they became one legal entity. In April 2008,

bought a stake in Baltika. Following the stake bought in Baltika by

, Baltika delisted from the Moscow stock exchange in October 2012.

Capacity

Baltika's monthly production capacity is over 5.2 million litres.

Company structure

The company employs approximately 9000 people. Baltika No. 3 is the only Russian beer produced under contract in Germany.

Owners and management

The Scandinavian brewing concern

continues to own Baltika through Carlsberg.

Production sites

The company has several production sites: * Headquarters and Baltika – St Petersburg brewery * Baltika-Baku brewery (

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References

External links

Official website
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Official English website

Baltika's Australian Distributor

Baltika's Korean Distributor

Baltika brewery on Beer Advocate
Beer in Russia Drink companies of the Soviet Union Manufacturing companies based in Saint Petersburg Russian brands Drink companies of Russia Companies formerly listed on the Moscow Exchange