Baltika Brewery (russian: link=no, Пивоваренная компания "Балтика") is the second largest

brewing company A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of beer ...

in Europe and the leader of the Russian beer market with over 38% market share. It is headquartered in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and part owned by the

Baltic Beverages Holding Baltic Beverages Holding is a brewing company owned by Carlsberg Group. It is a significant operator in the brewing industry in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic countries and Kazakhstan, most notably holding a stake in Baltika Breweries. History ...

. The Baltika brand was one of the two Russian brands (together with Lukoil) 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 Rts stock exchange 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 ( Baku, Azerbaijan) * Baltika-

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brewery * Baltika- Novosibirsk brewery * Baltika-

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brewery * Baltika- Samara brewery * Baltika- Tula brewery * Baltika- Khabarovsk brewery * Baltika-

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brewery

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
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