Polmos (acronym for ''Polski Monopol Spirytusowy'', Polish Spirits Monopoly) was a Polish State monopoly, state-owned monopoly, controlling the Polish market for alcoholic beverages.
Founded in the late 1920s, until World War II it was one of the leading vodka producers in Poland. Distilleries of Polmos were relatively modern and efficient at that time so the company exported its products to some European countries.
After the war the company became an absolute monopoly and, like other distilleries, was Nationalization, nationalized by the government of the People's Republic of Poland. The newly created monopoly adopted the name ''Polmos''.
After the Revolutions of 1989, fall of communism in 1989, the monopoly was divided into several independent enterprising entities, each owning one of the distilleries and one or two of the brands of the alcoholic drinks. All such established companies have been Privatization, privatised and none of them remains fully state-owned.
Among the companies descended from Polmos are:
* Akwawit-Polmos Wrocław – owner and producer of vodka brands ''Wratislavia, Krakus, Abstynent, Arktica, Faust'', and rectified spirit (95% or 96%)
* Polmos Poznań – owner and producer of vodka brands ''Wyborowa, Wyborowa Exquisite, Goldwasser''
* Polmos Zielona Góra – owner and producer of vodka brands ''Luksusowa (vodka), Luksusowa, Siwucha''
* Polmos Starogard Gdański – part o
Premium Distillers(subsidiary of United Beverages S.A.), owner of the brand ''Krupnik'', producer of vodka brand ''Sobieski (vodka), Sobieski''
* Polmos in Siedlce – owner and producer of vodka brand ''Chopin (vodka), Chopin''
* Polmos Białystok – owner and producer of 'Absolwent, Żubrówka'', and other brands
* Polmos Bielsko-Biała – owner and producer of vodka brand ''Extra Żytnia'' (formerly known as ''Żytnia'')
* Polmos Gdynia - owner of PLO vodka brands
* Polmos Kraków – owner of vodka brand ''Cracovia (vodka), Cracovia''
* Polmos Lublin – owner of vodka brands ''Żołądkowa Gorzka'' and ''Lubelska''
* Polmos Łańcut – part o
Premium Distillers(subsidiary of United Beverages S.A.)
* Polmos Łódź – owner of the brand ''Prezydent''
* Polmos Toruń – owner of the brand ''Copernicus'', producer of ''Slivovitz''
* Polmos Sieradz – owner of the brands ''Jarzębiak'' and ''Ratafia''
* Polmos Szczecin – producer of aged vodka ''Starka'' and gin ''Pomorski''
* Polmos Warszawa – producer of rectified spirit
* Polmos Żyrardów – producer of vodka ''Belvedere (vodka), Belvedere''
External links
Polmos WrocławPolmos ToruńPolmos SiedlcePolmos SzczecinPolmos Starogard Gdański - Destylarnia Sobieski S.A.Polmos Łańcut - Fabryka Wódek Polmos Łańcut S.A.Polmos Kraków - Destylarnia Polmos w Krakowie S.A.Polmos SieradzPolmos Żyrardów - Belveder Vodka
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Drink companies of Poland