Royal Unibrew is a brewing and beverage company headquartered in

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. Its brands include

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, Albani,

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, Karlens and Royal. Royal Unibrew also has a strong presence in the Baltic region, where it owns Vilniaus Tauras,

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(both in Lithuania), and Lāčplēša Alus (in Latvia). As of 2018 it owns the brewery in

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that produces the

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brand. It also brews and markets

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in Denmark.

History

The company was founded in 1989 through the merger of the breweries

and Thor under the name Bryggerigruppen.

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-based Albani merged with the company in 2000. In 2005, the name of the company was changed to Royal Unibrew.

Operations

Denmark

Royal Unibrew is the second largest beer company in Denmark with a market share of about 25%.

Baltic countries and Poland

Royal Unibrew acquired Lithuanian breweries Vilniaus Tauras and

in 2001 and a controlling interest in Latvian brewery Lāčplēša Alus in 2004. The company also owns the Latvian soft drink company Cido and Tanker Brewery in Estonia. Royal Unibrew entered the Polish beer market with the acquisition of Browary Polskie Brok- Strzelec S.A. in April 2005. It was followed by the acquisition of

Browar Łomża The Browar Łomża () is Poland's fourth largest brewery. Browar Łomża Sp. z o.o. launched the plant in 1968. In 2007, it was purchased by Royal Unibrew.

in 2007. In December 2010,

Van Pur Browar Van Pur is a limited liability company based in Poland. The company operates 5 breweries in Jędrzejów, Koszalin, Łomża, Rakszawa and Zabrze. The headquarters of Van Pur is located in Warsaw. History Van Pur was launched as a Polish-Ge ...

Breweries bought the Polish branch of the Danish Royal Unibrew group. In exchange, Royal Unibrew received 20% of shares of Van Pur in Poland with Van Pur retaining buyers options of the shares. In 2011 Van Pur, owned five breweries with the total production capacity of 4 million

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of beer annually. October 15, 2012 Van Pur exercised its buyers option on the 20% shares previously held by Royal Unibrew for 111 PLN.

France

In 2018 the soft drink brewery that produces the brand

was acquired.

List of subsidiaries

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.

References

External links

Royal Unibrew
corporate website. {{Authority control Breweries in Denmark Companies based in Faxe Municipality Purveyors to the Court of Denmark Danish companies established in 1989