SABMiller today announces that it has commissioned a ?3 million global brewing research facility in Nottingham, with the aim of pioneering new developments in the science of brewing. (more…)
On 19 May in London, SABMiller plc, one of the world’s leading brewers with operations and distribution agreements across six continents, reported its preliminary (unaudited) results for the year ended 31 March 2011. SABMiller’s Ukrainian operation, Miller Brands Ukraine demonstrated excellent volume growth, achieving the 2nd highest growth rate within SABMiller’s European division. (more…)
On April 28, 2011 the general meeting of shareholders of the Public Joint-Stock Company Slavutich Brewery took place. During the meeting, the annual report was approved, it was decided to allocate profits and losses and organizational issues in the company’s activities were settled. The meeting was attended by 20 shareholders and their representatives who hold 94.33% shares of PJSC. (more…)
America’s craft beer market has grown rapidly in recent years, seemingly outpaced only by its niche organic segment, thanks in part to growing consumer fears about genetically modified foods. While a few of the largest regional breweries currently enjoy widespread distribution, craft brewing remains fundamentally an industry devoted to its local followers, and the results are undeniable. (more…)
The head of Carlsberg has downplayed a proposed ban on PET beer bottles in Russia, adding that he thinks it is not likely to become law.
Russian deputy Viktor Zvagelsky introduced a bill earlier in the year that now includes a proposal to ban sales of PET beer bottles by January 1, 2013. (more…)
Because it is “only” about beer and not regularly taken too seriously, citizens sometimes deny themselves the exquisite pleasure of watching money and power manipulate politics in the state Legislature. (more…)
Russia is threatening to ban sales of PET beer bottles but a new report from Pira indicates that the global popularity of the plastic among brewers is on the increase. (more…)
Carlsberg A/S, the world’s fourth- largest brewer, reported a 38 percent increase in first-quarter operating profit, helped by a rebound in Russia’s beer market. (more…)
Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd (APB) on Tuesday announced that Group profit before interest and taxation (PBIT) for the six months ended 31 March 2011 rose by S$86.1 million or 34% to S$340.9 million. Excluding translation differences, gestation loss and the impact of acquisitions and disposals, organic PBIT grew 28%. (more…)
The brewing industry has racked up $142bn worth of deals in the past five years, according to Bloomberg, but some analysts say the “big one” has yet to come. (more…)
