Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. (2502.TO) maintained its No. 1 position in the Japanese beer market in terms of the number of cases shipped in 2012 for the third consecutive year, according to data released Wednesday by brewers. (more…)
SABMiller plc announced that China Resources Snow Breweries Limited (CR Snow), its joint venture with China Resources Enterprise, Limited (“CRE”), has entered into an agreement with Asahi Breweries Itochu (more…)
SABMiller plc announced that China Resources Snow Breweries Limited (CR Snow), its joint venture with China Resources Enterprise, Limited (“CRE”), has entered into an agreement with Asahi Breweries Itochu (Group) Ltd (“Asahi”) (more…)
Japanese brewer Asahi is finalising the purchase of eastern European brewer StarBev from private equity owner CVC Capital Partners CVC.UL in a deal likely to be worth around $3 billion (1 billion pounds), people familiar with the matter said. (more…)
* Japan brewer tipped to buy east European beermaker StarBev
* Sale of CVC’s StarBev could come within two weeks
* StarBev sale could raise about $3 bln for CVC Capital (more…)
CVC Capital Partners Ltd., the British private equity firm that owns Formula One, is weighing whether to pursue a sale of Staropramen brewer StarBev after receiving approaches for the company, three people with knowledge of the plans said. (more…)
Japanese brewers Kirin Holdings and Asahi Group Holdings are licking their lips at the thought of investing in Vietnam’s state-owned brewer Sabeco. (more…)
Asahi Breweries Ltd. maintained its position as Japan’s biggest beermaker last year, widening its market-share advantage over Kirin Holdings Co. as demand in the nation fell for a seventh straight year. (more…)
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. (2502) and Kirin Holdings Co. (2503), Japan’s biggest brewers, plan acquisitions across Southeast Asia to access wider margins in a market of more than half a billion people as demand at home weakens. (more…)
Asahi Beer have re-released one of their classic beer bottle designs on cans of their Asahi lager for the Christmas and New Year period. (more…)
