Royal Unibrew
Brewing and beverage company in Faxe, Denmark
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Royal Unibrew is a brewing and beverage company headquartered in Faxe, Denmark. Its brands include Ceres, Faxe, Albani, Thor, Karlens and Royal. Royal Unibrew also has a strong presence in the Baltic region, where it owns Tauras, Kalnapilis (both in Lithuania), and Lāčplēša Alus (in Latvia), and Finland, where it owns Hartwall. As of 2018 it owns the brewery in France that produces the Lorina soft drink brand. It also brews and markets Heineken and Pepsi in Denmark.[9]
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| Location | Faxe, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annual production volume | 14.1 million hectolitres (12,000,000 US bbl) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue |  DKK 15.04 billion (2024) (US$2.18 billion)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income |  DKK 1.97 billion (2024) (US$285.45 million)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | DKK 1.46 billion (2024) (US$212.34 million)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | DKK 17.89 billion (2024) (US$2.59 billion)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Public Nasdaq Copenhagen: RBREW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karlens Pilsner and Royal Karlens Pilsner, Karlens Classic, Karlens Julebryg, Karlens Påskebryg, Odin Pilsner, Pokal Classic, Royal Unibrew[3][4][5][6][7][8]
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History
Operations
Denmark
Royal Unibrew is the second largest beer company in Denmark with a market share of about 25%.[10]
Baltic countries and Poland
Royal Unibrew acquired Lithuanian breweries Vilniaus Tauras and Kalnapilis 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.[11] It was followed by the acquisition of Browar Łomża in 2007. In December 2010, Van Pur Breweries bought the Polish branch of the Danish Royal Unibrew group.[12] 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 hectolitre of beer annually. October 15, 2012 Van Pur exercised its buyers option on the 20% shares previously held by Royal Unibrew for 111 million PLN.[13][14][15]
France
In 2018 the soft drink brewery that produces the brand Lorina was acquired.
List of subsidiaries
| Brewery | Country |
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| Albani Bryggeriene A/S | Denmark |
| Amsterdam Brewing Company | Canada |
| Bryggeriet Alliance | Denmark |
| Bryggeriet Fuglsang | Denmark |
| Bryggeriet Slotsmøllen | Denmark |
| Bryggeriet Vendia | Denmark |
| Carlsminde Bryggeri | Denmark |
| Ceres Bryggeriet | Denmark |
| Christiania Bryghus, The Lab | Denmark |
| Cido | Latvia |
| Etablissements Geyer Frère | France |
| Faxe | Denmark |
| Graffs Bryggeri | Denmark |
| Hansa Borg Bryggerier | Norway |
| Hartwall | Finland |
| Indslev Bryggeri | Denmark |
| Kalnapilis | Lithuania |
| Karlsens | Denmark |
| Lāčplēša Alus | Latvia |
| Lemonsoda | Italy |
| Līvu Alus | Latvia |
| Lolland-Falsters Bryggeri | Denmark |
| Maribo Bryghus | Denmark |
| Nørrebro Bryghus | Denmark |
| Odin Bryggeriet | Denmark |
| P. Pedersen Bryggeriet | Denmark |
| Slotsbryggeriet | Denmark |
| Svendborg Bryggeri | Denmark |
| Sønderborg Eksportbryggeri | Denmark |
| Tauras | Lithuania |
| Tanker | Estonia |
| Thor Bryggeri | Denmark |
| Urban | Denmark |
| Vrumona[16][17] | Netherlands |
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.[citation needed]
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