Empresas Polar

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Empresas Polar

Type	Private
Founded	1941
Headquarters	Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Key people	Lorenzo Mendoza, President
Industry	Conglomerates
Products	Foods and Drinks
Subsidiaries	Alimentos Polar, C.A. Cervecería Polar, C.A. Pepsicola Venezuela, C.A.
Slogan	Latimos por Venezuela
Website	Empresas Polar

Empresas Polar is a Venezuela brewery founded in 1941 by Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Fleury in Antímano, Caracas. It is the largest and most well known brewery in Venezuela.

1 Brief details
2 Beers
3 Enterprises
4 External links

[edit] Brief details

Production of Cerveza Polar a 5% abv lager began during the 1950s, and eventually, the company grew into the largest beer producing company in Venezuela, producing also Solera, Solera Light, Polar Light and Polar ICE.

The name comes from the Polar Bear, whose image is imprinted on the beer bottles. The company has diversified its range of products, mainly by acquiring other companies and now also produces snacks, maize flour (which is the base for the main Venezuelan meals), ice-creams (Helados Efe), soft drinks and malt beverages (Cervecería Polar, Refrescos Golden and bottles Pepsi-Cola and Diet Pepsi for the Venezuelan and North Andean market). Polar also bought the food manufacturer Mavesa, which produces mayonnaise, ketchup, margarine and a blue biodegradable soap (Las Llaves). The company also set a joint venture with the French cognac manufacturer Martell in the state of Lara to produce wines locally. The company's name is Bodegas Pomar.

[edit] Beers

The company produces five different brands of lager with slight variations in abv strength such as Solera at 6% abv, Solera Light at 4.3% abv, Polar Light at 4% abv, and Polar ICE at 4.5% abv.