Baltic Beverages Holding
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Baltic Beverages Holding is a beer holding company owned by Carlsberg Group. It is a significant operator in the brewing industry in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic countries and Kazakhstan, most notably holding a controlling stake in Baltika Breweries. The company markets a range of beer brands from 19 breweries, ten of which are in Russia, four in the Baltic countries, three in in Ukraine, one in Kazakhstan and one in Uzbekistan. The company was a 50-50 joint venture between Carlsberg and Scottish & Newcastle prior to Carlsberg's April 2008 acquisition of S&N.
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[edit] Utenos Alus Brewery
Utenos Alus is a Lithuanian brewery, established in Utena in 1977.
Utenos alus and Švyturys breweries merged into joint-stock company Švyturys-Utenos alus in 2001. On February 2003 the company was reorganised into a closed-end company.[1]
[edit] Švyturys Brewery
Švyturys is a brewery in Klaipėda, Lithuania. It is part of Švyturys-Utenos alus.
The brewery was established in 1784 by the merchant J. W. Reincke in Klaipėda, then known as Memel in East Prussia. After the creation of the German Empire, the brewery became part of Memeler Aktien-Brauerei & Destillation on September 15 1871.[2] It passed to Lithuanian control when the Memel Territory was made part of Lithuania in 1923. The brewery was then administered by Memeler Ostquell Brauerei GmbH in 1940 after the territory's annexation by Nazi Germany the preceding year. After the restoration of Klaipėda to Lithuania in 1945 following the Second World War, the brewery again became Lithuanian.
Švyturys and Utenos alus breweries merged into the joint-stock company Švyturys-Utenos alus in 2001. In February 2003 the company was reorganised into a closed-end company. Currently Carlsberg Breweries controls Švyturys-Utenos alus through Baltic Beverages Holding.
