Nigerian Breweries

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Nigerian Breweries Plc[1]
Type Listed
Traded as NSE: NB
Industry Alcoholic beverage
Founded 16 November 1946
Headquarters Iganmu House, Abebe Village Road, Iganmu, Lagos State., Nigeria
Key people Chief Kolawole B. Jamodu, OFR (Chairman)
Products Beer Brewing, Marketing and selling of Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (Lager, Stout, Malt and Soft Drinks)
Owner(s) Heineken Brouwerijen B.V (90%) Distilled Trading International BV(2%) Nigerian citizens(8%)
Employees 2 302
Website www.nbplc.com


Nigerian Breweries Plc, incorporated in 1946, is the pioneer and largest brewing company in Nigeria. Its first bottle of beer, STAR Lager, rolled off the bottling lines of its Lagos Brewery in June 1949. Other breweries were subsequently commissioned by the company, including Aba Brewery in 1957, Kaduna Brewery in 1963, and Ibadan Brewery in 1982. In September 1993, the company acquired its fifth brewery in Enugu state, and in October 2003, its sixth brewery, sited at Ama in Enugu. Ama Brewery is the largest brewery in Nigeria and one of the most modern worldwide. Operations at Enugu brewery were discontinued in 2004, while the company acquired a malting Plant in Aba in 2008.

In October 2011, Nigerian Breweries acquired majority equity interests in Sona Systems Associates Business Management Limited, (Sona Systems) and Life Breweries Limited from Heineken N.V. This followed Heineken’s acquisition of controlling interests in five breweries in Nigeria from Sona Group in January 2011.

Sona Systems’ two breweries in Ota and Kaduna, and Life Breweries in Onitsha have now become part of Nigerian Breweries Plc, together with the three brands: Goldberg lager, Malta Gold and Life Continental lager.

Thus, from the humble beginning in 1946, Nigerian Breweries Plc now has eight operational breweries from which its high quality products are distributed to all parts of Nigeria, in addition to the ultra modern malting plants in Aba and Kaduna.

Products

The company has a portfolio of high-quality brands, including

  • Star Lager (launched in 1949) Pale Lager
  • Gulder Lager (1970) Pale Lager
  • Legend Extra Stout (1992) 7.5% ABV Extra Stout
  • Heineken Lager (June 1998) Premium Lager
  • Goldberg lager (Became part of the NB family in October 2011)
  • Life Continental lager (Became part of the NB family in October 2011)


Alcohol-free drinks

  • Maltina (1976), in three varieties, namely Maltina Classic, Maltina Strawberry, and Maltina Pineapple; Maltina Sip-it (2005), in Tetrapak;
  • Amstel Malta (1994).
  • Fayrouz, in pear and pineapple (2006)
  • Climax Energy drink
  • Malta Gold (Became part of the NB family in October 2011)

Most of the products are packed in returnable bottles and all products are now available in cans. Fayrouz is also produced in P.E.T Bottles


Nigerian Breweries, Our company

The company's head offices are located in Lagos.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Listed companies on NSE". Retrieved August 31, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Google finance, Nigerian Breweries plc

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