Kompania Piwowarska hints at buying Okocim brewery
Kompania Piwowarska has been created through a merger of Browary Tyskie and Lech
Browary Wielkopolskie and is owned by South African Breweries (SAB) and Jan Kulczyk's Euro Agro Centrum. It claims 21.4% of the domestic market, while the Zywiec Group has 37.6%. However, Kompania Piwowarska is not giving up on
becoming the market leader. "We can produce up to six million hectoliters of beer. This is not enough to catch up with the Zywiec Group," says Kompania's president Pawel Sudol. "SAB wants to be the leader in the Polish market. Our
shareholders are therefore considering acquisitions of other companies," he added. Okocim may be a good takeover candidate as its strategic investor Carlsberg, clearly unhappy with poor sales results, has halted all development plans. (Puls Biznesu, page 7)
Browary Wielkopolskie and is owned by South African Breweries (SAB) and Jan Kulczyk's Euro Agro Centrum. It claims 21.4% of the domestic market, while the Zywiec Group has 37.6%. However, Kompania Piwowarska is not giving up on
becoming the market leader. "We can produce up to six million hectoliters of beer. This is not enough to catch up with the Zywiec Group," says Kompania's president Pawel Sudol. "SAB wants to be the leader in the Polish market. Our
shareholders are therefore considering acquisitions of other companies," he added. Okocim may be a good takeover candidate as its strategic investor Carlsberg, clearly unhappy with poor sales results, has halted all development plans. (Puls Biznesu, page 7)
