Carlsberg Polska#Kasztelan Brewery
{{Short description|Danish-owned Polish brewing company}}
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{{Infobox Brewery|name=Carlsberg Polska|location=Poland|owner=Carlsberg Group|num_employees=1,250|image=Brewery in Okocim 1.jpg|image_caption=The main Carlsberg Polska brewery, Okocim}}
Carlsberg Polska is the Polish subsidiary of the Danish multinational brewing company Carlsberg. Carlsberg has 1/3 control of the Okocim Group, which included the Okocim Brewery, in 2004.[http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000826.html Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Climbing up Poles to sniff the first hops]
The subsidiary owns four brewing plants and employs 1,250 staff. It is the third largest brewing company in Poland with a 14.4% market share.[http://www.carlsberggroup.com/Company/Markets/Pages/Poland.aspx Carlsberg – Poland] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327113235/http://www.carlsberggroup.com/Company/Markets/Pages/Poland.aspx |date=March 27, 2010 }}
History
The Okocim Brewery was founded in 1845.{{cite web | url=http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/brzesko/3,local-history/ | title=Local History -Brzesko | publisher=Virtual Shtetl | accessdate=January 4, 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113102540/http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/brzesko/3,local-history/ | archivedate=November 13, 2013 }} Carlsberg beer was imported into Poland until Carlsberg acquired a stake in the Okocim Brewery in 1997 in exchange for giving Okocim a license to produce Carlsberg.
Carlsberg expanded its presence in Poland in 2001 by becoming a majority shareholder of Okocim and purchasing the Bosman,{{Cite web |title=Kibice Pogoni pomogli uwarzyć warkę Bosmana. W tym miejscu piwo powstaje już od 175 lat - Szczecin |url=https://wszczecinie.pl/kibice-pogoni-pomogli-uwarzyc-warke-bosmana-w-tym-miejscu-piwo-powstaje-juz-od-175-lat/46291 |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=wszczecinie.pl |language=pl}} Kasztelan and Piast breweries; the operation was named the Carlsberg Okocim Group. The Carlsberg brand was re-launched that year and became the fastest growing international brand in Poland, with a sales increase of 671%.{{cn|date=July 2021}}
In 2004 Carlsberg purchased the remaining shares of Okocim and renamed the group, Carlsberg Polska. Carlsberg Polska is a 100% owned subsidiary of the Carlsberg Group and is the third largest brewing company in the Polish beer market, which is one of the world's top 10 by volume.{{cn|date=July 2021}}
Brewing plants
=Okocim Brewery=
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Okocim Brewery was established in 1845 by Johann Evangelist Götz, who was born in Wirtemberg in 1815. His son Jan Albin expanded the family business, married a Polish aristocrat, and changed his name to Goetz-Okocimski. In 1945 the brewery was nationalised, then reprivatised in the 1990s.[http://www.stawskidistributing.com/p_Okocim.html STAWSKI DISTRIBUTING – Okocim Beer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118053715/http://www.stawskidistributing.com/p_Okocim.html |date=January 18, 2008 }} Carlsberg first acquired an interest in 1996, eventually acquiring 1/3 control.
Brands produced are mainly pale lagers of varying strengths ranging from 0.5% abv to 7% and include Carlsberg, O.K. Beer, Signature, Mocne, and Karmi. The brewery produces two dark lagers, Palone (5.5%) and Porter (8.3%).{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
See also
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110518172838/http://www.carlsberggroup.com/Markets/NWE/Pages/Poland.aspx Carlsberg Group in Poland]
- [http://carlsbergpolska.pl/ carlsbergpolska.pl (Polish)]
Category:Food and drink companies established in 2001