Olvi

{{Short description|Finnish brewery and soft drinks company founded 1878}}

{{expand Finnish|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Olvi plc

| native_name = Olvi Oyj

| native_name_lang = fi

| logo = File:Olvilogogray.jpeg

| logo_size = 75px

| type = Julkinen osakeyhtiö

| traded_as = {{OMX|HEX24317|OLVAS}}

| industry = Consumer products

| key_people = Patric Lundell, CEO (2023-){{cite web |title=The Management team |url=https://www.olvigroup.fi/en/investors/corporate-governance/the-management-team/ |website=Olvi Group |access-date=7 May 2023}}

Lasse Aho, CEO (2004-2022)

| products =

| revenue = {{increase}} 583.7 million € (2022){{cite web |title=Vuosikatsaukset |url=https://www.olvigroup.fi/tiedotteet-ja-julkaisut/vuosikatsaukset/ |website=Olvi Group |access-date=7 May 2023 |language=fi}}

| operating_income = 59.8 million € (2022)

| net_income = 44.9 million € (2022)

| assets =

| equity =

| num_employees = 2,335 (2022)

| subsid =

| foundation = {{start date and age|1878}}

| location_city = Iisalmi

| location_country = Finland

| homepage = {{Official URL}}

}}

Olvi plc ({{langx|fi|Olvi Oyj}}, {{OMX|HEX24317|OLVAS}}) is a Finnish brewery and soft drinks company founded in 1878 by the brewer Williams Gideon Åberg and his wife Onni. It currently holds 18.7% of Finland's market share in beverages,[http://www.virallinenolvi.fi/documentindex.asp?id=391&type=1 Document Viewer] making it the third-largest producer of beer, cider and soft drinks in Finland and the largest Finnish-owned business in its sector. Among its subsidiaries, A. Le Coq is the second largest beverage company in Estonia and Volfas Engelman is the third largest beverage company in Lithuania.{{Cite web|url=https://eng.ichacha.net/zaoju/volfas%20engelman.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171111103040/https://eng.ichacha.net/zaoju/volfas%20engelman.html|archive-date = 2017-11-11|title = Volfas engelman in a sentence - volfas engelman sentence}} Olvi also has businesses in Latvia (Cēsu Alus) and Belarus (Lidskаe Pivа). In May 2021, Olvi bought a controlling stake in Denmark's fourth largest brewery A/S Bryggeriet Vestfyen. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine on March 5, 2022, Olvi announced that it was ceasing exports to Russia and leaving Belarus.{{Cite web |title=Olvi vetäytyy Valko-Venäjältä ja lopettaa viennin Venäjälle sekä peruuttaa tulosohjeistuksensa vuodelle 2022 {{!}} Olvi |url=https://news.alertir.com/olvigroup/fi/node/522 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=news.alertir.com}}

Beers

Ciders

Long drinks

Hard seltzers

  • Hard Seltzer Juiced Raspberry
  • Hard Seltzer Mango-Pineapple
  • Hard Seltzer Strawberry-Rhubarb
  • Hard Seltzer Lemon and Lime

Soft drinks

  • Kane's Soda Pop (Chula Vista Crush, Pasadena Pinch...)
  • Olvi soft drinks (Jaffa, cola, lemon...)
  • [https://muteman.com/en/ Muteman Premium Ginger Ale] (ginger flavored soft drink, sold in the MENA region via [https://nordicgt.ae Nordic General Trading] L.L.C)
  • TEHO (energy drink)
  • Motor oil (energy drink, sold in the UAE via [https://nordicgt.ae Nordic General Trading] L.L.C)
  • KevytOlo (Mineral waters: Lähdevesi, Raikas, Karpalo, Mansikka-Sitruuna, Mustaherukka, Päärynä, Sitruuna, Vihreä Omena, Vadelma+Kalsium, Sitruuna mehukivennäisvesi, Makea Ananas, Makea Kuningatar)

Natural Mineral Water

  • [https://arctic-silence.com/ Arctic Silence] (Natural Mineral Water, sold in the MENA region via [https://nordicgt.ae Nordic General Trading] L.L.C)

Olvi products

File:Olvi.JPG|Olvi III

File:Olvi Tuplapukki can.jpg|Olvi Tuplapukki

File:Olvi CXX XV.JPG|Olvi CXX XV

File:Sandels in Loviisa.jpg|Sandels beer

File:Reinot.jpg|Olvi Reino

File:Hi-Hop Mild IPA.jpg|Hi-Hop Mild IPA

File:Olvi Vesimeloni Lonkero.jpg|Olvi watermelon-flavoured long drink

File:Olvi soft drinks.jpg|Olvi soft drinks

File:Kevyt Olo red, green and blue.jpg|Olvi "Kevyt Olo" Mineral water

See also

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