Archive for June, 2012

The breweries in Vietnam – Focus on Sapporo

16-06-2012 | Uncategorized | Phản hồi (0)

September 2012 – Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (http://www.sapporoholdings.jp/english/index.html), is a publicly listed Japanese company and Japan’s oldest and fourth-largest brewer. With the beer market in Japan shrinking, Sapporo (like its domestic counterparts) has a strategy to invest overseas. It has said that it will actively seek acquisition opportunities to enlarge its overseas business, which accounted for less […]

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The breweries in Vietnam – Focus on SABMiller

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September 2012 – SABMiller Vietnam  SABMiller (http://www.sabmiller.com) probably needs no introductions for most of you but for the sake of protocol, here’s a bit of background.  It is headquartered in London, United Kingdom and is listed on both the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges. It is the second largest brewing company in the world, after ABInbev. In […]

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The breweries in Vietnam – Focus on San Miguel with a wee glimpse at Kirin

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According to Wiki: “Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is Southeast Asia’s largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company.” San Miguel Brewery Inc is its brewing division and entered Vietnam in 1994 as part of a JV.

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The breweries in Vietnam – Focus on Carlsberg

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Carlsberg entered Vietnam in 1993 through the formation of the South East Asia Brewery, a joint venture with Viet Ha Brewery, owned by the Hanoi People’s Committee. They have since increased their position in Vietnam through a series of JV’s and direct investments.

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The breweries in Vietnam – Focus on APB

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Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) is listed on the Singapore stock exchange and has operations in fifteen countries in the Asia Pacific region, viz., Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand & Vietnam.

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The breweries in Vietnam – Focus on Habeco

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Habeco, like Sabeco, is principally involved in the production of beer, beverages and spirits. It is also involved in the production of the associated packaging materials. Also like Sabeco, it is a subsidiary of the state run company VINABECO. However the two businesses behave as competitors in the marketplace.

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Vietnam market background – a few stats

09-06-2012 | Uncategorized | Phản hồi (0)

June 2012 – Vietnam is a pretty crowded place! It has a population of more than 91 million people with a growth rate just over 1% per annum and a projected official population of 100 million by 2025. Reporting their first half results for 2012, APB’s chief executive Roland Pirmez said that “The key drivers […]

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Vietnam beer market background

08-06-2012 | Uncategorized | Phản hồi (0)

June 2012 – Let’s start off with a few quotes from beer producers in the region.  Vietnam “has 90 million people whose average age is 28 years and love to guzzle beer,” said Yoshiyuki Mochida, who heads Tokyo-based Sapporo’s international business.  Christopher Kidd, regional director of Singapore-listed Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd, which makes Heineken and Tiger […]

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Vietnam beer brands and distribution

07-06-2012 | Uncategorized | Phản hồi (0)

July 2012 – Despite the growing presence of international brewers, local firms continue to dominate the market in terms of volume. Primarily these are the state-owned Sabeco and Habeco which between them control 50-60% volume share depending on whose numbers you look at. As an aside, if we add the claimed volume shares of all the […]

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The brewers in Vietnam – Focus on Sabeco

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Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corporation (SABECO) – July 2012 Founded as Cho Lon Beer Factory under France’s Brasseries et Glacières d’Indochine (BGI), the Group was acquired by The Ministry of Foods after “liberation” in 1975 and became the Saigon Beer Company in 1977.  Sabeco was created 2003 from the amalgamation of Saigon Beer Company, Binh […]

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