United Breweries (UNITEDBREW), incorporated on May 13, 1999, is engaged in manufacture, purchase and sale of beer including licensing of brands which constitutes a single business segment. Earlier known as UB Beer, it got its present name on Aug. 7, 2002. The company forms the beer division of the UB group, a diverse company with business interests in beverage alcohol, aviation, fertilizers, international trading and infrastructure. Aventis Pharma, Herbertsons, Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers, UB Engineering, United Breweries (Holdings), Mangalore Breweries and Distilleries, United Racing & Bloodstock Breeders, and UB Electronic Instruments are some of the other group companies.
The company offers leading brands such as Kingfisher, UB Export, London Pilsner, Premium Ice and Kalyani Black Label. Innovation with the introduction of 5-liter kegs of Kingfisher draught beer and a four-pack of London Pilsner has already gained the company a domestic market share of over 50%. With 11 own and more than 15 contract manufacturing facilities, the company has no capacity constraints for increasing production. A joint venture company Millennium Alcobev (MABL) with Scottish & Newcastle Plc. (S&N) having manufacturing locations in critical markets, the company has increased capacity considerably. In August 2007, the UB group planned to pump in INR 12 billion in capacity expansion of its breweries across the country, which will consist of setting up greenfield projects in Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
After expansion, the group`s beer manufacturing capacity will increase to 130 million cases from the current 100 million by 2010. A strategic alliance with Scottish & Newcastle Plc (S&N), taken over by Sunrise Acquisitions early in 2008, would allow the company to market S&N`s international brands in India and would leverage S&N`s global network to further globalize the Kingfisher brand. Some of MABL`s popular brands include Zingaro, Sandpiper, Bullet and Marco Polo. The subsidiaries of the company include Associated Breweries & Distilleries, London Draft Pubs, and London Pilsner Breweries. United East Bengal Football Team is an associate of the company. The Kingfisher beer is currently available in 52 countries worldwide. The registered office of the company is located at UB Anchorage, No.100/1, Richmond Road, Bangalore-560025, Karnataka.
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