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Kompania Piwowarska


Kompania Piwowarska is a Polish brewing group based in Poznań, established in 1999. Since 2009 it was 100% owned by SABMiller. Kompania Piwowarska currently has three breweries: Lech Browary Wielkopolski in Poznań, Tyskie Browary Książęce in Tychy and Browar Dojlidy in Białystok. Tyskie Browary Książęce (Princely Brewery Tychy), one of the oldest breweries in Europe, was founded in 1629.

The three breweries have a total capacity of 15.1 million hectolitres.

The company was owned by SABMiller since 2009. As part of the agreements made with regulators before Anheuser-Busch InBev was allowed to acquire SABMiller in October 2016, Kompania Piwowarska was sold to Asahi Breweries of Japan on December 13, 2016; the deal is expected to close during the first half of 2017.

Kompania Piwowarska currently controls 45% of the Polish beer market.

The main Lech brands are Lech Premium a 5.2% abv pale lager, Lech Pils, a 5.5% pale lager and Lech Mocny a 6.2% strong lager. Lech controls 8% of the Polish beer market. The Poznań brewary brews Dębowe Mocne (Oak Strong), which is 7%. Currently produced types are "Lech Premium", "Lech Pils" and "Lech Mocne" (i.e. Lech strong).

Tyskie is one of the best selling brands of beer in Poland, with around 18% of the Polish market.Tyskie also has a world distribution. The main brands are Tyskie Gronie, a 5.6% pale lager, and Tyskie Książęce, a 5.7% pale lager.


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