Nigerian Breweries
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| Traded as | NSE: NB |
| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
| Predecessor | Nigerian Breweries Limited |
| Founded | 16 November 1946 (as Nigerian Brewery Limited) |
| Headquarters | Iganmu House, Abebe Village Road, Iganmu, Lagos State., Nigeria |
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Area served
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Nigeria (>99% of product) |
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Key people
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Chief Kolawole B. Jamodu, OFR (Chairman) |
| Products | Beer Brewing, Marketing and selling of Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (Lager, Stout, Malt and Soft Drinks) |
| Owner | Heineken Brouwerijen B.V (37.73%) Distilled Trading International BV(16.36%) |
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Number of employees
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3 195 [2] |
| Website | http://www.nbplc.com |
| Footnotes / references [2] |
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Nigerian Breweries Plc, incorporated in 1946, is the pioneer and largest brewing company in Nigeria. Its first bottle of beer, STAR Lager, rolled off the bottling lines of its Lagos brewery in June 1949. Other breweries were subsequently commissioned by the company, including Aba Brewery in 1957, Kaduna Brewery in 1963, and Ibadan Brewery in 1982. In September 1993, the company acquired its fifth brewery in Enugu state, and in October 2003, its sixth brewery, sited at Ameke in Enugu. Ama Brewery began brewing on the 22 March 2003 and at 3 million hectolitres is the largest brewery in Nigeria.[3] Operations at Enugu brewery were discontinued in 2004, while the company acquired a malting Plant in Aba in 2008.
In October 2011, Nigerian Breweries acquired majority equity interests in Sona Systems Associates Business Management Limited, (Sona Systems) and Life Breweries Limited from Heineken N.V. This followed Heineken’s acquisition of controlling interests in five breweries in Nigeria from Sona Group in January 2011.
Sona Systems’ two breweries in Ota and Kaduna, and Life Breweries in Onitsha have now become part of Nigerian Breweries Plc, together with the three brands: Goldberg lager, Malta Gold and Life Continental lager.
Nigerian Breweries Plc now has eight operational breweries from which its products are distributed to all parts of Nigeria, in addition to the malting plants in Aba and Kaduna.
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Products
The company has a portfolio of high-quality brands, including
- Star Lager (launched in 1949) Pale Lager
- Gulder Lager (1970) Pale Lager
- Legend Extra Stout (1992) 7.5% ABV Extra Stout
- Heineken Lager (June 1998) Premium Lager
- Goldberg Lager (October 2011)
- Life Continental Lager (October 2011)
- Star Lite Lager (February 2014) Pale Lager
- Ace Passion Apple Spark (December 2014)
Alcohol-free drinks
- Maltina (1976), in three varieties, namely Maltina Classic, Maltina Strawberry, and Maltina Pineapple; Maltina Sip-it (2005), in Tetrapak;
- Amstel Malta (1994).
- Fayrouz, in pear and pineapple (2006)
- Climax Energy drink
- Malta Gold (October 2011)
Most of the products are packed in returnable bottles and all products are now available in cans. Fayrouz is also produced in P.E.T Bottles
The company's head offices are located in Lagos.[4]
