Lao Brewery Company
| Lao Brewery Company Ltd.
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1973 |
| Seat | Vientiane , Laos |
| Number of employees | 493 (2005) |
| Branch | brewery |
| Website | www.beerlao.la |
The Lao Brewery Company Ltd. (LBC) is a beverage manufacturer and operates the only major brewery in Laos , based in Vientiane . The main product is Beerlao brand beer . Thanks to high import tariffs , Beerlao has a market share of 98% to 99% in Laos.
history
The company was founded in 1971 as a joint venture between French and Lao businessmen under the name Brasseries et Glacières du Laos (BGL) and started production in 1973. The two products were Bière Larue for the local market and "33" export for export (Indochina).
During the communist takeover at the end of the Vietnam War , the company was nationalized in 1975 and changed its name to Lao Brewery Company, and launched the Bière Lao beer brand . The "33" export brand was continued until 1990 and Bière Larue until 1995, the latter being replaced by Beerlao in 1995 .
With the introduction of a market-oriented economic policy , there was another joint venture in 1985. The Laotian government had 49% of the shares; 51% owned Loxley PLC and Italian Thai PLC. Carlsberg Asia has held a stake in the company since 2002 , initially at 25% and from 2005 at 50%. In 2005 the company had 493 employees and was valued at $ 56 million. The company was the largest taxpayer in Laos in 2006. Due to the increasing demand for Beerlao, LBC opened a second production site in the Champasak province in May 2008 .
LBC processes locally produced rice . Barley malt is imported from Belgium and France , hops and yeast from Germany . The production machines come from Europe .
Products
Beerlao is offered in the variants gold ( lager , 5% alcohol), lager (lager, 5% alcohol), light ( light beer , 2.9% alcohol) and dark ( dark beer , 6.5% alcohol). As further products, the Lao Brewery Company has been brewing under license Carlsberg ( Pilsner , 5% alcohol) since 2005 and Lanexang (lager, 5.5% alcohol) since 2008 . The gold variant, the newest product, has been in production since January 2010.
Beerlao is bottled in 64 cl ( gold and lager ) and 33 cl ( lager , light and dark ) bottles. Only Lager is also sold in cans of 50 and 33 cl. Furthermore, draft beer produced. Beerlao is exported to around a dozen countries (including Japan, France and the USA).
The company also produces and sells bottled drinking water under the Tigerhead brand .
Web links
- Lao Brewery Company Limited website (English)
- Website of the importer in Switzerland
- "Drinking beer for socialism" Deutsche Welle
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Laos currently
- ↑ a b About LBC ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Documentation Beerlao ( German , .pdf; 1.8 MB) Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
- ^ A b Company Profile ( English ) Lao Brewery Company. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
- ^ Beerlao Products ( English ) Lao Brewery Company. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
- ↑ Lao Brewery Company introduces new product ( English ) Lao Voices. January 19, 2010. Accessed on January 26, 2010. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
