Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas

Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas SA
legal form	SA
ISIN	US2044291043
founding	1902
Seat	Santiago , Chile
management	Patricio Jottar, CEO
Number of employees	8,797
sales	1,783 billion CLP 2,238,000,000 EUR
Branch	brewery
Website	www.ccu.cl
As of December 31, 2018

The Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas CCU for short is the largest brewery group in Chile . In addition to beer , non-alcoholic drinks are also produced. Food is also produced. The company's largest shareholder is Inversiones y Rentas SA (IRSA), a joint venture between Quiñenco and Heineken .

history

The CCU was founded in 1902 as a single brewery and quickly expanded throughout Chile, with soft drinks being produced and mineral water bottled as early as 1907 . In the 1990s, the main business of beer began to move away, and Vinã San Pedro SA was taken over. Since then, CCU has been offering wine . The diversification continued in the years to come as pisco and candy producers were taken over. Today, CCU is the largest brewery group in Chile, the largest mineral water bottler, the second largest wine producer and the second largest brewer in Argentina.

structure

CCU is divided into three business areas:

• Chile
• International
• Wine (including Chile)

Products

Cristal, the most important beer brand

CCU produces and sells the following beverages in several South American countries:

• Chile ( beer , soft drinks , mineral water , fruit juice / fruit nectar , wine and pisco )
• Argentina (beer, cider , spirits and wine)
• Uruguay and Paraguay (beer, soft drinks, mineral water, fruit juice / fruit nectar)
• Bolivia (beer, soft drinks, mineral water, malt drink )
• Colombia (beer)
• Peru (Pisco)

Web links

• Homepage of the Cristal brand
• Company homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See also it: Patricio Jottar
2. ↑ ^{a b c} CCU 2015 Form 20-F Report , accessed on May 28, 2017
3. ↑ Converted at the rate on the balance sheet date, December 31, 2018
4. ^ Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA History, at www.fundinguniverse.com , accessed on May 2, 2015
5. ↑ CCU annual financial statements 2019
6. ↑ CCU: "about us"