Cuca BGI
| Cuca BGI | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1947 |
| Seat |
Luanda , Angola 
|
| management | João Luis Vanhaecht |
| Number of employees | 4,000 |
| Branch | brewery |
Cuca BGI is a beverage producer from Angola . Its best-known product is the Cuca beer , which has been brewed there since 1952 and has been the market leader in Angola ever since. Cuca produces around 100,000 cases of beer every day.
history
In what was then the Portuguese colony of Angola, the two leading Portuguese brewing companies Companhia União Fabril Portuense das Fábricas de Cerveja e Bebidas Refrigerantes (CUFP, today Unicer ) and Sociedade Central de Cervejas e Bebidas (SCC) founded the CUCA - Companhia União de Cervejasão de Cervejasão de C Angola . In 1952 the brewery opened in Luanda . Since then, Cuca has been the most popular beer in Angola.
After Angola's independence in 1975, all major companies were nationalized , including brewing companies. In 1980 the state-run beer company Empresa Nacional de Cervejas de Angola (ENC) was founded, in which, in addition to Cuca, the other Angolan breweries were also combined, in particular EKA , Nocal and Ngola .
In 1994 the Angolan Ministry of Industry signed a cooperation agreement with the French BGI of Groupe Castel , which provided for investments and, in return, a large minority stake and essential management of the Cuca brewery. The Angolan management has been working with BGI in the brewery sector since 1993.
With the end of the Angolan civil war in 2002 and the onset of economic growth, beer sales also increased significantly and required major investments and modernization. In 2005, the Angolan government decided to privatize the country's four breweries, in addition to Cuca, Nocal, also based in Luanda, EKA in Dondo and Ngola in Lubango .
Castel BGI then took over the Cuca, EKA and Nocal breweries in 2007 and has been running them since then in its subsidiary Cuca BGI. Around 2009 it expanded existing breweries, in particular the Cobeje plant in Bom Jesus near Luanda, and built additional breweries, such as the Cerbab in Cabinda and the Nocebo in Huambo .
As part of an agreement with Castel BGI, SABMiller handed her holdings in Angola in exchange with holdings in other African countries, especially Nigeria. Since then, Cuca BGI has owned the most important beer brands in Angola with Cuca, EKA, Nocal and Ngola and also distributes Coca-Cola , Guinness and other brands.
Cuca BGI then turned to export for the first time. After exporting regularly to São Tomé and Príncipe and especially in border traffic to Namibia, they also began to sell to Portugal and London. In addition to Cape Verde, Cuca intends to export more to Portugal in particular and has already started planning its own brewery there in order to avoid the high transport and import costs in the future. Brazil and the USA are the other strategic export destinations of Cuca BGI.
Production sites and brands
- CUCA - Companhia União de Cervejas ( Luanda ): Cuca (founded in 1947, market share 2012: 48%)
- Nocal - Nova Empresa De Cervejas De Angola ( Luanda ): Nocal (founded in 1958, market share 2012: 16%)
- EKA - Empresa Angolana de Cervejas ( Dondo ): EKA (founded in 1969, market share 2012: 4.8%), Skol (was already licensed by Cuca during colonial times)
- ECN - Empresa Cervejeira N´gola ( Lubango , reopened in 2009): Ngola (founded in 1974, market share 2012: 10%)
- COBEJE - Companhia de Bebidas do Bom Jesus ( Bom Jesus ): Cuca, Nocal
- CERBAB (Cabassango, Cabinda-Stadt , established in 2008): Tchizo (founded in 2010), Skol, Doppel Munich (dark beer), Cuca
- NOCEBO - Nova Companhia de Cerveja do Huambo ( Huambo , closed in 1991, reopened in 2009): Cuca
- SOBA (Sociedade de Bebidas de Angola) Catumbela ( Benguela , established in 2002): Cuca, 33 Export
- ECNN - Empresa Cervejeira N'gola Norte ( Funda , Cacuaco County , built in 2010): Ngola, Castle (from South Africa), 33 export
Cuca BGI also produces the Portuguese Sagres beer under license in Luanda . Sagres is the most popular imported beer and, after Cuca, the most popular beer in Angola. Cuca BGI is the only brewery outside Portugal that has a license to brew Sagres beer.
In addition, Cuca BGI holds a 60% stake in the Vidrul glass factory near Luanda, originally founded in 1956 and newly founded in 2004 , which has 440 employees and produces non-returnable bottles for the local market, and also exports to Madagascar (figures as of 2012).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Entry by the CUCA BGI ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2016 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. at www.ebizguides.com, accessed November 13, 2016
- ↑ Empresa Nacional de Cervejas extinta pelo governo angolano - “National beer company dissolved by the Angolan government” , article from June 3, 2015 in the independent Angolan news portal www.angolabelazebelo.com, accessed on November 12, 2016
- ↑ Indústria cervejeira angolana regista alta qualidade e um crescimento assinalável - "Angolan beer industry shows high quality and remarkable growth" , article of May 18, 2010 of the Angolan business newspaper Jornal Economia & Finanças , accessed on November 12, 2016
- ↑ a b Entry by Cuca BGI on www.beerinfinity.com, accessed on November 12, 2016
- ↑ Conselho de Ministros aprova proposta de lei da revisão do OGE - “Council of Ministers adopts draft law to revise the state budget” , article of July 13, 2005 by the state news agency ANGOP , accessed on November 12, 2016
- ↑ Grupo Castel is investing USD 200 milhões na cervejeira de Bom Jesus - "Castel Group is investing US $ 200 million in the Bom Jesus brewery" , article of May 28, 2009 by the state news agency ANGOP , accessed on November 12, 2016
- ↑ Cerveja Cuca já chegou e quer produir em Portugal - "The Cuca beer has arrived and is aiming for production in Portugal" , article of June 7, 2015 in the Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias , accessed on November 12, 2016
- ↑ Os números da cerveja - “The figures for everything to do with beer” , comprehensive dossier from May 29, 2012 on the website www.kapitololo.wordpress.com, accessed on November 13, 2016
