Bavaria Brewery (Colombia)
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For the Dutch brewery, see Bavaria Brewery (Netherlands).
Bavaria Brewery (Spanish: Cervecería Bavaria), formally known as Bavaria S.A., is a Colombian brewery company founded on April 4, 1889, by Leo S. Kopp, a German immigrant. In 2005, Bavaria Brewery became a subsidiary of SABMiller.[1] Before the merger, Bavaria was the second-largest brewery in South America.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Beverages |
Founded | April 4, 1889 as Kopp’s Bavaria - Fabrica de Cerveza Alemana |
Founder | Leo S. Kopp |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Spain |
Key people | Alejandro Santo Domingo (chairman) |
Products | Beers, bottled water, fruit juices, malt beverages |
Number of employees | 16,369 |
Parent | AB InBev |
Subsidiaries | Águila Brewery Andina Brewery Backus & Johnston Brewery Leona Brewery National Brewery of Panama Unión Brewery |
Website | www.bavaria.co |
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On 10 October 2016, Anheuser-Busch InBev acquired the SABMiller company, so SABMiller ceased to exist as a corporation[2] and ceased trading on global stock markets,[3][4] and Bavaria became a division of the first.