Obolon (company)
Private | |
Industry | Beverages |
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Founded | 1980Kyiv, Ukraine | , in
Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Key people | Oleksandr Slobodian (honorary president) |
Products | beer, sodas, cocktails, mineral water |
Revenue | ₴4.5 billion (2010) |
₴90 million (2010) | |
Number of employees | 6,500 (2010) |
Website | obolon |
Obolon Joint Stock Company (
Obolon's main plant in Kyiv is the largest brewing facility in Europe by installed capacity. As of 2008[update], that facility was Europe's largest single beer manufacturer in terms of physical volume.[1] Obolon's plant in Khmelnytskyi Oblast is the largest malting facility in Europe by installed capacity.[2]
History
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The company's main brewery was built in 1980 based on designs made by Czech engineers, near an artesian well in Kyiv's Obolon district. Initially called 'Kyiv brewery #3', it was renamed 'Obolon' in 1986. In 1992, Obolon became the first privatized company in independent Ukraine and registered its corporate brand Obolon (Ukrainian: Оболонь). The shares of company stock were distributed among its employees. In 1993, Obolon changed its legal status to a closed joint-stock company (currently it is a private joint stock company under present legislation).
In 1997, Obolon obtained a $40 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to significantly expand its production capacities.[3] In 2009, Obolon obtained a further $50 million loan from the EBRD towards financial stability and increased energy efficiency.[4]
In 2011 Obolon is changing its form of ownership, becoming a public joint stock company.
In 2020, Obolon launched a large-scale renovation of Obolon TM and Zibert TM took place. New beers, cider ("Ciber Rose"), two new flavors of soft drinks TM "Zhyvchyk" were released, mineral water "Obolonskaya low-carbonated". The company was also the first in Ukraine to launch low-alcohol beverages new to the market in the category of "hard zeltser".
Structure
The Obolon Corporation has its own malting plant able to produce 120,000 tonnes of malt per year. The malting plant uses equipment from the German company Schmidt-Seeger. Obolon uses the malt in its own products and exports it.
Obolon has its main site in Kyiv and 8 facilities in Ukraine:
- Bershad (Vinnytsia Oblast),
- Fastiv (Kyiv Oblast),
- Krasyliv and Chemerivtsi (Khmelnytskyi Oblast),
- Kolomyia (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast)
- Oleksandria (Kirovohrad Oblast),
- Okhtyrka (Sumy Oblast)
- Rokytne (Rivne Oblast)
- Sevastopol.
Obolon sells beer under six brands: Obolon, Obolon BeerMix, Magnat, hike premium beer, Zibert and Desant. Brands for its non-alcoholic products are Zhyvchyk, Prozora and Obolonska mineral waters, and the Jett line of energy drinks. The enterprise also produces low-alcohol beverages, such as kvass. Obolon bottles Bitburger beer under license.
Obolon is the largest Ukrainian exporter of beer, accounting for 80% of Ukrainian beer exports.
Sponsoring
Obolon has sponsored
See also
References
- ^ (at 110 million decalitres) Антикризисная пена Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Sustainability_Report of 2010[permanent dead link] (in Ukrainian)
- ^ "OBOLON BREWERY". Ebrd.com. 1997. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ admin (2004-12-22). "UKRAINE: EBRD loan granted to Obolon". Just Drinks. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- RBC Ukraine
- ^ [1][permanent dead link] (in Ukrainian)
- ^ "The Oxford Companion to Beer Definition of Ukraine". Craft Beer & Brewing. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Антикризисная пена". expert.ua. 2010-12-06. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Obolon starts exporting beer to China, Kyiv Post (6 December 2011)
- ^ Russia bans Ukrainian beer imports over 'calorie counts', France 24 (14 August 2014)
- ^ a b Ukraine’s Obolon re-enters Russian beer market through local licensing agreement, Kyiv Post (28 July 2015)
- ^ "Obolon corporation severs cooperation with Russia due to its military aggression in Ukraine". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ (in Russian) Slobodyan refused to fund FC "Obolon", www.liga.net (9 December 2012)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) "Obolon" refused to brew in the spring part in the First League, but instead in Kyiv there will be a new club, www.liga.net (21 February 2013)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Slobodyan creates new Football club "Obolon Brovar", www.liga.net (11 December 2012)
- ^ "Буковина" продовжить виступи у Першій лізі , "Жемчужину" позбавили атестату [Bukovyna will continue to compete in the First League, Zhemchuzhyna was refused attestation] (in Ukrainian). PFL. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
External links
- (in Ukrainian, Russian, and English) Official site of the company