Czech Republic: Velke Popovice has become one of the three biggest brewers in the country

Velke Popovice produced 1527 million hl of beer in 2006 which is the best result the company has ever had, media announced on January 15.

This made Velke Popovice one of the three biggest brewers in the country. In the last 4 years, the company’s beer production has risen by 40%, the most consistent grow trend in the domestic industry. These results were reached due to production modernization sustained by 50 million crones in investments.

Velke Popovice was founded in 1874 when it produced 18000 hl of beer. Today, the brewer is a member of Plzensky Prazdroj Holding, the biggest beer producer in Europe and also the biggest beer exporter in Czech Republic. The most important Holding’s brands are Kozel, Gambrinus, Pilsner Urkvell and Radegast.

In the same time, Plzensky Prazdroj is owned by SABMiller – the 2nd world’s biggest beer producer.