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Entered: 24 May 2010 08:41 - John Vetter - Modified: 28 Jan 2022 01:51 - Bob Burr
 Brewer/bottler #3021
Name Bavaria S. A.
Address Nacional 918, Aereo 3539
City Bogota
State/Province Cundinamarca
Country Colombia
Type Brewery
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Extra info Operates facilities throughout Colombia

1889. The corporation Kopp's Deutsche Brauerei Bavaria was created on April 4, 1889.
1902. Cervecería Unión was founded in Medellín.
1910. La Pola beer was launched to the Colombian market.
1913. Cervecería Barranquilla was founded.
1913. Águila beer was launched.
1930. Consorcio de Cervecerías Bavaria S.A. is created, as a result of the merge of Kopp's Deutsche Brauerei and other regional breweries.
1933. Cervecería Barranquilla y Bolívar S. A. was founded.
1959. Consorcio de Cervecerías Bavaria changed its name to Bavaria S.A.
1967. Cervecerías Bolívar and Barranquilla were merged to create Cervecería Águila S.A.
1967. Merger of Cervecerías Aguila and Bavaria.
1972. Bavaria purchased Cervecería Unión from Medellín.
1973. Cervecería Bavaria is inaugurated in Bogotá.
1975. Bavaria purchased the plant of Cervecería Litoral, located in Barranquilla.
1981. Bavaria became an public corporation with shares at the Colombia Stock Exchange.
1990. Bavaria acquired Central de Cervejas in Portugal.
1992. Maltería Tropical was inaugurated in Cartagena.
1994. Production of bottled drinking water and fruit refreshments started.
1996. Grupo Empresarial Bavaria was created.
1997. First split of Valores Bavaria, which separated Bavaria S.A. to be exclusively focused on beverages; consolidated in 2001.
2000. GEB acquired 44.2% of Cervecería Leona in Colombia.
2001. GEB purchased 91.5% of Cervecería Nacional in Panamá.
2001. Bavaria restructured its productive platform.
2002. Launching of Aguila Light beer.
2002. GEB invested in Corporación Backus of Perú and purchased the majority of shares with right to vote.
2003. Cervezería Nacional became part of GEB.
2003. Bahía beer is launched.
2004. Agua Brisa with gas and Malta Leona Cool were launched to the market.
2004. GEB became the tenth largest brewing group in the world.
2005. In October this year GEB became part of SABMiller
  
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Other names used for this Brewer/bottler
Name 1 Cervecerias de Germania y Bavaria S.A.
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Name 2 Cerveceria de Germania Rudolf Kohn S.A.
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Name 3 Consorcio de Cervecerías Bavaria S.A.
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Name 4 Cervecería Bavaria S.A.
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