CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #3077 | | | Name | National Brewery Ltd. |
| | | | | | | | | Extra info | Construction of what was at the time the largest brewery in the Middle East, the National Brewery, began in April 1952 in the city of Netanya, founded by a group of investors led by Louis Herzberg. Upon completion in May 1953, the National Brewery had an annual production capacity of 400,000 barrels. In 1954 it shipped what was theretofore he largest single shipment of imported beer ever to enter the United States" – 180,000 bottles of its Abir label beer. The National Brewery merged with the Palestine Brewery and the Galilee Brewery in 1973, whereby it came to control 90% of Israel's beer market. The company was acquired in 1976 by Canadian land developer Murray Goldman for $8 million. In 1980 a canned beer bearing a label indicating its origin as the National Brewery in Netanya was being sold in Egypt in spite of an Egyptian boycott of Israeli products. Called O.K. beer, it proved more successful than Heineken and Tuborg and was consumed at premier bars in Cairo and other locations in Egypt, even as conservative religious Muslim leaders campaigned to ban the sale of alcoholic drinks in the country. After entering into a license agreement with Anheuser-Busch International in 1983 for production of the first American beer in Israel, the National Brewery began producing Budweiser in 1984.
The National Brewery was acquired by Tempo Beer Industries in 1985.
In 1953, Tempo Beer Industries was established, due to a Moshe Bornstein immigrating to Israel, who is also a Holocaust survivor (Tempo Beer Industries). Tempo Beer Industries primarily manufactured soft drinks, selling only lemon-lime flavored beverages that were placed in uniquely looking bottles. There was an immediate response by its consumers, proving its popularity in Israel. This led to Tempo Beer Industries becoming the leading soft drink manufacturer in Israeli. Nowadays, the Tempo Beer Industry currently manages the largest local brewery in Israel located within the seaside town of Netanya (Tempo Beer Industries). Tempo Beer Industries later purchased Israel’s largest brewery, the “National Brewery” in 1985, |
| | | | | | | Other names used for this Brewer/bottler | | Name 1 | Tempo Beer Industries Ltd. |
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