CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #8128 | | | Name | Kobanyai Sorgyarak N.V. |
| | | | | | | | | Extra info | !948--1981
1854– Peter Schmidt founder of “Kobányai Serfozo Társaság” produced the first “Kobányai Ser”
1862 – Anton Dreher, the “King of Beer” bought the “Kobányai Serház”.
1870 – Anton Dreher Jr. takes over the leadership of the company. He developed the technology and capacity of his factories, and Kobánya soon became the largest brewery of Hungary.
1905 – Among his three sons, Anton Dreher Jr. entrusted Jeno with the management of the Kobánya brewery, which became a corporation in 1907 under the name "Dreher Antal Kbányai Serfozdéje”. The company was the local market leader till World War I.
1923 – Jeno Dreher continued to buy shares from the capitals of his competitors, from Haggenmacher Kobányai and Budafoki Rt., Barber and Klusemann Brewery and the "Elso Magyar Részvény Serfozde”. The „Dreher Kombinát”, which was merged from these companies in 1923, bought up the "Királyi Serfozde” of Kanizsa in 1928 also.
1933 – "Dreher-Haggenmacher Elso Magyar Részvény Serfozde” was launched, which ruled 70% of the market with its excellent beers.
1948 – The property of the family kept in Hungary was taken into state ownership.
1949 – Establishment of "Kobányai Sörgyárak Nemzeti Vállalat”. (Merger of Fovárosi Sörfozde R.T. Kobánya, Dreher-Haggenmacher-Elso Magyar Részvényserfozde (1933) + POLGÁRI SÖRFZDE.
1981 – Birth of the independent “Kobányai Sörgyár”.
1992 – “Kobányai Sörgyár” was converted into a shareholding company.
1993 – The brewery became a member of the South African Breweries (SAB).
1997 – The company takes up the name “Dreher Sörgyárak Ltd”.
2002 – The South African Breweries merged with the Miller Brewing Company to create the SABMiller group, which is the second largest brewing company of the world, with brewing interests or distribution agreements in over 60 countries across six continents. SABMiller plc is listed in the London stock exchange and the Johannesburg stock exchange, and its international brand portfolio includes excellent brands with a great past, such as Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft, and Castle Lager. |
| | | | | | | Other names used for this Brewer/bottler | | Name 1 | Kobányai Sörgyárak Nemzeti Vállalat |
| | | Name 2 | Elso Magyar Részvény Serfozde |
| | | Name 3 | Dreher-Haggenmacher Elso Magyar Reszveny Serfozde |
| | | | | Name 5 | Dreher Sörgyárak Ltd |
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