Champion breweries
Champion Breweries PLC is a Nigerian brewing company located in Akwa Ibom state. The company is the producer of Champion lager beer and Champ Malta.
Champion Breweries was established as a publicly funded commercial enterprise in 1974 and began manufacturing in 1976 with a capacity of 150,000 hecto litres of Champion beer and 10,000 hecto litres of Champ Malta. At formation, the firm patronized a plastic manufacturing company to produce crates for holdings the products instead of paper cartons, a precedent other beer producers later followed.[1]
In 2014, Heineken International acquired a majority equity in the company.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Brewery Special". DRUM. Lagos. June 1981.
- ^ Salako, Taofik (31 January 2014). "Heineken acquires 57% equity in Champion Breweries - The Nation Nigeria". The Nation Nigeria.