Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Beverages |
Founded | 1931 (as Malayan Breweries Limited) 1989 (as Asia Pacific Breweries) in Singapore |
Headquarters | Singapore |
Key people | Roland Pirmez (President Asia Pacific) |
Products | Beers and lagers |
Parent | Heineken N.V. |
Subsidiaries | Archipelago Brewery DB Breweries |
Website | apbsingapore.com |
Heineken Asia Pacific, formerly Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) is a Singaporean brewery company. Founded in 1931 as a joint venture between Heineken International and Fraser and Neave, it was renamed Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) in 1989 and given its present name after merging with Heineken Asia Pacific in 2013.
Headquartered in Singapore, it currently controls 45 breweries in 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region, selling over 50 beer brands and variants. It is wholly owned by parent company Heineken International. [1]
In 1931, Singapore's Fraser & Neave (F&N) formed a joint venture with Holland's Heineken to venture into the brewing business in Singapore. The brewery, initially called "Malayan Breweries Limited", produced Tiger Beer, and later acquired Archipelago Brewery, which produced Anchor Beer. [2]
In 1990, Malayan Breweries changed its name to Asia Pacific Breweries.
In 2004, APB acquired 90% of DB Breweries. [3]
In 2010, APB acquired PT Multi Bintang Indonesia from Heineken International BV. [4]
In August 2012, Fraser & Neave accepted an offer from Heineken to acquire its stake in APB for US$4.1 billion. [5] Shareholders approved the deal during the extraordinary general meeting held on September 28, 2012. [6]
In 2013, APB merged with the original incarnation of Heineken Asia Pacific and was renamed Heineken Asia Pacific to reflect its role as Heineken's regional hub.[ citation needed ]
The company's main brands include Tiger Beer, Anchor, Baron's Strong Brew, Bintang Beer, DB Bitters, Tui, ABC Extra Stout and Archipelago Brewery Company range of beers. It also brews Heineken under a license from its parent company.
Tiger Beer is a core product by Heineken Asia Pacific, amongst the beers originally brewed in Singapore. It is a 5% abv pale lager that was first made in 1932. Today, Tiger Beer is produced at Tuas.
Heineken Lager Beer is another core product of Heineken Asia Pacific. It is a 5% abv pale lager that was first made in 1868 and brews under a license from its parent company.
Bintang Beer, is a 4.7% abv Pilsner brewed by APB's subsidiary PT Multi Bintang Indonesia in Indonesia.
Tui, is a 4% abv pale lager brewed by APB's subsidiary DB Breweries in New Zealand.
Asia Pacific Breweries opened the first mass production brewery on Hainan Island in the capital city of Haikou in 1997. The new brewery produced Tiger Beer and the now discontinued budget ‘Aoke’ but mainly focused on Anchor Beer. For almost a decade Anchor Beer was the dominant beer on Hainan Island. From 2007 realizing the potential revenues from the booming tourist industry in Hainan, the Tsingtao Beer Company made successful efforts to reduce Anchor's monopoly and as of 2014 outside of the capital Haikou, most small shops stock primarily Tsingtao.
As of 2014 there are several unique Anchor Beer types available only in Hainan. These include: Anchor Red Crown 4.4% (similar in taste and branding to Anchor Smooth), Anchor Lite 4.0%, Anchor ‘Classic’ 4.0%, Anchor Ice 4.0% and Anchor 97 4.0%.
In addition to the Anchor Beer family the brewery in Haikou also produces Heineken and two versions of ‘Hainan Beer’. One a 3.2% budget version and the other a 4.0% ‘premium’ version with a bright blue logo tailored for tourists and the growing number of international resorts.
In late 2015 the company launched 'Anchor Radler' in Hainan Island. A light 1.8% beer mixed with lemon. Sold in 300ml bottles the target market appears to be trendy clubs and afternoon drinkers. The logo is exactly the same as the Radler logo used on Bintang Radler, which also comes in 300ml bottles only.
While APB actively supports responsible drinking through their ‘drink-savvy’ campaign, a popular pastime of expatriates living in Hainan is to take part in the ‘APB Challenge’. Founded by longtime Hainan expatriate James Farquhar, the first APB challenge took place following a 'Hash House Harrier' event in Sanya on June 22, 2009. APB Hainan produces 5 types of Anchor Beer, 2 types of Tiger Beer (regular Tiger and Tiger Crystal), 2 types of Hainan Beer and Heineken, totaling 10 different beers. Only two are available in cans (Anchor Red Crown and Anchor Lite), only some in 330 ml bottles but all in 600 or 550 ml "big" bottles. The APB challenge is to find and drink all 10 types of the big-bottle versions in one day. From 2012 the challenge has become increasingly difficult as some product lines (Anchor 97 and Anchor ‘Classic’) are only available in rural villages outside of the main population centers of Haikou and Sanya.
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