Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd. (麒麟麦酒株式会社, Kirin Bīru Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 2503, NASDAQ: KNBWY) is a Japanese company. It is a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu.
Kirin sells two of the most popular beers in Japan, Kirin Lager (the country's oldest beer brand, originally created by Scotsman Thomas Glover in Nagasaki) and Ichiban Shibori. In the happoshu (low-malt) category, Kirin Tanrei is the top seller. Kirin handles domestic distribution for sev...
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Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd. (麒麟麦酒株式会社, Kirin Bīru Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 2503, NASDAQ: KNBWY) is a Japanese company. It is a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu.
Kirin sells two of the most popular beers in Japan, Kirin Lager (the country's oldest beer brand, originally created by Scotsman Thomas Glover in Nagasaki) and Ichiban Shibori. In the happoshu (low-malt) category, Kirin Tanrei is the top seller. Kirin handles domestic distribution for several foreign brands, including Budweiser and Heineken. Kirin's brewery operations also extend overseas, through strategic alliances, subsidiaries, and affiliates, to China, Taiwan, Australia, the Philippines, Europe, New Zealand and the United States. The company holds a 100 percent stake in Lion Nathan Limited, a consolidated subsidiary that is based in Australia but has particularly important operations in China. Kirin has a 48 percent stake in San Miguel Corporation, the dominant brewer in the Philippines. Kirin now applies its fermentation...
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