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The war of words between Danone and its Chinese partner Wahaha is a lesson in greed, cultural misunderstanding and crude but effective spin doctoring.
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The 1st Technical/Technological Conference for executives of the 4 leading Japanese breweries was held in Tokyo from 13th to 14th of march, 2007. The Faculty of Technology of Brewing of the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan, the Research Centre for Brewing and Food Quality Weihenstephan and Fachverlag Hans Carl Nuremberg organized the conference in collaboration and with the outstanding organizational support of Eberhard Gerlach, Künzel Maschinenbau GmbH and Hidekazu Miyake, Miyake Industries C. Ltd., Tokyo.
Asia/Australia
This article reports topics related to the brewing technology in Japan with special focus to the new type of beer-like drinks. Today, the world brewing industry is facing big changes. The biggest one will be the grouping of brewing companies, especially M&A, by international big brewing companies (Fig. 1). The trend is exceptional in Japan, but another big change is progressing now in the domestic beer market. The launching of the beer-like drink called “beer of the new category”.
Asia/Australia
International brewing companies and suppliers benefit from the current boom in China. The upswing of the Chinese beer market encourages more and more companies to access the Chinese market. Based on its majority holding, the Ziemann Group has acquired an „ideal partner“, said the management of the family-owned company when commenting on the acquisition.
Asia/Australia
In February 2007, Anheuser-Busch confirmed that it had formed an equally owned joint-venture with India’s Crown Beers to brew, market and sell Budweiser and other beer brands in India when Crown Beer’s new brewery will be completed as of March.
Asia/Australia
In March Heineken opened its first Heineken Bar in the new Terminal 2 of Hong Kong International Airport on Lantau island. Heineken intends to roll out this branded bar concept to key international airports which support the brand’s premium positioning.
Asia/Australia
Having already lost Muhtar Kent to The Coca-Cola Company and his successor Ahmet Boyacioglu to a well-deserved retirement, Efes Breweries International (EBI) announced that the supervisory board will propose to the Extraordinary General Meeting that Alejandro Jimenez be appointed as CEO.
Asia/Australia
Development by the textbook. Anheuser-Busch hopes to double the amount of Chinese cities where it sells its Budweiser beer over the next five years from currently 100 in an effort to increase its profits.
Asia/Australia
The Japanese were not amused when in February this year, Steel Partners, a New York-based buy-out fund and one of its leading shareholders, announced that it may launch a tender offer to raise its stake in Sapporo to 66.6 percent. The battle of words has since heated up.
Asia/Australia
Tandou Wines is the seventh largest wine producer in Australia with a capacity of three million cases per annum. It sells the Broken Earth and Wontanella brands. The stock-market listed Champagne Indage has a one million cases-winery in Narayangaon, near Nashik, a city in the state of Maharashtra, 185 km away from Mumbai (Bombay).
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