Asahi Breweries

Japanese: アサヒビール

A beer manufacturer. The company was originally founded in 1889 as Osaka Beer Company (reorganized as Osaka Beer in 1893). In 1906, Osaka Beer, Nippon Beer, and Sapporo Beer joined forces to form Dai Nippon Beer, which was later re-established as Asahi Beer in 1949 when Dai Nippon Beer was split up. With one of the leading figures in the financial world, Tamesaburo Yamamoto, as president, the company opened the Tokyo Omori Factory in 1962 (production ceased in 2002), and in 1964 established the subsidiary Hokkaido Asahi Beer (merged with Asahi Breweries in 1994). The company then completed the Kashiwa Factory in 1966, the Nagoya Factory in 1973, and the Fukushima Factory in 1979. The company took aggressive measures, such as launching Japan's first canned beer and the Steiny Style small bottles. In 1982, the company merged with EBIOS Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and entered the pharmaceutical business. The dry draft beer, Asahi Super Dry, launched in 1987, was a hit, and the company's market share rapidly expanded. In 1989, the company name was changed to Asahi Breweries. In 2011, the company transitioned to a pure holding company, changed its name to Asahi Group Holdings, and the alcoholic beverage business was taken over by the new corporation Asahi Breweries through a company split. In 2012, Calpis was acquired.

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Japanese:

ビールメーカー。1889年設立の大阪麦酒会社（1893大阪麦酒に改組）が前身。1906年大阪麦酒，日本麦酒，札幌麦酒の 3社合同により大日本麦酒設立，1949年大日本麦酒分割により朝日麦酒として新発足した。財界の中心人物の一人，山本為三郎を社長に 1962年東京大森工場（2002製造停止）を新設，1964年子会社北海道朝日麦酒（1994アサヒビールに合併）を設立。その後 1966年柏工場，1973年名古屋工場，1979年福島工場完成。日本最初の缶入りビールの発売，スタイニー・スタイルの小瓶の発売など積極策を展開。1982年エビオス薬品工業を合併し，医薬事業に進出。1987年に発売した辛口の生ビール，アサヒスーパードライがヒットし，シェアを急拡大した。1989年社名をアサヒビールに変更。2011年純粋持株会社に移行し，社名をアサヒグループホールディングスに変更，酒類事業は会社分割により新法人のアサヒビールが引き継いだ。2012年カルピスを買収。

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