Founded in 1819, Oy Sinebrychoff Ab is Finland’s leading manufacturer of beers, ciders, soft drinks and energy drinks, producing around 400 million litres a year.
Based on its 200 years of experience and continuous development, Sinebrychoff offers a range of high-quality beverages, which is constantly diversifying to satisfy changing consumer preferences.
Its Karhu, Nikolai and KOFF brands are the most famous and popular beers in Finland, while the growing House of Beer selection includes the world's leading beer brands as well as Sinebrychoff’s own special beers.
Sinebrychoff’s range also includes ciders and long drinks, energy and wellness drinks and boxed wines. The company manufactures Coca-Cola products - the world’s most popular soft drinks, mineral waters and sports drinks, and sells the internationally renowned Schweppes mixers and Evian mineral waters.
Sinebrychoff is part of the Carlsberg Group and has produced Carlsberg under licence since 1972.
KEY DATES:
1819: Sinebrychoff founded
1972: Co-operation with Carlsberg begins
1999: Sinebrychoff becomes a 100% owned Carlsberg company
KEY FACTS:
Sites: 2 – one in Kerava and one in Pori
Employees: 1,100
Market Position: 1
Market Share: 46.9%
Consumption per person: 91 litres
Carlsberg Ownership: 100%
BRANDS:
Karhu, KOFF, Nikolai, Carlsberg, Battery Energy Drink, Hyvää Päivää
CONTACTS:
OY Sinebrychoff AS
Sinebrychoffinaukio 1
04250 Kerava
Finland
Tel: +358 9 294 991
Fax: +358 9 2949 9464
Website: www.koff.fi – www.karhu.fi
DID YOU KNOW THAT ..?
- Sinebrychoff is the oldest industrial brewery in Scandinavia
- Sinebrychoff’s birthday – 13 October – is also celebrated as Finnish Beer Day
- Battery Energy Drink was invented in 1997 and today is exported to more than 30 countries on five continents
- Sinebrychoff was the first brewery in Finland to be granted ISO 9001 certification (1997) for its quality management system and ISO 14001 (2000) certification for its environmental management system
Revised 2007