!!!Brau AG, Österreichische

Brau AG, Oesterreichische, largest Austrian brewery with headquarters 
at Linz; founded in 1921 as Braubank AG; the name Brau AG was adopted 
in 1925 and continued until 1997. After a fusion with  Steirerbrau AG, 
it has been called  Brau Union Oesterreich AG. With more than 2000 
employees, the firm produced approx. 4 million hectolitres of beer in 
1997 (including licensed production) in Austria and abroad; the annual 
turnover was approx. ATS 4.7 bn. Roughly half of all Austrian beer 
exports are Brau AG products. The 11 brands (and 31 grades) produced 
are: Zipfer, Kaiser, Edelweiss, Steffl, Schwechater, Wieselburger, 
Warsteiner, Moeven, Adam, Guinness and Schlossgold (alcohol-free). The 
breweries were situated at Schwechat (Lower Austria), Wieselburg 
(Lower Austria), Zipf (Upper Austria), Hallein (province of Salzburg) 
and Innsbruck (Tirol). The malt necessary for beer production was 
produced at a malthouse at Liesing (Vienna).


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