Birra Tirana

Birra Tirana
LocationTirana, Albania
Opened1960
Key peopleCEO: Luan Bregasi
Revenue6.81 million $
Owned byIndividuals 56.16%

Al & Gi S.rl. 34.1%

Other 9.74%
Employees150
DistributionAlbania, Europe
Websitewww.birratirana.com
Active beers
Blonde Ale
European type pilsner
Name Type

Birra Tirana (English: Tirana Beer) is a beer company based in Tirana, Albania. It is the largest beer producer and the largest selling beer in the country.[1] It is also exported and sold in Kosovo and the United States. The company is fabricated by Birra Malto Brewery.[2] It currently produces three different beer brands. Birra Tirana is sold both in bottles and cans of 0.33 lit and 0.5 lit and also in kegs 30 litres and 50 litres.

  • July 10, 1960 – Birra Malto is established as Kombinati Ushqimor.
  • 1961 – The company starts operations.
  • Sept 2, 1998 – Birra Malto is registered as a limited liability company.
  • 2000 – The company is restructured into a joint stock company, wholly owned by the state.
  • January 2001 – Eleven Albanian investors acquire 94% in Birra Malto for ALL 1.1 bln.
  • April 2003 - The Albanian Privatisation Agency sells 2.4% in Birra Malto to local company AL & GI Sh.p.k. for ALL 28.4 mln.
  • July 2005 - The company is awarded an ISO 9001:2000 Quality management systems certificate.
  • 2006 - The company renames to Birra Tirana from Birra Malto.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historia". birratirana.com (in Albanian).
  2. ^ "Albanian Times: Birra Tirana (Tirana Beer) Albanian Beer (Birra Shqiptare)". Archived from the original on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2010-09-11.