Birra Tirana
| Location | Tirana, Albania | ||
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| Opened | 1960 | ||
| Key people | CEO: Luan Bregasi | ||
| Revenue | 6.81 million $ | ||
| Owned by | Individuals 56.16%
Al & Gi S.rl. 34.1% Other 9.74% | ||
| Employees | 150 | ||
| Distribution | Albania, Europe | ||
| Website | www | ||
| Active beers | |||
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Blonde Ale European type pilsner
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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
- ^ "Historia". birratirana.com (in Albanian).
- ^ "Albanian Times: Birra Tirana (Tirana Beer) Albanian Beer (Birra Shqiptare)". Archived from the original on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2010-09-11.