Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co. KG

About Beck's

Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Bremen, produces beers and beer mixed drinks under the Beck's brand for the German and international market, as well as the regional brand Haake-Beck and the naturally cloudy Kräusen beer Haake-Kräusen. Founded in 1873, the company employs around 1400 staff at its Bremen site. In addition to its domestic presence, the brewery is strongly export-oriented, supplying approximately 120 countries worldwide. In 2002 the company was acquired by the Belgian Interbrew group; since 2008 it has belonged to Anheuser-Busch InBev. In Germany, Beck's sold around 2.5 million hectoliters of beer and beer mixed drinks in 2017. The company operates legally as Anheuser-Busch InBev Deutschland GmbH & Co KG (HRA 23055 HB) with the personally liable partner Brauerei Beck & Co. GmbH (HRB 34921 HB), both registered at the Bremen Local Court.

Site

Bremen

Processes

Brewery/beverage production, Export

Founded

1873

Employees

ca. 1400

Industries

Brewing/beverage industry

1. 01

   Brewery/beverage production

2. 02

   Bottling

3. 03

   Export

Locations

History

1. 1873

   Founded as Kaiserbrauerei Beck & May o.H.G. by Lüder Rutenberg, Franz Gustav Thomas May and Heinrich Beck

2. 1875

   Renamed Kaiserbrauerei Beck & Co

3. 1876

   Pilsener brewing style for overseas transport; gold medal at the World's Fair in Philadelphia

4. 1877

   Bremen key used as emblem on the label

5. 1886

   Start of exports via the Reichspost steamer line to the Far East

6. 1888

   Beer cooling switched to machine-made ice

7. 1909

   Foundation of Kaiserbrauerei Beck & Co KGaA

8. 1917

   Acquisition of the Remmer brewery in Bremen

9. 1918

   Acquisition of the majority of shares in St. Pauli-Brauerei

10. 1921

    Domestic business transferred to Haake-Beck Brauerei A.G.; renamed Exportbrauerei Beck & Co.

11. 1944

    Destruction of large parts of the production facilities by bombs

12. 1948

    Resumption of beer production; first exports to Bangkok

13. 1953

    Can filling line for the American export opened

14. 1973

    Sale of 1 million hectoliters of beer

15. 1981

    Merger of Beck & Co. and Haake-Beck Brauerei AG

16. 1983

    Exports exceed 1 million hectoliters for the first time

17. 2002

    Acquisition by the Belgian Interbrew group

18. 2008

    Formation of Anheuser-Busch InBev