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Carlsberg Polska
Carlsberg Polska is the Polish subsidiary of the Carlsberg brewing company. Carlsberg acquired 100% control of the Okocim Group, which included the Okocim Brewery, in 2004.
The subsidiary owns four brewing plants and employs 1,250 staff. It is the third largest brewing company in Poland with a 14.4% market share.
History.
The Okocim Brewery was founded in 1845. Carlsberg beer was imported into Poland until Carlsberg acquired a stake in the Okocim Brewery in 1997 in exchange for giving Okocim a license to produce
. During the communist period, along with the Żywiec Brewery, Okocim was one of only two beer makers allowed to sell its products outside its region and abroad.
After the fall of communism in 1990, it was transformed into a government run business enterprise and subsequently auctioned off, reprivatised and listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Since 1996 the brewery has been a part of Carlsberg Polska, Carlsberg Breweries A/S.
The palace of the Goetz-Okocimiski family, which was also taken over by the Nazis and then