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Companhia de Bebidas das Américas 
Type Sociedade Anônima Traded as BM&F Bovespa: AMBV3, AMBV4
NYSE: ABVIndustry Beverage Founded (1999) Headquarters São Paulo, Brazil Key people João Castro Neves, (Chairman & CEO) Products Beers and Soft drinks Revenue 
US$ 15.9 Billion (2010) [1]Net income US$ 4.7 Billion (2010) [2]Employees 39.300 Parent Anheuser-Busch InBev Website www.ambev.com.br Ambev (BM&F Bovespa: AMBV3, AMBV4 / NYSE: ABV) formally Companhia de Bebidas das Américas (official English translation: "Americas' Beverage Company", hence the name "Ambev", formerly styled as "AmBev") is a subsidiary of global brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev and is the biggest brewery in South America and the fifth in the world. It was created on July 1, 1999, with the merger of two breweries, Brahma and Antarctica. The merger was approved by the Brazilian Board of Directors of Economic Defense (CADE) on March 30, 2000.
Ambev operates in 14 countries in the Americas and its portfolio includes beers like Antarctica, Brahma, Bohemia, Skol, Stella Artois and soft drinks like Guaraná Antarctica, Soda Antarctica, Sukita and the innovations H2OH! and Guarah. As the largest PepsiCo bottler outside United States, it sells and distributes PepsiCo products in Brazil and other Latin American countries, includes Pepsi, Lipton Ice Tea and Gatorade by agreement of franchising. It is controlled by Anheuser-Busch InBev.
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Creation of InBev
Following the creation of InBev on March 3, 2004, the company's remit as a subsidiary grew into North America, with Interbrew acquisition, Labatt and the name was expanded to its present long form.
See also
- Anheuser-Busch InBev — owner
- Cerveza Quilmes — (Ambev has a 91.18% controlling interest) [3]
- Primo Schincariol (competitor)
- Heineken (competitor)
References
- ^ [1] AmBev 2010 revenue was R$ 25.2 Billion or US$ 15.9 Billion
- ^ [2] The AmBev's net income was of 4.7 USD Billion in 2010 ended fiscal year
- ^ Ambev - Companhia de Bebidas das Américas
External links
- Company website (Portuguese)
- [3] - The Ambev stock chart
- [4]-Ambev suit
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S&P Latin America 40 companies Constituents as at 2 March 2010Alfa · AmBev · América Móvil · Bradesco · Banco de Chile · Buenaventura · CAP · Cemex · CEMIG · Cencosud · CSN · Copel · Credicorp · Cyrela Brazil Realty · Eletrobrás · Embraer · Empresas CMPC · Empresas Copec · Endesa · Enersis · Fibria · FEMSA · Gerdau · Grupo Carso · Grupo Modelo · Itaú Unibanco · Itaúsa · Kimberly-Clark de Mexico · LAN · Oi · Petrobras · Redecard · S.A.C.I. Falabella · Santander (Chile) · SQM · Southern Copper · Televisa · Telmex · Vale · Wal-Mart de MexicoAnheuser–Busch InBev Corporate Directors: Carlos Brito, CEO • August Busch IV • Allan Chapin • Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira • Arnoud de Pret Roose de Calesberg • Jean-Luc Dehaene • Philippe de Spoelberch • Jorge Paulo Lemann • Roberto Moses Thompson Motta • Kees J. Storm • Peter Harf •Subsidiaries Equity Investments Grupo Modelo - 50% • Craft Brewers Alliance (Redhook, Widmer Bros., Kona Brewing) - 32.2% • Tsingtao Brewery - 7%Global and
multi-country brandsAlexander Keith's • Beck's • Brahma • Budweiser (except the Czech Republic) • Stella Artois • Hoegaarden • LeffeLocal brands Antarctica • Aqua Fratelli Vita • Astika • Baisha • BagBier • Bass • Belle-Vue • Boddingtons • Bohemia • Boomerang • Borostyán • Breda Royal Beer • Busch Beer • Carcau • Chernigivske • Diebels • Diekirch • Dimix • Dommelsch • Double Deer • Dutch Gold • Franziskaner • Gilde Ratskeller • Guaraná Antarctica • Haake-Beck • Harbin Brewery • Hasseröder • Hertog Jan • Hoegaarden • Jinlin • Jinlongquan • Julius • Jupiler • KK • King Cobra • Klinskoye • Kokanee • La Bécasse • Labatt • Lakeport • Liber • Löwenbräu • Marathon • Michelob • Mousel • Natural • Oranjeboom • Paceña • Permskoye Gubernskoye • Quilmes • Red Shiliang • Rifey • Rolling Rock • Rogan • Safir • Santai • Sedrin • Sibirskaya Korona • Skol • Spaten • St. Pauli Girl • Sukita • Taller • Tolstiak • Verboden Vrucht • Vieux Temps • Yali • Yantar • Zizhulin • Zhujiang
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