APU Company
47°53′56″N 106°54′09″E / 47.898856°N 106.902548°E
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| MSE: APU | |
| Industry | Beverages |
Area served | Mongolia |
| Website | apu |
APU (Mongolian: АПУ: Архи, Пиво, Ундаа), or translated as "Vodka, Beer, Soft drinks", is Mongolia's oldest company and the country’s largest brewer and beverage producer.[1][2][3]
History
Established April the 15th 1924 as a state monopoly later being partially privatised in 1992 with 51% of shares being retained by the state. In 2001 the state owned shares were sold through the Mongolian Stock Exchange and APU became fully publicly owned.[4] APU owns a chain of restaurants called Ikh Mongol, which serves beer, food and live music.[5]
Operations
APU Joint-stock company is the brand manufacturer and under it run three subsidiaries within the Mongolian zone unit of the APU company: APU Trading LLC which is the exclusive distributor of products, Depod LLC the bottle recycling arm and Nature Agro LLC the spirits division.
Production operations
All production facilities for the company are located in the capital city of Ulan Bator:
- A Brewery (modernised 2003)
- A spirits distillery run by the Nature Agro LLC division (opened 2008)
- A vodka plant (modernised 2004)
- A water and soft drinks plant (modernised 2004)
- A milk, fruit juice and Tetra Pak packaging plant (opened 2006)
References
- ^ BDSec Market Research (2012). "APU:MO" (PDF).
- ^ Oxford Business Group (2012). The Report: Mongolia 2012. Oxford Business Group. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-907065-53-8.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Alan J. K. Sanders (20 May 2010). Historical Dictionary of Mongolia. Scarecrow Press. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-0-8108-7452-7.
- ^ "APU". Asia Pacific Securities. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ Michael Kohn (2008). Mongolia. Ediz. Inglese. Lonely Planet. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-74104-578-9.