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Polmos (an acronym for Polski Monopol Spirytusowy, Polish Spirit Monopoly) was a Polish state-owned monopoly, controlling the Polish market for vodka and other spirits. Founded in the late 1920s, until World War II it was one of the leading vodka producers in Poland. Its distilleries at that time were the most modern in the region, which allowed the company to export its products to many other countries around Europe.
After World War II the company became a true monopoly as all other distilleries were nationalized by the communist authorities of Poland and assumed by Polmos. In 1990 the monopoly was divided onto several independent companies, each owning one of the distilleries and one of the best-selling brands of Polish spirits. Currently the companies are being privatized and only 5 remain state-owned.
In 2001 Pernod Ricard purchased Polmos Poznan, the home of Wyborowa vodka, and in 2008, after the acquisition of V&S, it also integrated Polmos Zielona Gora into the company.
Among the best-known descendants of Polmos are:
- Polmos Poznan - Wyborowa vodka, Exquisite, Goldwasser
- Polmos Zielona Gora - Luksusowa vodka, Siwucha
- Polmos Starogard Gdanski - Destylarnia Sobieski SA - owner of Krupnik and producer of Sobieski vodka
- Kompania Spirytusowa "Wratislavia" Polmos Wrocław - owner of Wratislavia vodka, Krakus vodka
- Podlaska Wytwórnia Wódek Polmos in Siedlce - owner of Chopin vodka
- Polmos Białystok - sole owner of Absolwent vodka and Żubrówka
- Polmos Bielsko-Biała - owner of Żytnia vodka, currently produced under the name of Extra Żytnia
- Polmos Kraków - owner of Cracovia Vodka
- Polmos Lublin - owner of Żołądkowa Gorzka
- Polmos Łańcut - owner of Rosolis and Polonaise vodka
- Polmos Łódź - owner of Prezydent vodka
- Polmos Toruń - owner of Copernicus vodka
- Polmos Sieradz - owner of Jarzebiak vodka and Ratafia vodka
- Polmos Szczecin - producer of Starka aged vodka and Gin Pomorski
- Polmos Warszawa - the sole producer of rectified spirit in Poland
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