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Our primary brewing and beverage operations cover six countries across South and Central America (Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, and Peru). In each of these countries, we are the number one brewer by market share. We are also the third largest brewer in Argentina. We bottle soft drinks for The Coca-Cola Company in El Salvador and Honduras, and for Pepsico International in Panama.

Regional office: Bogotá, Colombia.

Quarterly divisional seminar

March 2013

Hosted by Karl Lippert, President of SABMiller Latin America.

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Karl Lippert
President,
SABMiller Latin America

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Vital statistics

1993: Year of investment
1,865¹: EBITA (US$m)
17²: Total number of breweries
14²: Total number of bottling plants
26,933³: Total average number of employees

For year ended 31 March 2012 - includes share of results of associates and JVs.
Figures relate to subsidiaries only
Average for year ended 31 March 2012 - subsidiaries only.

Total volumes sold (hl 000)

41,596: Lager
17,418: Soft drinks

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Current operations

Brewing operations

Brand portfolio

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Key brands

History 2001 - 2010

2001: SAB becomes the first international brewer to enter Central America when it acquires Honduran brewer, Cervecería Hondureña. The company also forms a joint venture with El Salvador Beverages Business, a brewery and sparkling beverage distributor.

In November, the company becomes the sole brewer and the bottler for The Coca-Cola Company in Honduras and El Salvador.

2005: SABMiller acquires a majority interest in Bavaria S.A., South America's second largest brewer. This gives the company the leading beer market share positions in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Panama.

2009: Our Colombian subsidiary Bavaria S.A. disposes of its Agra Brisa bottled water business and assets. The Brisa operations in Panama are excluded from the transaction.

2010: SABMiller plc announces that it has acquired Cervecería Argentina S.A. Isenbeck (“CASA Isenbeck”), the third largest brewer in Argentina, from the Warsteiner Group.

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Sustainable development

Supporting ethics

Bavaria, brewer of Aguila, has developed a robust approach to business ethics over the past five years in support of SABMiller’s commitment to the UN Global Compact and recognising the benefits for developing trusting relationships with stakeholders and employees, and building reputation and corporate standing.

Read the Supporting ethics sustainable development case study

Sustainable development

Turning waste into forest

At our San Juan brewery in Peru, we are using waste from the production of Pilsen Callao – one of the country’s most popular beers – to support a substantial reforestation project in the local area, so contributing to conservation and biodiversity, and restoring the natural environment for the local community to enjoy.

Read the Turning waste into forest sustainable development case study