1963
Company Founded; Amstel beer appears in the Greek market
1965
Operation of the first brewery in Athens with a yearly capacity of 45.000 hectolitres
1968
Merging of Amstel Brouwerij B.V. and Heineken N.V. in Holland results in change
of ownership of Athenian Brewery.
1974
New plant operation of plant in Greece's second largest town, Thessaloniki.
1976
Amstel becomes the No 1 selling beer in the Greek market
1979
Amstel 33cl can is launched to fulfil the market needs while sales reach
one million hectolitres
1981
Athenian Brewery enters the premium segment with the launch of Heineken, Europe's
No 1 beer
1985
Acquisition of third plant in Patras
1988
Enters the beer specialities segment with the launch of Amstel Bock
1990
Starts the production of the alcohol free beer Buckler and enters the
imported beer segment with Coors Extra Gold from USA
1992
Amstel line extensions, Amstel Light and Amstel Gold are launched in the market
1993
Athenian Brewery enters the bottled water business producing the natural mineral
water Ioli
1994
Athenian Brewery is certified with the ISO 9002 Quality Certificate
1994-1998
Expansion of portfolio by the number of imported brands of various types and
origins: Duvel from Belgium, Erdinger Weissbeer from Germany, McFarland from
Ireland and Kirin from Japan, Murphy's Irish Stout and Murphy's Irish Red, Chimay
from Belgium, Carib from the Caribbean, Konig Pilsener, and Desperados from
France
1999
Athenian Brewery launches in the Greek market Fischer the Alsatian beer, for
the first time produced outside Alsatia
1999
A new revolutionary packaging for Ioli is launched, named Ioli Sport, with a
unique push-pull cap which makes the use very convenient for the customer
1999
The company is certified with the ISO 14001 Environmental Certificate
2000
In March Athenian Brewery re-launches Alfa Beer, the traditional Hellenic lager
beer.
2001
Athenian Brewery, through the Heineken brand, becomes a Grand Sponsor
of the Olympic Games to be held in Athens in 2004.