E-Malt.com News article: Russia & Germany: Baltika Breweries to export beer to Germany in PET bottles

Baltika Breweries announced it had started to export beer in PET bottles to Germany, according to company’s press release, December 10. Baltika had previously been registered as an operator on the one-time packaging German market, being the first Russian company which passed the registration process in Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH (DPG) – organization which administrates one-time packaging turnover on the German market.

Baltika Breweries is the leader on the Russian beer market. In 2006 Baltika merged with the companies Vena, Pikra and Yarpivo.

The Baltika brand occupies second place in Europe in terms of sales. The Company owns 11 breweries across all of Russia and has an extensive portfolio of brands. Baltika has around 12,000 employees.


12 December, 2007