The Australian distributors of the US beer brand, Budweiser, the leading brand of the Anheuser-Busch brewing conglomerate, and the Australian Adelaide-based brewer, Coopers Brewery, are to form a joint venture company. The new company will market both the Coopers brand and Budweiser. The company is to be headquartered in Melbourne and Tim Cooper is to be its chairman.

31 October, 2002