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S.A. Damm
Company typeSociedad Anónima
IndustryBeverage
Founded
Founder
  • August Kuentzmann Damm
  • Joseph Damm
Headquarters
Barcelona
,
Spain
Area served
Nationwide
Key people
Demetrio Carceller Coll, owner
Demetrio Carceller Arce, President
ProductsEstrella Damm
Revenue1,385,000,000 Euro (2019) Edit this on Wikidata
101,000,000 (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.damm.cat
A can of Estrella Damm beer

Sociedad Anónima Damm is a Spanish brewery founded in Barcelona in 1876 by the Alsatian August Kuentzmann Damm and Joseph Damm. It is the main brewery in the city.

Products

Its best known beer products include the following four:

Other Damm products include Inedit, Bock Damm, Free-Damm, A.K. Damm, among others. Damm also produces a range of Gluten-reduced beers under the Daura label, including a Lager and a Märzen.

Corporate Activity

In 2018, the shareholding was formed by the Canarian oil company Disa Corporación Petrolífera (33%), owned by the Carceller family, the German food group Dr. Oetker (25%), Seegrund (13.95%), also controlled by the Carceller family and Demetrio Carceller Arce himself (0.083%).[6] The rest of the company's shareholders are several historical families and descendants of the founder, August Kuentzmann Damm, La Moràvia d'Inversions (Armadàs family, 6%) and Boag Valores (Agenjo family, 5%).[7]

In 2022, Carlsberg Marstons Brewing Company announced it will sell the Eagle Brewery in Bedford, England to S.A. Damm. The Eagle Brewery has packaged Estrella Damm since 2010.[8]

Sponsorship

During the heyday of baseball in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s, Damm sponsored a local baseball team, Picadero Damm. During the 1960s, Damm was also known for marketing its beer to all members of the family, including children.[9]

Shareholders

Shareholder Stockholding
Disa Corporación Petrolífera 27,190%
Dr. Oetker 25,014%
Seegrund B.V. 13,951%
La Moravia D'Inversions, S.A. 6,056%
Boag Valores, S.L. 5,126%

Stockholdings

Society Interest
Ebro Foods 9,651%
Pescanova 5,000%

References

  1. ^ "Maltas y Cervezas de Murcia". Estrella de Levante. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Estrella de Levante". enerTIC (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Estrella de Levante donates more bottled water and extends logistical support". Damm Corporate. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Así es como Damm conquistó el Mediterráneo con la cerveza Estrella de Levante". El Español (in Spanish). 23 August 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Estrella de Levante es la primera empresa del sector alimentario de España que certifica su huella hídrica". iAgua (in Spanish). 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ^ González-Pacanowska, Dolores (2014-09-01). "La dUTPasa, una NTP-pirofosfatasa todo-α que controla el nivel de uracilo en el ADN". doi:10.18567/sebbmdiv_anc.2014.09.1. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Rodero, Emma (2020-05-07). "La radio: el medio que mejor se comporta en las crisis. Hábitos de escucha, consumo y percepción de los oyentes de radio durante el confinamiento por el Covid-19". El Profesional de la Información. 29 (3). doi:10.3145/epi.2020.may.06. hdl:10230/44567. ISSN 1699-2407. S2CID 219179067.
  8. ^ "Carlsberg to sell Eagle Brewery to Spain's S.A Damm". 8 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Cuando la cerveza era una bebida para niños". El Pais. Retrieved 2014-10-18.