GM Breweries
GMBREW · FMCG > Breweries & Distilleries · Chairman: Jimmy William Almeida · MD: Jimmy William Almeida · Listing date: Aug. 23, 1995 · Employees: 183 · Mumbai · http://www.gmbreweries.com

GM Breweries was incorporated in the year December 1981. The company is engaged in the manufacture of alcoholic liquor. It blends and bottles alcoholic liquor and concentrates more on country liquor. It has its manufacturing unit in Thane district of Maharashtra with installed capacities of 82.6 million bulk liters of country liquor and 12.4 million bulk liters of Indian made foreign liquor. The company markets its products brandy, rum and whiskey under brand names Pioneer Doctor Brandy, Pioneer Special Doctor Brandy, Hot Shot Rum and Reporter Choice Whiskey. The company has imported oakwood barrels to mature the whiskey in order to impart the liquor with the correct character, color, strength and distinctive taste.

The company has a major presence in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane and is the single largest manufacturer of country liquor in Maharashtra. The registered office of the company is located at Ganesh Niwas, S. Veer Savarkar Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai-400025.

Milestones:

  • 1981 - The company was incorporated in December.
  • 1993 - 23,24,900 equity held by promoters. - 14,27,100 equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at a premium of Rs 5 per share allotted to promoters.  6,71,800 sequity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 5 per share allotted to NRI's on preferential basis.  49,60,100 equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 5 per share allotted to the Indian public.
  • 1990- The company became public in August. It has substantial market share in the country liquor segment in Mumbai and Maharashtra.
  •  2010 - GM Breweries has informed that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on January 21, 2010, has appointed Paresh N. Trivedi as an Independent Non Executive additional Director.  - Gm Breweries has informed that the company has appointed Sandeep Kutchhi as a company secretary with effect from September 04, 2009.