Brau Union Osterreich Aktiengesellschaft

Location:          Linz, Austria

Website:          BBAG Website

The Brau Union Osterreich Aktiengesellschaft or BBAG is the largest brewing group in Austria and was founded in 1921 through a merger between the following breweries: Brauerei Kaltenhausen, Linzer Aktienbrauerei, Poschacher Brauerei, Salzkammergutbrauerei and the Wieselburger Aktienbrauerei. Over the next years it continued to grow incorporating many other Austrian breweries into its ranks including Steirerbrau, Zipf, Schwechter Brauerei, Sternbrau Salzburg and Brauerei Reutte. It went through many name changes until it settled on BBAG in 1993. In 2003 Heineken became a major controlling factor in BBAG. .