brewing company type public traded as nyse tap tap.a tsx tpx.a tpx.b s & p 500 component industry beverages founded molson 1786 coors 1873 merged 2005 headquarters denver colorado united states montreal quebec canada key people quinn adams chairman gregory boudreau president and chief executive officer products beers lagers malt beverages energy drinks spirits and wines revenue us 6.7 billion fy 2011 1 operating income us 754 million fy 2009 1 net income us 720 million fy 2009 1 total assets us 12.0 billion fy 2009 2 total equity us 7.08 billion fy 2009 2 number of employees 5 313 3 subsidiaries molson brewery molson coors brewing co. uk ltd. miller coors jv the beer store 49 % website www.molsoncoors.com the molson coors brewing company is a multinational brewing company formed in 2005 by the merger of molson of canada and coors of the united states . it is the world s seventh largest brewer by volume . 4 while the company is incorporated in the united states 5 it is traded on stock exchanges in both the united states and canada 6 and control is equally shared between the molson and coors families . 7 the company is headquartered at the 1 372 179 sq.ft 8 centurylink tower in denver colorado and in montreal quebec . 9 10 contents 1 history 2 corporate structure and governance 3 environmental record 4 brands 5 notes 6 external links history edit on 9 october 2007 sabmiller and molson coors brewing company announced a joint venture to be known as millercoors for their u.s. operations that will market all of their products . 11 on 2 february 2011 the company purchased sharp s brewery of cornwall in england for around 20 million . on 26 may 2011 seventh generation family member andrew molson succeeded pete coors as acting chairman of the company . 12 in early 2012 the company expanded into the central and eastern europe markets by acquiring the region s market leading brewery starbev from cvc capital partners . 13 in september 2014 it was revealed in the media that the firm was in talks to acquire heineken s operations in the czech republic . 14 with the goal to offer its canadian customers a larger selection of imported beers molson coors completed the acquisition of millercoors us brands and sabmiller brands outside the us for a total price of 12 billion in october 2016 . 15 the acquisition propels the company to the third largest global brewer by enterprise value . 15 16 corporate structure and governance edit molson coors has a number of divisions and subdivisions . the molson coors canada division entered the craft beer market with the acquisitions of creemore springs brewery and granville island brewing to create the six pints specialty beer company a subdivision that first was an umbrella for those brands and aiming to include other molson owned and affiliated brands . 17 the 2005 members of the board of directors of the company are francesco bellini john cleghorn pete coors melissa coors charles herington franklin hobbs leo kiely gary s. matthews andrew molson eric molson david o brien pamela patsley and sanford riley . iain napier has been a director since july 2008 . environmental record edit the molson coors brewing company conducted a comprehensive and voluntary investigation of its pollution and environmental emissions . coors was not violating the clean air act but was encouraged by the environmental audit privilege and voluntary disclosure act which immunizes and credits organizations for conducting environmental self audits which can grant immunity from environmental regulation fines . 18 the united states government had thought that coors was a minor violator of emissions such as volatile organic compounds vocs but the investigating showed otherwise revealing that coors was 17 times over the estimated value of emissions . molson coors then provided the audit results to the colorado department of health which culminated in a 1.05 million fine for the 189 violations of state pollution laws . 19 although molson coors said they did not know about volatile organic compounds they were emitting they do claim to be environmentally aware . coors invented a new printing technology technique which uses ultra violet light to cure the print a technique which the company claims is more environmentally sound than the traditional gas firing technique . 20 brands edit main article list of molson coors brands notes edit a b c delean paul . molson buys czech brewer with operations throughout eastern europe on vancouverdesi april 3 2012 a b molson coors brewing company tap annual sec balance sheet filing via wikinvest corporate values business ethics . molson coors . retrieved 12 january 2013 . turner robin . welsh brewer peter swinburn leads molson coors risky us3 .5 bn acquisition walesonline june 7 2012 molsoncoors 2008 sec 1o k filing the company that trades on the toronto stock exchange molson coors canada inc. entitles its shareholders economic and voting interests of the us incorporated molson coors brewing company equivalent to mcbc shareholders on the new york stock exchange . molsoncoors 2008 sec 1o k filing molson coors ownership structure https www.credifi.com ui freemium propertydetails centurylink % 20tower 55ee162dfbffa90ae4a45068 1801 % 20california % 20st . credifi . retrieved 19 september 2016 . external link in title help the new york times molson coors brewing company company information cnn money molson coors brewing co business financial personal finance news . cnn . pankratz howard 26 may 2011 . andrew molson succeeds peter h. coors as molson coors chairman . denver post . starbev sale brings cheer to cvc on investiq heineken in talks to sell czech operations to molson coors . reuters 9 september 2014 a b molson coors set to increase beer selection in canada with us 12 billion miller deal . financial post . retrieved 2016 10 12 . http www.businesswire.com news home 20161011005292 en molson coors completes acquisition full ownership millercoors http www.canadianbeernews.com 2011 05 31 molson launches six pints specialty beer company carlisle john k. norton s record bodes well for innovative new approach to environmental protection at interior on enter stage right april 30 2008 reason.org environmental enforcement in search of both effectiveness and fairness by alexander volokh and roger marzulla august 1996 retrieved 30 april 2008 hunter carl . technology infiltrates the beverage industry the winonan april 9 2008 retrieved 30 april 2008 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to molson coors brewing company . molson s canada coors brewing company u.s. coors brewers limited uk molson coors corporate website official coors light website v t e sabmiller beer africa south african breweries carling black label castle lagerf castle lite castle milk stout hansa hansa marzen gold hansa pilsener kgalagadi breweries limited st louis lagerf st louis export ohlssons lager intafact beverages limited hero lager eagle lager 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