brewery lanka limited industry alcoholic beverage founded 1998 headquarters mawathagama sri lanka products beer owner heineken asia pacific parent heineken asia pacific website official website the asia pacific brewery lanka limited apb lanka is the second largest brewer in sri lanka . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit united breweries limited was established as a joint venture between mauritius breweries limited offshore a wholly owned subsidiary of phoenix beverages limited a leading beverage group from mauritius the a.p. casie chitty company limited and hilary company limited in 1997 . 1 the construction of the company s rs 550 million brewery in mawathagama commenced in early 1997 and was completed in 1998 with an annual production capacity of 120 000 hectolitres . 2 in september 2005 asia pacific breweries acquired a 60 % stake in united brewery 3 4 partnering with the sri lankan based anandappa family group 20 % and mbl offshore limited 20 % . 5 asia pacific breweries is a singaporean based joint venture between heineken international and fraser and neave . the company was subsequently renamed asia pacific brewery lanka limited . products edit apb lanka produces a range of king beers including king s lager king s pilsner king s stout and bison super strong bison xxtra as well as anchor abc stout and baron s strong brew . see also edit beer portal beer in sri lanka references edit kulamannage shamindra 2 february 1997 . cheers three more beers here . the sunday times . retrieved 28 december 2014 . two new beers from united breweries . the sunday times . 2 august 1998 . retrieved 28 december 2014 . apb officials fly to colombo after buying into local brewery . the sunday times . 2005 . retrieved 20 june 2014 . new cheer for kings bison from asia pacific breweries . daily mirror . 20 october 2005 . retrieved 28 december 2014 . asia pacific breweries make foray into sri lanka . the island . 24 september 2005 . retrieved 28 december 2014 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title asia pacific brewery lanka & oldid 739214290 categories beer in sri lankafood and drink companies established in 1998drink companies of sri lanka navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 12 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view