Athenian Brewery

"Heineken believes in Greece. It believes in the country and the company, Athenian Brewery," said Alexandros Daniilidis, the managing director of Athenian Brewery, which turns 60 this year. 

Greece's leading beer producer, Athenian Brewery, started to export malt to Austria and Israel this year, implementing part of a plan that has been in place for a number of years in the context of a contract-farming program over the last decade.

A Greek court has imposed a €26.7m fine on Heineken subsidiary Athenian Brewery for abusing its dominant position in the Greek beer market over more than two decades.

In 2004, the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) opened an ex-officio investigation into the alleged market abuses of Heineken’s local subsidiary.