Sapporo Holdings to Purchase Anchor Brewing for $85 Million

Japan’s Sapporo Holdings Limited today announced that it would acquire iconic San Francisco craft beer maker, Anchor Brewing Company. The news was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. The deal, financed through a combination of “own capital ... ( read original story ...)

Anchor Brewing Sells to Sapporo

(San Francisco, CA) – Craft beer pioneer and veteran Anchor Brewing has been sold to The Sapporo Group. With declining market share over the past ten years, and a sale previously to a private equity firm known as The Griffin Group, it looks like the ... ( read original story ...)

Anchor Brewing acquired by Japan’s Sapporo Holdings

San Francisco craft beer pioneer Anchor Brewing has been acquired by Japanese mega brewer Sapporo Holdings Ltd., according to a statement from Sapporo. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but Anchor Brewing President Keith Greggor said the company had ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo to acquire Anchor Brewing Co.

Sapporo has also commited to investing in Anchor’s Potrero Hill brewery, which is currently running at 55 to 60 percent of capacity, according to Greggor. In its own news release, Sapporo stated that the acquisition is in accordance with Speed 150 ... ( read original story ...)

Iconic Anchor Brewing sold to Sapporo: report

San Francisco’s iconic the century-old craft brewing pioneer, is being sold to Japanese giant Sapporo Holdings Ltd., according to a report. The San Francisco Chronicle quoted Keith Greggor, Anchor’s president and CEO, saying the company had been ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Holdings buys 121-year-old Anchor Brewing Co

Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings is to expand its US footprint with the acquisition of San Francisco's Anchor Brewing Co. just-drinks gives you the widest beverage market coverage. Paid just-drinks members have unlimited access to all our exclusive content ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka or Kyoto? Where to stay as a base for Kansai exploration

Certainly, Osaka will be more geared up to accommodate business travellers from other parts of Japan, in town on the company's tight budget. To this end, the area just southeast of Umeda is home to some pretty down and out business hotels where single ... ( read original story ...)

New Company Established to take over PLEN Cube Project

PLEN Robotics Inc.: Location?4-6-3-303, Toyosaki Kitaku Osaka city, Osaka, Japan Founder?Natsuo Akazawa(CEO), Atsuhiko Tomita(COO), PLEN Project Inc. Main Business: 1) Development, production, and sales of service robots. 2) Development, production ... ( read original story ...)

Research and analysis: Future of the sea: plastic pollution

Samenvatting: Takeda maakt resultaten eerste kwartaal FY2017 bekend.OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Een onderliggende omzetgroei van 6,6% is een van de factoren die zorgde voor groei bij Takeda. Onderliggende omzetgroei +6,6% met groei in alle regio’s ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese technology giant is backing lending startup Kabbage

Kabbage, a $1 billion online lending startup, has announced a $250 million equity investment from a Japanese telecom giant SoftBank, according to a press release on the news. Kabbage was founded in 2008 to disrupt the business lending space. It currently ... ( read original story ...)