San Miguel Corporation

San Miguel Corporation (SMC), also known as La Fabrica de

Cerveza de San Miguel, is one of the most prominent alcohol companies

established in the Philippines. The San Miguel Corporation today has

highly integrated operations with ownership of market-leading businesses

and investments in various sectors and companies. The multiple sectors

of the San Miguel Corporations now include different types of companies

excluding alcohol; they also show considerable investments in companies

that process food packaging, energy, fuel, and various services.

The San Miguel Corporation, or La Fabrica de Cerveza de San

Miguel La Fabrica de Cerveza de San Miguel, was founded in 1890 to

become one of the breweries in the Philippines. This well-known

company's founder is Don Enrique Ma Barretto de Ycaza, who established

a brewery in Manila called La Fabrica de Cerveza de San Miguel. It is also

known that throughout the years, the company continuously expanded into

non-alcoholic beverages by establishing the company of Royal Soft Drinks

plant in the year of 1922. Finally, in 1927, the San Miguel Corporation

became the first non- U.S. national Coca-Cola bottler and distributor.

As we all know, The San Miguel Corporation, or La Fabrica de

Cerveza de San Miguel La Fabrica de Cerveza de San Miguel, continues

to be successful and grow exponentially. In the year 1948, the San Miguel

Corporation became the first local brewer in the country of Shanghai,

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Hong Kong. Due to the continuous success in the alcohol business, the

company eventually became a multinational conglomerate that started to

grow outside the country and ultimately has been able to build branches in

the countries of China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia.

San Miguel Corporation is one of the largest and most diversified

conglomerates in the Philippines, making your world the economical

production of beverages and other products for over 130 years. As we all

know, the San Miguel Corporation is one of the largest companies in the

Philippines, with a workforce of more than 24,000 workers creating over

150,000 indirect jobs downstream and contributing an estimated 5.2

percent to the Philippines’ GDP because of the continued growth of the

company, it helped thousands of people to get a job and also thousands of

kids to be able to go to school and eventually go to college.

The San Miguel Corporation products have been known to export

products internationally; San Miguel is capitalizing on its unique strengths

in brands and distribution to help widen its effects more deeply into the

fabric of everyday life. The company's goal is to help people enjoy and

make progress through the many products and services our company

offers.