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well. The winners will take valuable prizes: from traditional crate of vodka to branded professional billiard cues.
On October 9 at Sankt-Petersburg there was held “Russian Alcohol” distributors’ conference. More than 100 large distributor companies had met in the North Capital to discuss the management strategy for the nearest future with the Executive Board of the Holding and to exult at the company’s success. Central European Distribution Corporation President William Carey became the guest of honor of the Conference.
“Russian Alcohol” Group took the sixth place in the ranking of the most active and rapidly growing companies and banks at-the-end of 2008, comprised by Business News Agency. There are Vympelkom, Gazprom, Norilsk nickel, ROSNEFT and ROSTELECOM among the TOP-5 in this ranking.
The dedicated to development prospective of the company and the whole alcoholic beverages market as well in the current context press-conference with the participation of “Russian Alcohol” company’s top managers and top Russian mass-media representatives was held on March 18, 2009 at Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow.
According to “Secret Firmy” («Kommersant») magazine reports, “Russian Alcohol” group of companies joined the TOP-10 of the most rapidly growing enterprises in domestic consumer goods market.
On September 24, 2008 in the town of Koltsovo Novosibirsk region “Siberian LVZ” opening had taken place. The first deputy of the governor of the Novosibirsk region Vasily Jurchenko, Koltsovo mayor Nikolay Krasnikov, top managers of "Russian Alcohol" Group of the companies as well as region’s business and political representatives had taken part in ceremony led by Chairman of the board of directors Stewart Hejnsvort.
According to March issue of the British «The Spirits Business» magazine, in 2007 “Green Mark” vodka is among three best-selling vodkas of the world. Russian brand # 1 took its place close to such world-famous vodka brands as Smirnoff and Absolute.
The “Russian Alcohol” group of the companies in 2007 had increased its production sales by 40 %, - the first deputy of the general director of the company Vladimir Ivanov has informed at press-conference at the Moscow "Interfax" central office on Monday. As he said, sales volume had made 11,2 million deciliters against 8 million deciliters in 2006. The share of “Russian Alcohol” in the Russian market in 2007, according to Rosstat, had made 8,77 % against 6,8 % in 2006. And the company mounts to increase its sales by 20-30 % in 2008.
