Private company

Brasserie Nationale d'Haiti

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Brewery and bottler in haiti

Brasserie Nationale d'Haïti, S.A. also called BRANA, S.A., is a brewery and bottler in Haiti. The brewery manufactures Prestige beer, an American-style lager produced in the Caribbean.2 It is part of Heineken International.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Brasserie Nationale d'Haïti, S.A. also called BRANA, S.A., is a brewery and bottler in Haiti. The brewery manufactures Prestige beer, an American-style lager produced in the Caribbean.2

Corporate structure

Brasserie Nationale d'Haiti is part of a group headed by Heineken International. 97 entities, 41 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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The story

The brewery was founded in 1973 by Michael Madsen, from one of the richest industrial families in Haiti that arrived from Denmark in the late 19th century.

Since its foundation, BRANA has been under license to manage the manufacture and distribution for PepsiCo International, covering such soft drink brand names as Pepsi, 7up, and Teem.

In 1976, it launched Prestige, an American-style lager, the first and to this day the only beer native to Haiti.

Later, under license from Heineken International and Diageo, it added to its line of manufactured drinks, Malta Heineken later renamed Malta H, and the famous Guinness Irish stout.

It is also the distributor of imported alcoholic beverages for Diageo in Haiti.

At the beginning of the 21st century, BRANA started bottling its own line of soft drinks under the name King Cola along with energy drink TORO. King Cola comes in a variety of flavors such as, banana, strawberry, grape, and cola champagne. The company furthered its product line expansion by adding bottled water to its line of products named Crystal Sources.

On December 14, 2011, Heineken publicly announced it was taking over BRANA by increasing its ownership from 22.5% to 95%

From Wikipedia’s article on Brasserie Nationale d'Haïti, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • soft drink

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. 1973Founded Founded1