Orion Breweries
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Orion Breweries, Ltd. (オリオンビール株式会社 Orion Bīru Kabushiki Gaisha?) is the 5th largest beer brewery in Japan, commanding approximately 1% of the Japanese beer market. However, it controls over 50% of the beer market on Okinawa, the site of Orion's headquarters.
Founded in 1957 in Nago, Okinawa during the American occupation of Okinawa, Orion began making beer in 1959. Orion struggled to compete with the other major Japanese breweries, but after changing from a German-style beer to an American-style beer, it gained the top share in the Okinawan market. Since 2002, Orion has worked together with Asahi Breweries to manufacture Asahi beers in Okinawa, in return for Asahi's assistance in selling Orion beer outside of Okinawa.
Orion Beer really emphasises recycling all it's waste, producing "zero elimination". For example, most bottles are tried to be recycled and plastic crates delivering bottles are melted down and re-casted as new crates.
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