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GDP Asia has been importing popular alcoholic beverages from Europe since 2002 and distributes them all over Thailand through well known supermarkets and stores, and also to restaurants and bars through local distributors.

Brewing has been popular for centuries. As early as 1882 there were a number of small beer brewers in Bergslagen who required larger scale brewing facilities and who decided to club together to build Kopparbergs Bryggeri. In 1945 a new brewery was built in exactly the same place as the brewery stands today. The small beer brewers produced to capacity until 1988 when the company was taken over by a Swiss brewery. The reason why the Swiss were particularly attracted to the little Swedish brewery was its fresh, clear spring water, which the Swiss company bottled.

Today the water is put to good use in the brewery as the basis for Kopparberg´s products. The Swiss business man ran the brewery until 1993 and during this period the brewery also under went extensive renovation work. Whether it was the Swedish climate which caused the Swiss business man to tire we do not know, but in any case in 1993 the bank took over the building. An article in an industry newspaper stating that Kopparbergs Bryggeri stood empty caught the eye of Peter Bronsman as he sat in his office in Gothenburg. At that time Peter Bronsman ran a successful trading company together with his brother Dan-Anders. Due to the fact that the brothers already bought and sold drinks and beverages it was not surpring that the article awoke Peter´s curiosity and the immediately contacted the bank to inform them of this interest. He was told that it was possible to view the brewery sometime between Christmas and New Year 1993. When Peter arrived at the brewey on a cold December day and saw the buildings he immediately became enthusiastic. He called his brother straight away and informed him that this was definitely an interesting venture.

Early in 1994 there was a well-known bank director in Bergslagen called Per-Olof Olsson. Per-Olof was the man the brothers got in touch with to reveal their plans. Even the bank director became interested in the information the brothers gave him and his enthusiasm grew even greater when they also promised to create six new jobs in Bergslagen. This was just what the area needed. Apart from money Bank Director Olsson also contributed with the most important help of all, information about an enormously talented master brewer. Olsson recommended master brewer Wolfgang Voigt. Voigt had been living in Kopparberg since 1963 and had worked in the brewery industry since 1965, including periods at Kopparbergs and Spendrups breweries. Peter called Voigt and over a quick cup of coffee they discussed the possibility of employment. After ten minutes they shook hands and the job was Voigts.

On March 18th, 1994 they received the keys to the closed down brewery. However, although the brewery was closed they had brought so much with them such as enthusiasm, ideas and a very talented master brewer.