Hartwall Ltd is a beverage company based in
Helsinki,
Finland. It was founded in 1836. Its drinks range includes Jaffa,
Pommac and Novelle waters. The company also owns the licence for manufacturing and selling
PepsiCo's
Pepsi,
7 Up and
Mountain Dew brands in Finland. Hartwall's alcoholic beverages include Upcider cider,
Lapin Kulta lager beer,
Karjala beer and is the local producer of
Foster's lager. In 2002 Hartwall was purchased by the UK based
Scottish & Newcastle corporation, and when that company was bought out in 2008 the brand became owned by
Heineken. Danish
Royal Unibrew bought Hartwall in 2013.