The history of Tsingtao Beer:

The predecessor of Tsingtao Beer Co., Ltd. was the Germanic Beer Company Tsingtao Co., Ltd. founded in Qingdao in August 1903 by a German businessman and a British businessman.

On July 15, 1993, Tsingtao Brewery’s shares were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, becoming the first mainland Chinese company to be listed overseas. On August 27 of the same year, Tsingtao Beer was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, becoming the first Chinese company to be listed on both places simultaneously.

As of the end of 2015, Tsingtao Brewery has more than 60 beer production companies in 20 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across the country. The company's scale and market share lead the domestic beer industry.

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Identification of Tsingtao beer packaging boxes:

Tsingtao beer packaging box specifications: 640ml*12 bottles, 355ml*24 bottles, 296ml*24 bottles They are divided into export cartons and domestic cartons.

The English letters of Tsingtao Beer and the trestle graphic on the domestic wine box are in bright red. The box is marked with: "The only well-known trademark of Chinese beer" and "This package is only available in China." The text for "Sales" is in Song font, with appropriate proportions, uniform color and clear printing.

The English letters and trestle graphics of Tsingtao Beer font on the export wine box are dark green, the font is block letters, the frame structure is coordinated and standardized, the proportion is appropriate, the color is uniform, and the printing is clear.

Most of the export and domestic packaging boxes are sealed with hot melt adhesive. Open the seal and inspect. There are two lines of hot melt adhesive in the form of strip marks. There are production marks printed by a laser coding machine on the box surface. The date is a number composed of dots, and each dot has a sense of expansion.

The printing quality of the counterfeit packaging boxes is rough, the fonts and graphics on the box surface are dim and uneven, the fonts are printed clearly, the cartons are rough and soft, and the packaging boxes are sealed manually with paste or glue without heat. On the adhesive strips, the date of production is engraved and manually covered with plastic. The numbers are composed of dots. Each one is very rigid and gives a sense of expansion.

Tsingtao Beer official website—Company Profile