In daily life, we often see national brands that various countries are proud of, such as Apple and Microsoft in the United States, Panasonic and Toshiba in Japan, Louis Vuitton in France, and Als, which I am familiar with. By the way, as a country on the European continent that is not very eye-catching in the eyes of Chinese people, Belgium also has many well-known national brands. Maybe many of us have a vague impression of Belgium, except for the football in this World Cup, and it should be the "Eight-Nation Allied Forces Invasion of China" in middle school history textbooks.

From an economic perspective, Belgium is an export-oriented country. It can be said that export trade accounts for 75% of the national economy. Belgian manufacturing has been exported to almost every corner of every continent, or maybe we daily Some brands that are indispensable in life actually come from Belgium, but we don’t know it. I would like to list some Belgian brands for you through the following article. If any of these brands are often used in your life or are not unfamiliar to you, please give me a like at the end of the article or leave a message to tell me. If you are interested in knowing more about any Belgian brands, you can also send me a private message and discuss in a small window

The following brands are listed in alphabetical order, in no particular order

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An Abbaye biere brewery located in the Hainaut Province of Belgium. The monks of the Abbaye d'Aulne Abbey have been brewing since the Middle Ages. Two different beers. The monastery was destroyed by fire in 1752 and rebuilt in 1796. The brewing of beer was finally discontinued in 1850. It was not until 1954 that the brewery resumed production and currently produces five different flavors of beer.

Achel (bière) Achel beer

Located in the Limburg province of Belgium (near the border with the Netherlands), it is a Trappist monastery (Trappist) brewery. The monastery was established in 1846. Beer has been brewing since 1859, when two types of beer were produced. Beer production started again in 1998 and currently there are 2 different beers.

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Bekaert

The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Kortrijk. Specializing in the processing and coating of metals and other materials, it has sales of more than 3.4 billion euros in 120 countries around the world. Areas of expertise are in the automotive, construction, glass, textile, chemical and agricultural sectors. It is a member of CLEPA, the European Automotive Suppliers Association.

Bister (moutarderie) Bister Mustard Sauce

Founded in 1926, it focuses on the production of mustard sauce. Its current products cover mustard sauce, seasonings, oil and vinegar, etc. .

Brasserie Affligem Affligem Brewery

The brewery was formerly the De Smedt brewery founded in 1790. It began producing Op-ale beer in 1935. The beer was Won a gold medal at the World Expo in Brussels. Afringon beer (abbey bière) has been produced since 1970 and became part of the Heineken Group on May 1, 2010.

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Callebaut Chocolate

The brand was founded in 1911. Callebaut is a Belgian chocolate manufacturer. Their specialty chocolate allebaut couverture is a chocolate rich in cocoa butter, and many professionals who use Callebaut couverture chocolate particularly appreciate their manageability and typical taste, consistent quality over decades. The chocolate beans are baked in their shells according to a traditional recipe, just as they were over 100 years ago. This technique preserves all the aroma and all the essential oils in the shell and transfers them completely to the chocolate. Currently, roasting of whole beans is usually used by artisans and small chocolatiers. However, Callebaut preserves this ancient method of baking.

Chat Noir (café) Black Cat Coffee

In 1804, Bernard van Zuylen started running the coffee business. Over the course of a hundred years, the business became stable and grew larger. In 1920, the Black Cat brand was born. The company not only produces coffee beans, but also ground coffee beans, and launched Belgium's first instant coffee in 1961.

Chimay (bière) Chimay beer

One of the Belgian Trappist beers, it has a high reputation in the country. In 1850, Prince Joseph de Caraman-Chimay invited the monks of L'abbaye de saint-sixte to build a monastery with strict rules. In 1862, the monastery began to produce beer. During World War II, the monastery was occupied by German troops and all the fermenters were melted down. In 1948, the monastery was able to resume brewing beer and named it Chimei. Currently, it mainly produces 5 beers (blue, white, red, gold cap and oak barrel beer), and some limited editions are produced from time to time.

Cosucra

Cosucra is a Belgian company from Warcoing that specializes in the production of chicory root extract and pea seeds.

The candy factory founded in 1852 by Charles Peeters and Barthélémy Dumortier switched to the production of chicory inulin in 1986, fiber and pea protein in 1990, and gave up sugar production completely in 2003.

Its products can be used as additives in the food industry.

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Devos Lemmens

Founded in Antwerp in 1886, its original products were vinegar-pickled cucumbers and vinegar-pickled onions. Production began in 1920 Mayonnaise and became the company's main business. In 2012, Belgium's GAIA (animal action organization) called for a boycott of the brand to protest its use of eggs produced by "battery chickens" to make mayonnaise. (Note: battery chickens are chickens that live in chicken cages.) Two months later, DL announced its full implementation Raise free-range chickens and use their eggs to make mayonnaise.

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Ecover

Ecover is a Belgian company specializing in the production of "ecological" household products. The company was founded in 1980 by Frans Bogaerts, whose idea was to produce phosphorus-free products based on plant and mineral ingredients, with the main goal of being effective while reducing environmental impact. environment. In 2003, the company acquired the Swiss company Held Steffisburg, which has produced ecological products since 1955, and its 1964 invention patent for the production of phosphorus-free detergents. Then, in 2007, one factory could no longer suffice to produce all its products, and Ecover invested millions of euros in a second factory in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. In 2012, in order to integrate into the US market, the company acquired Method, a company in the green cleaning industry in the Americas.

Englebert

Englebert is a Belgian tire manufacturing company founded by Oscar Englebert in Liege in 1877. From 1950 to 1958, Englebert tires competed in 61 Formula One Grand Prix races and won eight times, all with Scuderia Ferrari. In 1929, a second factory was established in Aachen, Germany. In 1931, the Englebert Tire Company was established. After acquiring a tire factory in Clairoix, France in 1936 and signing a cooperation agreement with the American Rubber Overseas Company in 1956, the company changed its name to Uniroyal Englebert in 1966 and joined the manufacturing group continental in 1979, of which it has been a shareholder since 1892 .

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Galler

Galler is a Belgian confectionery company headquartered in Vaux-sous-Chèvremont, near Liege.

Galler sells a variety of products such as filled bars, chocolate bars, pralines, macaroons, ice cream, spreads... It also operates a series of franchise stores.

Guylian

Guylian is a Belgian chocolatier founded in 1960 by Guy Foubert, best known for its shell chocolate; the name was a tribute to founder Guy and his wife Lillian the epitome of. The factory is located in Sint-Niklaas (East Flanders) and exports worldwide. 94% of turnover comes from outside Belgium. His chocolates are sold in more than 100 countries.

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Janssen Pharmaceutica

Janssen Pharmaceutica is a Belgian pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson, headquartered in Beerse, Antwerp Province.

The company was founded in 1953 by Dr. Paul Janssen to conduct pharmacological research to create drugs that improve quality of life. In 1961, it was acquired by Johnson & Johnson.

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Leffe

Leffe is Belgium's recognized monastery beer (Abbaye biere), created in 1240 by the repair of the church of Our Lady of the Abbey in Leffe, from Leuven Produced by the brewery Artois (AB InBev Group).

Leonidas

Leonidas is the registered trademark of Belgian pralines belonging to the agribusiness Confiserie Leonidas. The brand was founded in 1913 by Leonidas Kestekides. One million pralines are produced every day in Brussels, in two certified factories to ISO and HACCP quality standards. The brand had 1,350 points of sale in 40 countries in 2018 (including 400 Belgian stores and 400 French stores).

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Maes

Maes is a Belgian pilsner beer owned by Alken-Maes, a subsidiary of the Heineken Group. Maes is golden yellow with a hint of bitterness.

Maredsous

Maredsous beer is a Belgian high-fermentation beer brewed by Duvel Brewery for the monks of Maredsous Abbey. Legend has it that the noise produced by the collision of Maredsous glass bottles in the brewery sounded like monastery bells.

Materialize

Materializer NV is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, and focuses on 3D printing.

Materialize was founded in June 1990 by Wilfried Vancraen, becoming the first rapid prototyping services office in the Benelux region. Known then as rapid prototyping and now known as additive manufacturing or 3D printing, this technology starts with a 3D model and produces three-dimensional objects made from a variety of plastics, stainless steel, titanium and a growing number of other materials.

Since its founding, Materialize has grown rapidly and now has offices in many countries on five continents. Large offices and software development centers are located in Belgium (HQ), the United States, Germany, China, Ukraine and Malaysia. In 2014, Materialize was listed on Nasdaq.

? la Mort Subite

is a typical Brussels café located at rue Montagne-aux-Herbes Potagères 7, originally owned by Théophile Vossen, the inventor of Mort Subite beer. The café is still run by the Vossen family. However, their beer is produced at the brewery of Alken-Maes, a subsidiary of Mort Subite, itself a subsidiary of Heineken.

Tom Hooper and Matthias Schoenaerts' film "The Danish Girl" was partially filmed here.

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Neuhaus

Neuhaus is a Belgian company founded by Swiss Jean Neuhaus chocolatier in 1857 with his pharmacist brother-in-law. They originally sold medicinal sweets (cough drops, mannose, stomach upset, marshmallows, chocolate chips, etc.) at the Royal Gallery in Saint-Hubert in Brussels. Neuhaus is a patented supplier to the King of Belgium's S.M. Court.

Orval

Orval is the trademark of a highly fermented Trappiste bière brewed by Orval Abbey in Villers-devant-Orval, Luxembourg.

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Rochefort

is a Trappist monastery (Trappiste bière). The monks have been brewing at the monastery since 1595. During the French Revolution, the monks fled the sacked monastery and all brewing ceased. The congregation was reformed at the end of the nineteenth century, and in 1950 the monks brewed it again in Rochefort. It was on that date that production began, which was the starting point for a brand that does not exist until today.

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Westmalle

Westmalle is a Trappist monastic beer that has been brewed since the 19th century in the village of Westmalle in the province of Antwerp, in Westmalle Cistercian Abbey Brewing.

The Westmalle Brewery is the largest monastery brewery in Belgium. In 2015 it was one of 11 breweries authorized to display the Authentic trappist product ATP hexagon on its beers, guaranteeing that the product was made in a Trappist monastery and controlled by monks or under the control of monks, with a portion of their marketing revenue going to charity.

Westvleteren

Westvleteren is a Belgian Trappist beer. It is brewed at the Saint-Sixte Abbey in Westvleteren, a city in the province of West Flanders. From September 25, 2006, the monks decided that all future orders must be made by phone. It is an extremely difficult phone to get through. You must also inform the car license plate number, and then wait for a week before you can get 2 boxes (48 bottles) of 33cl. beer. You can only make an appointment every two months, it is extremely rare, and there is not a large amount of inventory circulating in the market.

The above is only a compilation of some of the Belgian brands collected. There are also a large number of beer brands that are not listed one by one due to the extremely large number. In addition, a large number of brands are not included. Interested friends can also pm Gradually added, I hope this article will become a window for everyone to gradually understand the Belgian brand.