Soyuz Victan is the leader! (LEADERS HOLD THE WORLD)

As the third largest vodka marketer in the world and the largest spirits producer in the CIS, Soyuz Victan is a major player in the global spirits market. The SV Vodka brand has been cited as the fastest growing spirit marque in the world by Impact Magazine.

During the course of 2006, the Soyuz Victan Group of Companies produced 10,800,000 9-liter cases of vodkas out of the total production of 12,962,000 9-liter cases of alcoholic beverages. The total company turnover in 2005 and 2006 was $420m and $580m respectively.

Production of the spirits at our own facilities is a key strategy for Soyuz Victan. We have facilities for production of spirits located in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine; Ruza Moscow region, Russia and in Lytkarino, Moscow region, Russia. The company’s headquarters are located at Kiev, Ukraine with offices located in New York, USA and Moscow, Russia.

The range of company products encompass in excess of 50 brands, among which are classic and speciality vodkas, still & sparkling wines, Koktebel brandies, Longer juice-based still long drinks and premium-class Neapolis mineral water.

Today the company holds 20 Grand Prix, 138 gold, 48 silver and 12 bronze medals received at the leading international tasting competitions (Cannes, Brussels, Chicago, Moscow, Kiev and others), including being named winner of the European Golden Brands cup in 2004.

The company’s products are exported to over 30 countries worldwide including Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Germany, Russia, UK, Israel.

Soyuz Victan has a remarkable history for such a young company. In just 13 years of trading, the first years of which experienced an unstable developing economy and formation of the newly born independent Ukraine, the company has gained valuable experience and has emerged as a major and stable player on the world stage. This is an especially significant accomplishment when one considers the very challenging economic and political realities of the former Soviet Union.

In our second decade we have established brands with definitive images and equity in a variety of price points. The company’s brand development philosophy to offer not simply vodka of good quality, but brands that are an integral element of the consumers’ lifestyle, not simply a table decoration, but a component uniting people with the same spirit, inner philosophy, and character.

The company proved its viability through a strategy based on a long term vision, supported by the resources to execute that vision while at the same time remaining flexible enough to react to evolving market conditions.