Production plants
The history of the plant dates from 1946 where Wałbrzyskie Zakłady Spożywcze Państwowego Przemysłu Terenowego started its production, which was transformed into a limited liability company after the communist period.
The company then went into liquidation in 1995. The new owner attracted a major investor, Johs. Oswaldowski GmbH, which has been an important producer of vinegar in Germany since the 19th century. Thanks to modernization and a series of investments, Wałbrzych vinegar quickly gained a large share of the Polish market.
In 2002. Kuhne Polska sp. z o.o. took over the plant after Johs. Oswaldowski. After making a number of investments and modernizing the plant, it became known as one of the most important vinegar producers in Poland.
In 2023 Grupa AWW purchased the vinegar plant along with a modern production line.
Kalisz
AWW has its registered office in Kalisz, also in Kalisz there are vodkas’ and fruit liqueurs’ production plants. Here, processing systems that paved the Group’s way to Polish and international markets are located.
Bioethanol production line, based on the pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology, operates from 2003. The main ingredient used in the production of this environment-friendly component of fuels is raw spirit obtained from many smaller producers that then undergoes the process of rectification and dehydration in the Kalisz plant.
Rectified alcohol production line operates continuously since 2003. Ethyl alcohol undergoes a multi-stage clearing process to become the product of highest quality and the main component of vodkas and liqueurs produced by AWW.
Distilled beverage mixing and bottling line put into operation in 2009, operates on the basis of the best available technologies and infrastructure. Since the beginning, the investment turned out to be a great success in the company’s plans. Rectified alcohol is the main ingredient of vodkas and liqueurs mixed here, including the brands as Alaska and Jarzębiak
Tursko
Tursko production plant’s history dates back to 1910 when a famous distillery was opened in a local estate. It was then purchase by the AWW Group in 1999, was restored and modernised to become a real treasure in the environment-friendly agriculture sites, where AWW is located. This allows the plant to process the purest crop for the production of highest class ethyl alcohol.
Lubczyna
Distillery in Lubczyna is an example of responsible modern economy with a tradition of many generations. The distillery was founded in 1880 and became famous for the production of great spirits. Cleanness of local water and high quality of soil, that constitute today’s an environment-friendly agricultural site, had significantly influenced high class of vodkas produced here. The distillery was taken over by the AWW Group, rebuilt and equipped with modern devices to allow for the production of the highest quality of spirit.
Zbiersk
Production plant in Zbiersk is the biggest and a model investment of the AWW Group. The installation in Zbiersk is an exceptional project on a global scale combining the state-of -the art and environment-friendly technology. The system that functions here: line of ethanol, biogas, cogeneration of energy and heat work in an ideal synergy between environment and energy.
In Zbiersk operates the most advanced installation for the production of ultra-clean ethanol rectified from the raw materials (grains coming from own crops) in Poland. In addition, it was combined in terms of energy and raw materials with a special type of biogas plant which process the whole organic mass contained in syrups coming from the production of ethanol into electrical and thermal energy.
That is in the leachates coming from the ethanol production in all the AWW plants. From liquid remaining after alcohol production (stillage), the company firstly recovers a precious high protein feed component (DDG – Distillers Dried Grains). Water from the production is cleaned; partially reused in the process and partially returned to the natural environment.
In such a manner, In Zbiersk, a perfectly matched multidivisional production plant has been established that uses environment-friendly renewable electrical energy produced from the organic mass.