Industry Beverages Website www.luxco.com Type of business Private | Products Wine
Spirits Founded 1958 | |
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Key people Donn Lux, CEO & Chairman
David Bratcher, President & COO
Steve Soucy, CFO
Dan Streepy, Chief Sales Officer
Steve Einig, Chief Marketing Officer Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri, United States Subsidiaries Niche Drinks, VEEV Spirits, L.L.C., Limestone Branch Distillery, Paramount Distillers, Inc. Profiles | ||
Luxco, Inc. is a privately owned producer and marketer of distilled beverages and liqueurs. Formerly called the David Sherman Corporation, the company was renamed in 2006. Founded in 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri, by David Sherman Sr. and Paul A. Lux, the company sells beverages across the United States with some international trade.
Some brands of Luxco are:
Luxco once owned the Admiral Nelson Spiced Rum brand, but it was sold in late 2011.
At the end of 2011, Luxco agreed to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Paramount Distillers Incorporated of Cleveland, Ohio and its Meier’s Wine Cellars subsidiary in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2011, the Company had $220 million in sales and about 180 employees. In January 2013, Luxco bought Beam's Wolfschmidt, Dark Eyes, Calvert, Bellows, Canada House and Tempo brands for $65 million.
Manufacturing, packaging, marketing and distribution take place at the company facilities in St. Louis, Missouri.