Industry collectivisation, large-scale factories, high-efficiency equipment, and prosperity of craft brewing - these are four common trends in the global beer industry, and are also the four main indicators of beer powers. Learning the industry evolution process in advanced countries will help to accurately predict the trend of China's beer industry. The United States has done very well in the four aspects above, and China can learn from it, even as China has already surpassed the total beer output of the US. In the second half of the 20th century, the American beer industry completed collectivisation and large-scale factories construction. In 1946, the output of several major companies such as AB, Miller, Coors, and Pabst Blue Ribbon amounted to 200,000 tons. These companies started mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among 800 small breweries across the US, which opened the prelude to collectivisation. M&A took place in eastern coastal areas, which were rich and densely populated; several small enterprises were either eliminated or merged. After the acquisition of small factories, the said groups began to select sites and build new factories throughout the country to optimise the layout of the industry. Some stronger subsidiaries also established their own subsidiaries, and the whole situation is intertwined. Large groups worked to form their own dominant areas to improve economic performance.
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