 Łańcut distillery managed to hold its position among the best companies in the country thanks to investments in equipment and innovations.The plant survived the outbreak of World War II largely intact, but it suffered major destruction in 1944 from the withdrawing German armies and advancing Russian units.In 1951 a state enterprise called "Łańcut Spirits Industries" was created out of the "Łańcut Spirits Stock Company" and "Count Alfred Potocki's Privileged Distillery of Liqueurs, Rosoglios and Rum in Łańcut".