Filled glass bottles have to be leakproof. But this can only be assured if the bottle’s mouth is undamaged. To enable damage to the inside sealing surface of glass bottle mouths to be detected even more accurately, Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, has developed a “glass sealing surface inspection” module, which can optionally be fitted to empty-bottle inspectors of the Linatronic series.

For homesick Polish immigrant workers SABMiller is bringing its Polish beer brands into London.

Ok, so we have not had a major deal in the brewing industry for a while. But will it really be SABMiller and Diageo, as rumour has it, who will break up Scottish & Newcastle?

You’d thought you’d heard it all … that higher taxes make beer more expensive … that increasing transportation costs make beer prices rise. Now, here’s a new one: protecting the environment makes beer even pricier.

The golden barrels (“Zolotaya Bochka”) must have been rolling steadily, helping to fund SABMiller’s new USD 170 million brewery in Russia.

Overall soft drink growth across western Europe in the last three months of 2006 vs. 2005 grew at a similar rate to the year as a whole – at just under 3 percent, according to the latest quarterly report from Canadean.

With a turnover of EUR 1.911 billion in 2006, profits increased by 22.3 percent to EUR 77.5 million. To make its shares more trade-able, a stock split at a ratio of one-for-three is planned.

European Commission fines Heineken, Grolsch and Bavaria EUR 273.8 million over Dutch beer cartel in the late 1990s.

Czech Government mulls the sale of Budvar to raise budget revenues.

Influencing factors on foam stability

Consumers often judge food quality by its optical characteristics, e.g. by colour. Past experiences have shown how important such characteristics are for the sales success of food [1]. Besides its colour also the foam quality of beer is evaluated critically. Conclusions regarding different qualities of a beer (freshness, off-flavour etc.) are drawn on the basis of those two characteristics, hence they also influence future purchase intentions.[2].