Jean-Francois van Boxmeer, Heineken’s CEO, hopes to become Britain’s biggest brewer after teaming up with Carlsberg to launch a recommended bid for Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) worth more than EUR 10 billion.

On the 24th and 25th of April 2008, the 6th Canadean International Beer Strategy Conference will take place in Madrid at the Puerta America Hotel.

The Christmas season, usually one of the major beer selling seasons, has seen an alarming drop of almost 10 percent in beer sales.

Before long, at Private Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn in Kelheim the new beer dealcoholization plant will be commissioned. It is a completely piped compact plant for the expansion of the wheat beer production. The plant operates according to the process developed by GEA Wiegand in the late 80s on the basis of the falling-film evaporator principle, and it is the only known process without recirculation or re-dilution and without rotating distribution system. These unique characteristics are responsible for extremely short residence times and tight distribution of residence time during production and for short cleaning cycles of the plant.

In an effort to boost its share price, InBev has announced a new share buy-back programme for an amount up to EUR 300 million.

Finnish brewers can never get it right. If they raise prices, consumers complain. If they drop prices, the government objects.

Following the consolidation in the Danish brewing industry Royal Unibrew finds itself straddled with more breweries than are economically feasible.

Ulrich Kallmeyer, CEO of Radeberger Group, estimates that beer consumption in Germany will decline 4 percent this year.

Warsteiner admits to a 7 percent drop in draught beer volumes, some of which may have been caused by the ban on smoking.

With collective bargaining talks having failed, employers and workers place their hope on arbitration. Should there be no agreement, strikes will be imminent.