This new development from REMBE^® - the Q^®-Atomizer- is a self-triggering suppression system which protects against the effects of dust explosions in elevators, bucket lifts, transport shafts and pipelines. Due to the fact that the Q-Atomizer^® requires no extra power supplies or complicated mechanisms, it is very economical and very easy to maintain. The system uses the generated energy from the explosion to activate itself.

Handling bags filled with kieselguhr is a constant daily challenge for breweries. Manually opening bags, emptying them and feeding kieselguhr into the dissolving tanks is very time-consuming, and generates considerable dust and product wastage.

It’s a very special record: the largest KHS candle filter in the world, the Innopro GETRA ECO, is now in operation at the Obolon Brewery – Ukraine’s biggest brewery.

The madness of it all. Just because Diageo decided to sell its mini Baileys in an imperial measure bottle in Germany, it was taken to court by German distillers. Fortunately, the judges had some sense and awarded the world’s biggest spirits group the right to sell miniature bottles of Baileys across the European Union.

Sometimes it’s hard to tell who’s the good guys and who’s the bad guys. Carlsberg and Heineken have clubbed together to make an offer for Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), which the executive suite in Edinburgh has called highly unwelcome. Is S&N really fighting for survival or just trying to raise the offer?

The Heineken Experience, one of Amsterdam’s most popular tourist attractions is to undergo a multi-million euro renovation.

Crisis, what crisis? Pernod Ricard has seen the sales of its luxury brands rise 9 percent in volume during the past quarter.

Dr Friedrich Georg Hoepfner, 59, who owned – and sold - Hoepfner Brewery to the Schörghuber-Heineken venture in Germany, only to join the buyers’ Brau Holding International as chief, was shown the door by Stefan Schörghuber – a move which took many by surprise, not least Mr Hoepfner himself.

It has recently transpired that the departure of Prof Dr Gustavo Möller-Hergt, Managing Director of Warsteiner Brewery, was accompanied by rumours of irregularities at Warsteiner’s international ventures in Argentina and Cameroon.

50 Years ZIEMANN FRANCE - It’s the multi-talent of the family. The successful business activities of the French subsidiary ZIEMANN FRANCE extend well beyond the brewing industry. A company which stands out above all with its innovative production technologies and top-level expertise is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Over the past decades ZIEMANN FRANCE has become a major pillar of the ZIEMANN GROUP.