Europe/Russia
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.
Europe/Russia
Finnish brewers can never get it right. If they raise prices, consumers complain. If they drop prices, the government objects.
Europe/Russia
Following the consolidation in the Danish brewing industry Royal Unibrew finds itself straddled with more breweries than are economically feasible.
Europe/Russia
Ulrich Kallmeyer, CEO of Radeberger Group, estimates that beer consumption in Germany will decline 4 percent this year.
Europe/Russia
Warsteiner admits to a 7 percent drop in draught beer volumes, some of which may have been caused by the ban on smoking.
Europe/Russia
With collective bargaining talks having failed, employers and workers place their hope on arbitration. Should there be no agreement, strikes will be imminent.
Europe/Russia
Is a new European brewing giant waiting in wings? On 28 January 2008, Heineken announced that it has established a joint venture with Efes Breweries International.
Europe/Russia
On the 1st of December, 2007, Oliver Pfeiffer (42) took over the business divison filter aids at Lehmann & Voss & Co. in Hamburg. He is successor to Thomas Antz, who had suddenly and unexpectedly died in November 2007. O. Pfeiffer had previously been manager of logistics at Lehmann & Voss & Co.
Europe/Russia
The water treatment company Elga Berkefeld, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has developed a process for removing uranium from drinking water. It was firstly presented at the BRAU Beviale European trade fair for the beverages industry. Elga Berkefelds sister-company, Krüger WABAG, developed together with the Karlsruhe Research Centre and ATC Dr. Mann e. K., Obrigheim, a process which re-moves the heavy metal highly selectively. The core component of the system, which is marketed under the name Uranex®, is a filter with a highly-effective synthetic adsorp-tion material through which the water flows. This process was adapted by Elga Berke-feld to meet the special needs of beverage production.
Europe/Russia
Last February, Damm, Spain’s beer market leader, ordered a complete line for its El Prat de Llobregat facility near Barcelona. The line will produce different brands of beer in 33 and 50 cl cans at a rate of 90,000 cans per hour. High points of the deal include an innovative electronic volumetric can filler, the Starcans FM, and a complex integrated logistics project.

