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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.
Europe/Russia
The Indian beer market has enormous potential. It’s still in the build-up phase, but the growth rates look extremely promising. Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, regards the Indian subcontinent as one of the key markets of the future. Krones and the Indian company Indian Dairy Machinery Company (IDMC) have accordingly agreed on a long-term alliance at this timely juncture, as they announced on the BRAU Beviale 2007 in Nuremberg. Free collaboration and joint pitches with quotations for numerous brewery projects have been practised since 2001.
Europe/Russia
KHS AG, internationally active manufacturer of filling and packaging equipment for the beverage, food, and non-food industries, has set up a new Technology Center at the company’s headquarters in Dortmund. For KHS, this investment means investing both in the future of the company and also investing in the future of customers worldwide. The new Technology Center has a floor area of about 1,000 square meters spread over two stories, and is linked to an existing Training Center. Theoretical training courses and practical training on the ‘nuts and bolts’ therefore complement one another outstandingly. The cutting-edge communication systems are used and are linked directly to the KHS network.
Europe/Russia
The European Brewery Convention (EBC) is pleased to announce its report “EBC – two years variety summary for 2005 and 2006; The new malting barleys for Europe; "Spring Barley”.
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