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In June the European Court of Justice ruled that Systembolaget, the monopolist alcohol retailer, had no right to prevent citizens from importing alcohol from other EU countries.
Europe/Russia
This report summarizes the EBC Barley Field Trials for Crop 2006. It is based on the comments of the 4 regional chairmen, and is intended to highlight varieties tested that may be of interest to the malting and brewing industry.
Market
Where will the path of beer innovations lead to? What possibilities are already available now, what does the future hold? The desire to develop (or to have to develop) “beery” beverages today that consumers will request tomorrow involves many risks.
Europe/Russia
Money. It can’t buy you love, but perhaps a pint of beer in one of London’s more fashionable watering holes. At three pounds a glass, beer has become very “reassuringly expensive” indeed. No sarcasm intended. In a city where a broom cupboard can fetch GBP 180 000, pubs have become prime property. Or why should anybody be interested in the beer business if it were not for the value of pubs? The property developers love them because they know how to squeeze the assets, the pub companies love them because they like the steady cash flow. As do the bankers and investors who back the pub companies. The brewers are probably regretting the day they were forced to sell their pub estates. By the way, does anyone still care about the beer? Thank you for asking: That’s what the CAMRA guys are for.
Reviews
Belgian brewer InBev is seeking a buyer for its majority stake in real estate subsidiary ImmoBrew.
Europe/Russia
Measuring oxygen transmission through PET bottle walls remains the benchmark test for barrier equipment qualification. The Systech 8700 was originally designed to meet the challenge of faster and less costly OTR testing of ACTISTM treated PET bottles. When Sidel launched the ACTIS™ 48 machine, its high output, in excess of 30,000 bottles/hour, overwhelmed conventional methods for qualification and quality tracking, even relying on statistical sampling.
Europe/Russia
In its meeting held on 6 May 2007, the EBC Analysis Committee elected new officers as follows:
Europe/Russia
Sidel’s new Rollquattro Evolution labeler offers 30 percent faster changeover times and 20 percent more accuracy at high speeds. AlfaTM Rollquattro roll-fed labelers apply wrap-around labels in paper or plastic at high speeds (up to 72,000 containers/hour) onto glass, plastic or metal containers. The Rollquattro Evolution guarantees superior quality labeling while helping to lower production costs, which reduces overall bottle costs.
Europe/Russia
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.
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Hopsteiner
Hopsteiner breeding program: cutting-edge Technology for yield, resilience, and brewing quality
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Hopsteiner
Hopsteiner reinforces its sales and marketing teams
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Hopsteiner
Global acreage, crop and yields
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Hopsteiner
Global crop estimate 2025
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Hopsteiner
LLZ™ – hop oil with a pronounced citrus note