150 years of Steinecker in Freising

Success story | What began as an iron foundry and a manufacturing plant founded by a young mechanical engineer celebrates its 150-year history in 2025. Anton Steinecker followed his instincts in determining what he should manufacture first when he decided to focus his efforts on the fabrication of equipment for the malting and brewing industries. Steinecker GmbH celebrated this event in mid-September 2025 in Freising, Germany. BRAUWELT has been fortunate enough to speak to Managing Director Dr. Marcus Michel in advance of the celebration about the history of Steinecker as well as current developments and the future plans of the company, which has been built on tradition and still continues to serve the brewing and beverage industry with high quality equipment.

Germany | With the acquisition of 60% of the shares in GHS Separationstechnik GmbH and the full takeover of the Dutch company Can Systems Worldwide (CSW), Krones is expanding its portfolio in both process technology and filling and packaging equipment.

Nuremberg | The latest BrewingScience issue 7/8 2025 is sponsored by Hopsteiner and contains articles on optimizing thermal product processing in oat drink production and technological strategies for controlling aldehyde formation in beer: a review of brewing-related flavour instability. The brief article abstracts below provide a good initial overview of the content.

Anniversary | It would have been Prof. Ludwig Narziß´ 100th birthday on 30 September 2025: Unfortunately, he did not quite make it. The “beer pope” passed away on 29 November 2022, at the age of 97. The outpouring of sympathy both nationally and internationally, from the US to Japan, but of course especially in German-speaking countries, was enormous. And even today, he is still very often talked about, not least because of the award named after him.

Nuremberg | The scientific magazine BrewingScience, published by Hans Carl in Nuremberg, is delighted to welcome Dr. Florian Lehnhardt from the Weihenstephan Research Center for Brewing and Food Quality to its group of experts.

Nuremberg | After months of intensive preparations, the time has now come: Specialist publisher Hans Carl, Nuremberg, has switched its scientific journal BrewingScience to open access on 1 August 2025.

Nuremberg | In June 2025, the latest BrewingScience issue was published online. The scientific online-journal BrewingScience features peer-reviewed scientific papers with impact on the brewing industry. The brief article abstracts below provide a good initial overview of the content.

Companies increasingly have a responsibility to operate sustainably. They are disclosing their carbon footprint and showing how they intend to specifically reduce their emissions. Ziemann Holvrieka is now using a tool to record environmentally relevant data. Plant operators in breweries can use it to document the carbon footprint of their new tanks.

Nuremberg | BarthHaas is again offering BarthHaas Grants to support two promising new research projects with funding amounting to EUR 10,000 per project. The grants will be awarded for project ideas in the fields of brewing science and hops. Young researchers can apply to the world’s leading hop services provider until 1 July 2025.