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Finnish brewing history | This installment in our series takes us to Finland. A country that one tends to associate less with beer and more so with a very difficult language, saunas, happy people, heavy metal music and an extremely successful education system. Finnish brewing history is not as old as that of Central Europe or the British Isles, but it can be clearly traced back to one person who started it all.
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Nuremberg | Taichi Maruhashi from Suntory Brewery in Japan is now supporting the international reviewer panel of the scientific journal BrewingScience, contributing his expertise across the entire spectrum of the brewing process.
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Nuremberg | The international panel of reviewers for the journal BrewingScience is delighted to have received additional support in various areas from Dr Adrian Forster, Fürsteneck, and Prof. Volker Müller-Schollenberger, HSWT, Weihenstephan, Germany, as well as from Prof. Brian Gibson, TU Dublin, Ireland.
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The free-spirited Dutch brewer died on 31 March, aged 56.
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Beer enthusiasm | The eighth World Cup of Beer Sommeliers took place in Munich from 13–14 September 2025. Dr Markus Fohr, finalist at the 2019 and 2022 World Cup and participant in 2025, spoke to Léon Rodenburg, the first world champion from the Netherlands, whose victory had been foreshadowed in a way – Léon had already come third three years ago.
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Nuremberg | The international group of reviewers at the scientific journal BrewingScience is delighted to welcome two new colleagues, Dr Martin Senz, VLB Berlin, Germany, and Dr René Rehorska, FH Joanneum, Graz, Austria.
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Pall Corporation | Dr. Roland Folz has joined Pall Corporation as new president, effective 3 March 2026. He brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across industrial, food and beverage, and water technology sectors.
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Nuremberg | On 1 March 2026, Sascha Kuflik took over as the new Head of Sales Management, assuming responsibility for sales at international hop specialist BarthHaas. In this position he succeeds Hannes Schneeberger who is leaving the company in June at his own request to pursue new professional challenges.
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Canada | Lallemand is pleased to announce the appointment of Sylvie Van Zandycke, succeeding Brent Jordan, as the President & General Manager of its Brewing business, a global provider of fermentation ingredients, process aids, enzyme and education to the brewing industry, effective 1 February 2026.
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Uzwil, Switzerland | As announced in April 2025, Samuel Schär assumed his position as CEO of Bühler, effective 1 January. He succeeds Stefan Scheiber, who is being proposed as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors at the upcoming Annual General Meeting in February 2026.
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Germany | Bremen’s revolving doors are spinning again. Jannik Weitzl will resign from his post as Country Director Germany on 31 December. The 38-year-old manager had only succeeded Michel Pepa in April 2024, when Mr Pepa was transferred within the group to Leuven. Mr Pepa had held the post for slightly more than four years. It is still unclear who will succeed Mr Weitzl.
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Women at the top | On October 1, 2025, family business Weyermann® Malz GmbH & Co. KG celebrated an unusual anniversary: Sabine Weyermann looked back on 40 years as its CEO, with her daughter Franziska Weyermann proud to mark 15 years working at the company. This event is an impressive example of successful female leadership in a branch of industry traditionally dominated by men. In a joint interview with BRAUWELT, Sabine and Franziska Weyermann tell us how they experience and carve out their role in the malting industry.
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Canada | Kelly Heyworth has joined First Key Consulting and will be stepping into the role of CEO & Managing Director at the end of 2025.
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Obituary | Bernd may not have been a fan of the musician Frank Zappa, but he would have subscribed to his pithy observation that every nation needs an airline and its own beer. As it happens, the former no longer holds true (Air Namibia was grounded in 2021), but, in Namibia, beer remains a marker of national identity and a source of pride. Its flagship brand Windhoek Lager dominates the market and has made substantial inroads into the South African market, where the incumbent South African Breweries (SAB) has held a de facto monopoly for decades.
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