No carry-over so it’s not game over

Caustic filtration | In recent years Ecolab’s BottleGuard™ has gained a strong position on the market as a comprehensive means of handling hygiene and improving the bottling process.

Coated PET bottles protect sensitive beverages and the environment

Barrier technology | The Bundesrat (upper house of German parliament) recently voted in favour of extending the mandatory deposit on containers to cover all non-returnable plastic bottles and beverage cans.

Conveyors and buffers on beverage filling lines

Absorbing disruptions | Filling lines consist of individual pieces of equipment which may be subject to downtime due to disruptions in the process. A number of factors determine how long this downtime lasts.

Birra Peroni expands glass bottling flexibility

Increased capacity | A growing domestic market and a trend towards premium beer in the UK and the US recently led Birra Peroni, part of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., to upgrade their glass bottling capacity.

For some time now, in Germany and all over Europe, there has been substantial demand for equipment that can fill both bottles and cans.

Ginger beer | Krones delivers the entire wet end for the first-ever canning line for Bundaberg Brewed Drinks, an Australian family famous for their ginger beer.

Sidel | In 2017, the Sidel Aseptic Combi Predis^TM blow fill seal filler was validated by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for low acid products sold in the US – an industry first. With more than 180 references at major beverage and dairy companies since the launch of this safe and simple solution in early 2000, the repeated orders recorded by this technology underline its success.

Greenfield project | Following long years of contract-bottling, the smoothie and juice producer innocent has decided to build the very first bottling plant of its own. Krones won the order for four complete PET bottling lines and the corresponding IT landscape.

Sidel | One of India's foremost private sector companies, ITC, recently introduced a brand new range of milk-based drinks with fruit pieces while expanding their juice portfolio with a variety of premium 100% Indian fruit, 0% concentrate and 0% preservative juices. With both they trusted Sidel and their proven expertise in aseptic packaging, investing in a complete line, featuring the first dry preform sterilisation in India.

Multifarious chances | Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, is convinced: generative part and component manufacturing offers multifarious chances and opportunities for the mechanical engineering sector.

Gawis 4D | Agr International, Inc., Butler, USA has unveiled their latest development, the Gawis 4D™, an all-in-one measurement system for plastic containers and preforms.