Linea Nivnice: Labelling PET bottles using roll-fed film

Six TetraPak filling lines, three PET bottling lines and two glass bottling lines have been installed at Linea Nivnice, producer of fruit juices and syrups, baby food and spirits in the Czech Republic. Linea Nivnice is now labelling their increasingly popular PET containers with film labels instead of paper labels. Labelling is performed with two roll-fed machines from Gernep, a Bavarian specialist for this labelling technique.

The demand for a better intrinsically-safe dispense head induced DSI to develop a new dispense head generation – the NDH (New Dispense Head).

Innovative German beverage group, MBG International Premium Brands and UK healthy drinks company, Feel Good Drinks, are delighted to announce a new partnership. The agreement will see the fast growing German “brand maker” take a majority shareholding in the successful UK juice drinks business.

With the Analox QPD BeviClean offers an exceptional light and handy gas detector for portable use. The handy life-saver has two features: It can either detect the CO₂ level of the ambient air or report a lack of oxygen.

Carlsberg has transferred its beer production in the UK from Leeds to its brewery in Northampton, which is being expanded to serve a capacity of almost seven million hectoliters. Size constraints on the bottling hall and challenging requirements call for a high level of engineering, relocation and integration expertise. Carlsberg has selected Sidel, who will also supply the brewer with a partially new line and space-saving equipment.

Döhler (Doehler) has developed a new range of "brown" flavours, ranging from chocolate, cocoa, nut, nougat and coffee through to caramel and vanilla. Each of these flavours is available in a diverse range of nuances. In addition to extracts and natural flavours, the global ingredient producer also offers a number of compositional flavours. "Going with the taste of the times!" was the motto guiding the development of the new flavour range.

With over 30,000 abstracts of articles on topics from brewing and beverage science and technology published since 1963, the online archive of “BrewingScience – Monatsschrift für Brauwissenschaft” is one of the largest in this field. For scientists and all those interested in brewing science it is the perfect basis for a successful online search.

Holvrieka Holding B.V., a subsidiary of CIMC Enric Holdings Ltd., is pleased to announce the successful completion of the takeover of the Ziemann operations in Ludwigsburg/Germany and the manufacturing facilities in Bürgstadt/Germany as well as of the sales offices in Miami/USA, Johannesburg/South Africa, Moscow/Russia, Bangkok/Thailand, Hanoi/Vietnam and Sydney/Australia. These activities will be merged into a new company named “Ziemann International GmbH” registered inLudwigsburg/Germany which is fully owned by Holvrieka Holding B.V. The parties have agreed to maintain confidentiality regarding the purchase price.

To enable brewers to concentrate solely on their actual brewing process, Krones has for decades now been supporting the breweries with complete systems for the entire beer production process: from raw-materials reception on to the brewhouse, then the fermentation and storage cellars and the bottling hall, plus packaging, intralogistics and full-coverage automation – single-sourced throughout.