Private brewery Mo ritz Fiege invests in new filler

Top-quality beer from the Ruhr region for the Ruhr region is what private brewery Moritz Fiege in Bochum, Germany, undertakes to produce. Says Hugo Fiege, who now owns the brewery in its fourth generation together with his brother Jürgen Fiege, “Private brewery Moritz Fiege sees itself as a home-brew company equipped with outstanding plant technology.” This statement is underlined by the brewery’s latest investment in a new KHS filling system for glass bottles.

For many years there have been misperceptions around beer in PET, regarding, for instance, temperature and taste. Now international packaging producer Sidel wants to help change these misperceptions by creating a PET bottle that utilises a "champagne" base and also supports crown closures, which are both more traditionally found on glass beer bottles.

An investment in the future

D.G. Yuengling & Son, the oldest brewery in America, was founded in 1829. Yuengling’s most recent investment in innovative engineering was to purchase a KHS keg line for the brewery facilities in Tampa, Florida. In 2005 the brewery had procured a KHS keg system for their site in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Then Richard (Dick) Yuengling, fifth-generation

Worldwide in Use

After several years of growth the export of German beers saw a slight stagnation in 2012. Viewed in terms of target countries, exports still showed considerable growth rates in some areas, particularly to distant locations such as China or the Russian Federation, where a growing affluent middle class enjoys drinking German beer.

Rexam PLC, a leading global beverage can maker, announces that it has taken an equity stake in Magnaparva Packaging (MP Packaging) to help develop new technologies for its beverage can making process. MP Packaging is part of Magna Parva, a UK based advanced engineering and research and development company.

As an international manufacturer of filling and packaging equipment for the beverage, food, and non-food sectors, KHS pursues its vision of being ’First Choice in Technology and Service’. Anke Fischer, head of Finance, Human Resources, and IT at KHS: "Because highly qualified employees are essential in being and remaining the first choice for our customers around the globe, we pay special attention to developing young talent."

VLB Berlin merges the Research Institute for Engineering and Packaging (FMV) and the Department of Brewing and Beverage Science & Applications (BBSA) to the new Research Institute for Beer and Beverage Production (FBGP). The new institute will be headed by Dr. Roland Pahl.

Kaiserdom Specialitäten Brauerei invests in new equipment

The Kaiserdom Specialitäten Brauerei (Kaiserdom Specialty Brewery) based in the Franconian city of Bamberg operates differently than other German breweries in many sectors and with great success. It was recognized at an extremely early stage that an increase in the volume of beer sales on the German market was highly unlikely, so export activities started as early as 1978. Today, Kaiserdom products are available in more than 50 countries worldwide. The company’s most recent investment is in the electronically controlled Innofill DVD volumetric can filler and the Innokeg Till PETBoy F 2 Petainer keg racking system by KHS, Dortmund, Germany.

Budweiser Budvar invests in KHS turnkey canning line

Budweiser Budvar brewery is one of the best known breweries in the Czech Republic. It’s also the only brewery in the country owned by the state. According to Petr Samec, PR manager at Budweiser Budvar, “what’s especially important to us is our clear principle of maintaining our premium beer quality – as we have done for centuries. Our great flexibility is another great plus point, enabling us to react to consumer demands very fast.” The most recent example of this can be found in the great growth potential the can holds on both a national and international scale for the brewer. Adam Brož, the master brewer and director of production and technology at Budweiser Budvar, is convinced that the new KHS turnkey canning line keeps them in safe hands concerning flexibility, product quality and sustainability. The Czech state president Václav Klaus could experience this first hand when attending the opening ceremony.

Little Creatures – the brewery on the seafront

Little Creatures has since the turn of the century been driving forward the craft beer movement in Australia. At the facility in a picturesque fishing port, Little Creatures uses Krones technology throughout its entire brewing operations. All the kit has been integrated in a beer hall with a restaurant. Because the beer is so popular, a second brewery is going into operation this year, this time on the south-east coast, a mere 3400 kilometres away from Fremantle, once again featuring Krones technology throughout.