The unveiling of several high profile beer brands in PET bottles and a focus on the many recycling possibilities for PET will be two key highlights of the Amcor PET Packaging stand at this year’s Brau exhibition. In addition, the company will show some of its latest bottle design innovations across its key market sectors such as CSDs, water, juices, dairy and alcoholic drinks.
The new beer bottles on show will include a 330ml AmGuard multi-layer bottle for InBev’s (previously Interbrew) Beck’s Gold brand. The bottle is being introduced into the German market, sold singly and in six packs, and is aimed at the special events sector.
Other major brands on show packed in new PET bottles will include 1 litre Tuborg bottles for Carlsberg Turkey and Croatia and a 0. ...

The second part of this article contains extracts from the most important results of various investigations in the context of the above project carried out at the Faculty of Brewery Plant and Food Packaging Equipment in cooperation with companies mentioned below.

The first part of the article dealt with results of investigations into gas permeability, migration characteristics, physical and chemical stability, as well as results of investigations into the influence of cleaning frequency on gas permeability of plastic bottles. This part of the article addresses the possibility of using technological factors to influence taste stability of beer filled in plastic bottles. Among other things, addition of various antioxidants as well as the influence of untreated grain was tested...

KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG, Dortmund, internationally active manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage, food and non-food sectors, has acquired a majority holding in Metec GmbH, Niederzissen, Germany. According to the company group, KHS is expanding with this acquisition its core competencies and is consistently pursuing the forward strategy adopted in the marketplace.
Metec GmbH, founded in 1985, is one of the leading providers in the area of Quality Assurance Systems. Metec concentrates mainly on the beverage sector worldwide. The company provides comprehensive monitoring equipment to the beverage industry for both the wet and dry sections. Metec also focuses on the food and non-food sectors..

In the area of beverage filling, packaging has the function of maintaining the quality of the filled beverage as near to the original state as possible, until drunk by consumers. The first part of this contribution summarises the current conditions pertaining to filling in PET and the properties of plastic bottles.

For beverages which belong to the group of especially sensitive foodstuffs (including beer), this means that, if possible, no oxygen whatsoever penetrates through the packaging or the respective closure, that no carbon dioxide and no water vapour escapes from the packaging and that also sufficient protection from light must be ensured.

PEN bottles
In Germany, plastic bottles have not established themselves in beer filling.
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True stories of success usually begin with a leap in the dark involving great courage as well as plenty of pioneering spirit. Even if these prerequisites are met, real stories of success come about very seldom on their own. A great deal of dedication, the

The use of glass packaging is widespread in the food and beverage industries. The reasons for this relate to the multiplicity of technical and technological advantages of glass as packaging material. However, the fragility of glass and the associated pote

A modern keg plant with several lines or rotary machines is complex, with hundreds of valves, pressure switches, temperature sensors and other components. Even the best maintenance and repair cannot prevent malfunctions arising from time to time. The dete

The use of PET bottles for filling beer has been discussed for a number of years. PET has meanwhile established itself as packaging for soft drinks. A great variety of beverages are filled in plastic bottles: mineral water, CSD, ACE drinks and ice teas. T

The phenomenon of dull film formation on washed bottles has been known for a long time; a search for the causes has, however, not been done because the factors giving rise to this effect are very diverse. The main objectives here are to identify fundamen

Thanks to a wide range of developments of the Plastic Industry aimed at increasing gas barrier performances of polyester bottles, the Beer Industry has now got new opportunities to pack and sell its products in consumer friendly containers: a new 2-piece plastic cap, “Tapsid BO2S” from Bericap, supplements these innovations in order to provide high barrier packaging systems requested by beer to withstand shelf life requirements of large scale distribution and keep up its gustatory qualities.

As a plastic screw cap, Tapsid BO2S answers to three main concerns of the Brewery Industry: primarily, to seal the bottle safely; secondly, to provide tamper-evidence; and finally, to maintain the beer quality. 1)..
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