As the demand for KeyKeg and UniKeg is growing significantly, Lightweight Containers is opening a fifth production line, located in Guadalajara, Spain.

On October 11, the Sidel Group concluded the acquisition of PET Engineering Srl, further expanding the company’s portfolio of packaging solutions. “With packaging increasingly playing a key role in any marketing mix, we are confident that Sidel and PET Engineering’s complementary strengths in packaging design, qualification and blowing process will bring the Sidel Group more business opportunities while offering customers a diversified choice of partners to materialise their creative requirements,” comments Pavel Shevchuk, Executive Vice President Services, Sidel Group.

The Luxembourg-based producer of glass and metal packaging solutions is delighted to announce that it has recently completed the conversion of its Rugby (UK) beverage can manufacturing plant from steel to aluminium.

“Made in Pfatter”: 25 Years of Quality

The power of innovation | BMS Maschinenfabrik GmbH has dedicated itself to creating dynamic concepts and adaptable solutions for packing and palletizing technology. The company is located in Pfatter near Regensburg, Germany, and has served the industry for a quarter of a century in machine and equipment manufacturing. The company continues to tailor products to the individual needs of its customers and, with this focus, are meeting the needs of the current market.

CO.MAC is an active company in the design, manufacturing, repair, maintenance and technical support for beverage filling and packaging machines, especially beer in returnable and non-returnable kegs.

On June 27th 2018, the first International Beverage Awards, in association with FoodBev Media, took place at Drink Japan in Tokyo, Japan. The judging panel considered 84 entries from 14 countries.

Already an excellent solution for in-line inspection of plastic and metal caps, the Sacmi CHS360 is steadily winning over customers in the wine sector too. No less than four such solutions have recently been sold to wine closure companies in Australia and Chile for the inspection of tall aluminium caps, an ever-more popular closure in the wine industry as it provides better sealing performance than standard corks.

Petainer, a global leader in one-way kegs, is partnering with Blue Pet in Brazil to start manufacturing petainerKeg^TM – its global family of keg products which are increasingly being used by breweries for draught beer.

It has never been more important to stand out from the crowd than in today's competitive beverage market. Labels are key components of any brand marketing mix, allowing manufacturers to differentiate their products and give end consumers the information they need and increasingly expect.

Innovative Empties Sorting

Homogeneous | In November 2017, the private brewery Erdinger Weißbräu Werner Brombach GmbH, Erding, Germany, inaugurated a new bottling line. The brewery also invested in a new central sorting facility, which ensures the supply of all three filling lines with pure empties.