Dry preform sterilization | Nongfu Spring’s latest additions to its beverage portfolio required a hyper-flexible and safe aseptic solution, able to process high- and low-acid, still and carbonated products in PET, while enabling impactful bottle designs. With four decades of supporting sensitive beverage producers worldwide, Sidel recently engineered and installed a complete aseptic packaging line, integrating the Versatile Aseptic Combi Predis™. The line helped the leading Chinese beverage player launch a breakthrough in the domestic market: sparkling Ready-to-Drink (RTD) products, aseptically bottled in PET.

Proven partnership | The example of beer brand Senator Keg shows how you can effectively leverage market potential while exercising social responsibility. In Kenya this has proved successful with a clever strategy – and with the help of technology and service from KHS.

Mammoth project | In 2019 one of the most powerful and complex sorting systems in Europe went into operation in Bremen, Germany. With a rated output of 4500 crates per hour and seven sorting streams in an area of around 3000 m², it was a mammoth project for BMS Maschinenfabrik GmbH from Pfatter, also in Germany.

Quality products | People like Jim McCabe, founder of Milwaukee (MKE) Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI, USA, are helping to ensure that Milwaukee is also associated with handcrafted beers. His model for success is to provide quality products with a local character made at a traditional location, using filling technology by KHS.

Sidel | Varun Beverages Ltd, Gurgaon, India, part of RJ Corp group, one of the largest franchises for PepsiCo Inc. globally, has installed Sidel’s Aseptic Combi Predis™ in its newly established plant in Punjab, India.

Flexibility | For Carlow Brewing Company GEA Vipoll, Križevci pri Ljutomeru, Slovenia, will install Ireland's first Visitron All-in-one line. Looking for a multifunctional filling system, the craft brewer chose GEA's combined rinser-filler-seamer block, which offers brewers maximum production flexibility and reliability.

RFID Technology | Montelektro, Rijeka, Croatia, a system integrator in the brewing industry, and 8Sigma, Zagreb, Croatia, a MES provider delivered the solution KegTNT (Keg Track&Trace) to a brewery in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

KHS Group | The new long-tube filler from KHS provides flexibility regarding the range of products and containers. The maintenance-free drive technology reduces the effort required for cleaning.

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.

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.

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.