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Four different pieces of artwork are printed in succession on the PETG rollstock used to shrink sleeve cans of beer at CAB, resulting in four differently decorated beer varieties coming off of each batch run.

Shrink Sleeve Solution for Craft Brewery's Cans Lets Artist-Inspired Labels Shine

With a progression of differently decorated labels printed in succession on a roll, this customized shrink sleeve canning operation produces a range of unique, artistic labels during each run of craft beer.

Packaging operations at Pelican include a full canning line and a full bottling line, each capped by its own combination stretch wrapper/palletizer.

Craft Brewer Grows into Two-In-One Palletizer, Stretch Wrapper

Automation often begets more automation. That was certainly the case with Pelican Brewing Co., whose fast filling operations soon necessitated end-of-line palletization.

Transfer of PET bottles from blowing to filling to capping is all done by star wheels that grip bottle necks, so no bottle platforms are needed.

Vertical Integration Rules at Incobrasa

From blow molding PET bottles to welding 4-L steel cans to injection molding of plugs that seal those cans, this edible oil producer is a big believer in self manufacture.

At Fathead’s, cans exit a 24-head filler and are conveyed through an inspection system that checks for proper fill levels.

Craft Brewing—Quick Hits 2020

The steadily growing popularity of aluminum cans in the craft brewing segment has some brewers mothballing their glass bottling lines altogether.

Fiercely local beer stakes Northeast claim

To address the trend toward cans in craft brewing, Wormtown Brewery brings canning in-house, speeds up its operation, and lets the cans themselves shine on shelves thanks to a high-end can handle system.

Central City's canning line jumped from 60% line efficiency with hand-packing to closer to 80% with recent machinery upgrades.

Avoiding the ad hoc add-on

To make a successful switch from brewpub to full-fledged brewery, Central City took the long view on equipment and facilities, circumventing frequent, piecemeal additions.

Destihl Brewery

Catching up on craft brewers

Industry observers see some softening in the astonishing growth that has characterized the craft brewing segment, but you wouldn’t know it from listening to this group of brewers.

A high-level depalletizer single files and feeds bottles into a lowerator on their way down the line. Many of the equipment suppliers represented in the line are located near the brewery’s Richmond, VA, location.

Devils Backbone keeps it local, familiar

This growing East Coast brewery has found value in responsive, local machine builders and vendors who are intimately familiar with their lines of bottling and canning equipment.

Jack's Abby Leisure Time

Craft brewer quadruples 12-pack cartoning speeds

From a new brew house to a high-level depalletizer to a filling/seaming monoblock to automatic cartoning and sealing, Jack’s Abby Brewing Co. has got it going.