Beverage

Top areas of automation in craft beer and spirits industry

The majority of small to medium craft producers do not fully automate, but most plan to automate at least some areas of operations.

April 24, 2019

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Sustainability

A new contender in the paper bottle segment

Paper bottle requires just 5 g of plastic, 75 percent of the materials used are made from renewable resources and are compostable, and the five parts of the pack separate easily for recycling.

April 23, 2019

Sustainability

Ocean Spray makes commitment to sustainability farming

The company aims to lead a new era of sustainable agriculture.

April 19, 2019

Beverage

Flexible, modular equipment needed for craft beverage market

Craft brew and spirits producers look to OEMs to help them find solutions to common space constraint issues.

April 19, 2019

Recycling

Quaker Oats’ oat beverage

PepsiCo’s Quaker Oats division launched refrigerated Oat Beverage in three flavors in January with plans to quickly roll out nationwide.

April 17, 2019

Beverage

Emerson and Colorado State University collaborate on new brewing innovation center

The advanced facility will give students hands-on automation experience and address the growing demand for highly skilled workers in the brewing industry.

April 15, 2019

Beverage

Live from the Craft Brewers Conference: state of the industry

Growth in craft and independent breweries has plateaued, and with the influx of new breweries over the past 4 years, small brewery closures are up. However, with nearly 2,500 craft breweries still planned to be open in the coming year, the market hasn't yet hit saturation.

April 12, 2019

Beverage

Craft spirits growth picking up the pace

As the explosive growth of craft beer begins to slow, craft spirits are seeing an increased consumer demand. Distillers are using knowledge from the craft beer market to plan their future growth.

April 11, 2019

Beverage

Live from the Craft Brew Conference: State of the Industry

Growth in craft and independent breweries has plateaued, and with the influx of new breweries over the past 4 years, small brewery closures are up. However, with nearly 2500 craft breweries still planned to be open in the coming year, the market hasn't yet hit saturation.

April 11, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Live from the Craft Brew Conference: Can-labeling trend strengthening

Lone Tree Brewing, a roughly 30-barrel brewery in Lone Tree, Colorado, provided today yet another data point illustrating the can-labeling trend sweeping craft brew.

April 8, 2019

Adhesive application

Hot-melt retrofit improves safety, efficiency

A retrofit from a manual to an automatic hot-melt adhesive system improved employee safety, increased production efficiency, and reduced the risk of downtime.

April 5, 2019

Beverage

Sofresco partners with Universal Pure to manufacture HPP juices in the U.S.

The company is holding a grand opening at Universal Pure’s Malvern, Pennsylvania location.

April 4, 2019

Beverage

Top food/bev execs seek out ProFood Tech 2019

Industry leaders flock to North America’s only comprehensive food and beverage show to connect, learn and see technology in action.

April 2, 2019