US-based Fort Collins Brewery is planning to install a new 50-barrel brewhouse to expand its beer-making capacity to 32,300 barrels per annum. The new brewhouse will be imported from Germany in July and is scheduled to replace the ...
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Aluminium can maker Ball reported Q4 income of $60.6m, down from earnings of $77.5m, in the fourth quarter of 2011. Sales were $2.11bn in Q4, compared with sales of $2.05bn in the fourth quarter of 2011. Fourth quarter earnings were ...
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For many people (me included), football and beer go together like peanut butter and jelly. That's especially true on Super Bowl Sunday, when beer ads rule the commercial breaks. This year, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, maker of Budweiser, has ...
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Maui Brewing is planning to set up a new brewery at the Kihei Research & Technology Park in Hawaii, US. The new facility scheduled to open by January 2014 is expected to have a footprint of 41,000sqft with an 8,000sqft subsidiary brew ...
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As America prepares for Super Bowl XLVII, new research from SquareTrade® reveals that 23 million Americans have damaged their cell phone or tablet while caught up in the passion of a sporting event. With the action expected to be fast ...
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UK-based beverage can manufacturer, Rexam has opened its new can manufacturing plant in Finland. Rexam's chief executive Graham Chipchase said the company is delighted to be able to take advantage of the new opportunities on offer in the ...
US-based Dry Dock Brewing is planning to offer its four hand-crafted beers in the aluminum cans made by using the technology from the packaging supplier, Ball. The cans will be environmentally friendly and recyclable, claims the company. ...
Tags: canned beer, beverage packaging, beers
While the economic downturn has affected consumer spending across many sectors, craft and craft-style beers are defying recessionary trends with an impressive upward trajectory. Indeed, latest research by Mintel on the craft beer market in ...
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Business leaders have issued an urgent call for a new ‘Entrepreneurs’ Fund’ to be set up to help new food and drink manufacturers make the next step in their growth. Paul Wilkinson: DEFRA should launch an ...
Tags: Food Manufacturers, Entrepreneurs'Fund, food and drink manufacturers
The success of the tablet means that some touch gestures have trickled down to the old-fashioned laptop user and their lowly trackpads. But with a surface the size of a beer mat, the trackpad's options are limited. Why not extend the pad ...
Bull Falls Brewery in Wausau, Wisconsin, US, has entered into an agreement with Mid-Wisconsin Beverage for the distribution of its craft-brewed beers across central and northern Wisconsin. The distribution agreement comes on the heels of ...
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Dry Dock Brewing is all set to launch four of its hand-crafted beers in the recyclable, convenient and environment-friendly aluminum cans from Ball. Ball metal beverage packaging division Americas sales senior vice president Rob Miles ...
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Located in Mäntsälä in southern Finland, it is Rexam’s first plant in the country, which opened today (30 January) and represents an investment of about £68m over three years as part of the company’s current ...
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Canada-based Stanley Park Brewery has announced a new environmental initiative to conserve Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Adopt An Acre initiative will enable the beer consumers to adopt 10ft2 of the Park through the ...
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UK-based Diageo will purchase 50% stake in a joint venture (JV), which owns United National Breweries' (UNB) traditional sorghum beer business in South Africa, for $36m. The remaining 50% will be owned by a company affiliated to Vijay ...
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