Processing Equipment

Live at the Craft Brew Conference: Is the Pint Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

Pandemic-related channel shifts subsided in 2021, and on-premise sales bounced back, but there are both encouraging and concerning signs for the craft brew industry. Brewers Association's Bart Watson captures the landscape in his State of the Industry.

May 4, 2022

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Sustainability

Coca-Cola, Suntory Cross the 100% Plant-Based Bottle Finish Line

After more than a decade of rigorous R&D work and significant investments with their respective partners, Coca-Cola and Suntory each unveil first-of-their-kind beverage bottle prototypes made from 100% bio-based PET, ready for commercial scale-up.

April 25, 2022

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How to Beat the ‘Great Resignation’

Focusing on recognition instead of resignation may help quell current manufacturing workforce challenges. Employers should focus on flexibility, skills development, meaningful work, work-life balance, and creating new workplace dynamics.

April 8, 2022

Industry News

Keurig Dr Pepper CEO Stepping Down

Current Chairman and CEO Bob Gamgort will serve as executive chairman of KDP, while CFO and President of International Ozan Dokmecioglu will assume leadership of the company this July.

April 8, 2022

Industry News

Anheuser-Busch Investing $50 Million in St. Louis Brewery

The company will be adding a building that will house new systems and equipment, and upgrading a can line with advanced technical equipment, to expand the site’s seltzer and packaging capabilities.

April 6, 2022

Industry News

PSSI Promotes New SVP and VP

Fortrex

Operational leaders, Dawn Winsauer and Levi Christenberry, take on new roles

April 5, 2022

IIoT

Moving Maintenance From Preventive to Predictive

The technology is available to provide the kind of maintenance know-how that will keep operations humming along. But the average plant will need to overcome some hurdles to realize the benefits.

April 5, 2022

Industry News

PepsiCo Launches Campaign to Help Latina-owned Businesses

The company is encouraging Latinas in the food and beverage sector to apply for the Juntos Crecemos Hispanic Digital & Delivery Program, an eight-week personalized business-building program.

March 31, 2022

Controls

Amway’s Energy Drink Meets Skyrocketing Demand Through Digital Thread

The PlantPAX control system from Rockwell Automation is enabling greater operator efficiency, real-time troubleshooting, simplified data analysis, and increased manufacturing flexibility, among other improvements, through increased connectivity.

March 27, 2022

IIoT

Krones Combines its Digitalization Activities

Krones, Inc.

Krones created Krones.digital bringing together all groupwide resources in the fields of digitalization and automation in order to adopt an overarching approach to developing solutions primarily for gathering, analyzing and utilizing production data.

March 17, 2022

Industry News

PepsiCo Beverages North America Expanding Georgia Facility

The company will be investing $260 million on a 260,000-sq-ft. expansion of its DeKalb County, Ga., manufacturing site to increase its production five-fold.

March 15, 2022

Industry News

Nestlé Investing $675 Million to Build Beverage Factory

The new Glendale, Ariz., facility will strengthen Nestlé’s market position and enhance its manufacturing capabilities to meet increased consumer demand for its products.

March 9, 2022

Industry News

Diageo North America Opens New Canning Facility in Illinois

The approximately $110 million site will accelerate the company’s growth in the ready-to-drink category and strengthen its manufacturing footprint in Illinois.

March 1, 2022