Category: Cans
Cans for the brewing industry
Sponsored Mitigate Risk of Package Failure with Head Space Management
Beverage packages, be it cans, bottles, kegs, or even tanks and totes can experience increasing internal pressures when the temperature warms up. While vendors have specifications on the maximum pressure they can withstand, it becomes the responsibility of the beverage manufacturer to ensure that once the package is filled, the internal pressures never rise above the maximum safe levels specified by the supplier for the maximum temperatures that the package experiences during its journey through the distribution chain. For pasteurized beverage products, the maximum temperature the beverage experiences is likely the pasteurization temperature.
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Expert Topic Considering Small Solutions for In-House Canning Lines
Mobile canning has been a boon for the craft beer industry. A good number of breweries have been able to grow and thrive by having outside companies come in with equipment to help move hazy IPA and more out the door. Even as those companies add more features to their equipment – including lines that can handle wild beers – some brewers are looking to add their own canning equipment.
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Expert Topic Adding Pizazz to Can Ends
It would be difficult to gauge how much thought end users think about can tops. Even with the proliferation over the last decade of cans in the craft beer space, not many drinkers give thought to how a can opens, so long as it opens properly.For brewers, there are options for these can ends that are not only functional but can add a certain aesthetic to a beer.
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News Beer Institute Say Aluminum Tariffs Have Cost the Beverage Industry $2.175 Billion
A research study conducted on behalf of the Beer Institute reveals that the American beverage industry has paid more than $2.175 billion in unnecessary fees due to aluminum tariffs that were implemented nearly six years ago. The study concluded that brewers all sizes pay a higher price for aluminum, whether the aluminum is sourced in the US or overseas.
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News Ball Corp. Volumes Drop Due to Bud Light Decline and Slower Beer Sales
Ball Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of beverage cans, announced a 10% drop in volumes in the North and Central America regions due to the dramatic decline in Bud Light sales and slower beer sales overall.
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Expert Topic Innovation in Beer Packaging
Innovation in packaging has changed as the beer industry evolved. First it was simple packaging that did not leak, then it was tighter seals and ways to fill and transport. The materials became lighter and more robust. Shapes evolved, and manufacturers found ways to make everything run faster and smoother while delivering a usable customer experience.
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News Ireland’s Bevcraft Enters US with Acquisition of Tripod Canning
Ireland-based Bevcraft Group, which specializes in canning solutions for craft beverage makers throughout much of Europe, has made a move into the U.S. by acquiring the mobile canning business of Tripod Canning in New Jersey. It is another indication of the growing consolidation within the allied trade industry serving the craft brewing business.
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Expert Topic On Demand Printing for Cans
Last year there was an uproar and worry when Ball Corp announced that it was increasing the minimum order on printed cans. There has also been concern that many of the vinyl stickers going on blank cans are mucking up the recycling stream. As brewers look for ways to get cans in front of customers and many are looking for eco-friendly options, a relatively new technology has emerged that provides on-demand printing on a small scale, allowing brewers to only order what they need.
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Sponsored Best Practices for Crowler™ Filling and Sealing
Crowler™ canning started as a practical solution to offer to-go beer without many of the issues of glass growler. The bottles are big and heavy, tough to clean, and once opened the entire 64oz needs to be completely consumed. Cans weigh almost nothing, arrive at the taproom beer-gunk free, and offer many packaging size options. On top of that, by taking the right steps, cans offer the potential for maintaining the quality of the beer longer. To get a feel for how long that can be, watch a typical canning line run and take note of the steps involved.
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Expert Topic Best Practices for Crowler Fills Every Brewer Should Know with Dennis Grumm of Oktober
In retrospect, crowlers were inevitable. It’s hard to imagine the decades when glass growlers ruled the take away beer scene. They get wet, drop, and shatter easily. They’re awkward, heavy, and a pain to clean. And you usually have to plunk down some decent money to buy one for each brewery or else your local tap finds itself filling a package with a competitor’s name and logo on it.
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Expert Topic Now is the Time to Re-Evaluate Your Packaging Graphics
In the earliest days of the pandemic retail beer sales did remarkably well, with established brands leading the pack. Much of this had to do with the “comfort food” mentality. Customers reached for something familiar in a time of worry, but it also helped by having clear labels, spelling out what was in the can (or bottle) from a distance and without having to hunt for information.
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Expert Topic Mobile Canning – Tips on How to Prepare and Get it Right With Roger Kissling of Iron Heart Canning
The ever-evolving beer industry means that breweries of all size need to be asking the hard questions on how to best compete for customer dollars. When the COVID-19 pandemic upended draft beer sales more breweries than ever before switched to packaged beer and chose to work with a mobile canner.
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News Can Supply May Become More Difficult as Ball Announces New Purchasing Requirements
Brewers who have been buying cans from the Ball Corporation are being notified that the minimum order has moved to five truckloads per SKU for printed cans for non-contracted customers. In addition, Ball will no longer warehouse inventory on behalf of customers. Non-contract customers with quantities less than five truckloads will now have to order and purchase through a broker. The new policies were brought to light today by the Brewers Association in a BA Industry Update to its members.
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News New Vobev Can Manufacturing Plant to Open by End of Year.
Vobev, a Utah-based can manufacturing company established in 2019, has announced details about its new 1.2 million sq. ft. facility that is due to open by the end of this year in Salt Lake City, Utah. The new production plant is expected to help provide some relief for the ongoing can shortage that has impacted the beverage industry.
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