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Salt Lake City-Based Aluminum Slim Can Maker and Filler Vobev Slated to Begin Operations in Q4

Salt Lake City-Based Aluminum Slim Can Maker and Filler Vobev Slated to Begin Operations in Q4

A new aluminum can making and filling production facility is slated to begin operations in Salt Lake City during the fourth quarter of 2021. Co-packing facility Vobev will launch with a focus on the popular slim (sleek) can production of 12 oz. (355 mL) and 8.4 oz. (250 mL) in a beverage industry crunched by demand and shortages of aluminum receptacle.

BA Recognizes Pamela Brulotte, Steven Pauwels and John Mallett with Annual Industry Awards

BA Recognizes Pamela Brulotte, Steven Pauwels and John Mallett with Annual Industry Awards

The Brewers Association (BA) named the winners of its annual industry awards during its annual Craft Brewers Conference, which took place in person for the first time since 2019 last weekend in Denver. “From innovations in brewing to fighting for legislation to protect craft brewers, this year’s award recipients have made countless contributions to the craft beer community,” BA president and CEO Bob Pease said in a press release.

President Biden: Vaccines or Weekly Testing for Companies of More than 100 Employees to be Required Under New Rule

President Biden: Vaccines or Weekly Testing for Companies of More than 100 Employees to be Required Under New Rule

As part of President Joe Biden’s “COVID-19 action plan” announced last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing an “Emergency Temporary Standard” that will require employers of 100 or more employees to be fully vaccinated or require unvaccinated workers to undergo weekly testing before going to work.

Brewers Association Announces 2021 Great American Beer Festival Winners

The Brewers Association (BA) awarded 290 medals to 265 breweries across the country during the 2021 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) awards ceremony in the largest competition to date. The best beers in 97 beer categories covering 175 different beer styles (including all subcategories) were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals during the 35th edition of the celebrated competition.

Brewers Association CEO: ‘It’s Time For An Awakening;’ BA, Industry Orgs Launch Brewing Respect and Unity Coalition to Address Harassment

Brewers Association CEO: ‘It’s Time For An Awakening;’ BA, Industry Orgs Launch Brewing Respect and Unity Coalition to Address Harassment

Brewers Association (BA) president and CEO Bob Pease today announced the creation of the Brewing Respect and Unity (BRU) Coalition to combat sexual harassment and discrimination in the beer industry. “This scourge of discrimination has festered and held us back as a community, as individual businesses, and as human beings,” he continued. “It is time for an awakening.”