Supplier News

The Board of Directors of Yakima Chief – Hopunion (YCH HOPS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Goettl as Chief Executive Officer, effective June 15, 2017.

Building on the success of its cold certified thermochromic inks, Coors Light has rolled out a summer promotion that marks the first application of photochromic inks in partnership with CROWN Beverage Packaging North America, a business unit of Crown Holdings, In

The Can Manufacturers Institute’s Board of Directors elected Jim Peterson, senior vice president, Ball Corporation; chief operating officer, food and aerosol packaging, its new chairman. Peterson succeeds Tom Snyder, president, Silgan Containers.

Thielmann – The Container Company, leader in stainless steel beverage container manufacturing, is proud to announce the opening of its U.S. facility in Houston, Texas. The North American market is one of the most important markets for Thielmann and by investing in the new facility, Thielmann emphasizes this commitment and offers the same quality kegs at dramatically shortened lead times to its customers.

EGC Group is proud to be celebrating the fourth anniversary of their Craft Beverage Division during American Craft Beer Week.

In order to benefit from a more flexible and efficient keg supply chain solution, award-winning Green Flash Brewing Co. has chosen MicroStar Logistics to meet their nationwide keg needs under a long-term partnership agreement.

Riverbend Malt House today unveiled its strategic expansion plans to meet surging craft malt demand from craft brewers and distillers.

Petainer, the market leader in innovative PET packaging, is focusing on the fast-growing micro and craft brewer markets in China and the surrounding region as part of its global expansion plans. The business has made a significant investment to ensure that it can support this key market effectively and efficiently and is working with KHS China as its official distributor.

Crown Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, celebrated the opening of its new beverage can manufacturing plant in Nichols, New York with a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 9.

W.M. Sprinkman Corporation (WMS), a third-generation family business providing sanitary, stainless steel processing solutions for the food and beverage, dairy and craft brewing industries, is proud to announce and welcome Brian Armstrong as the national accounts manager.

In an unprecedented growth rate of U.S. hop acreage, hops continue to be on the rise in the United States and across the globe as consumer tastes and demand for beer with higher hopping rates persist. Despite a decrease in overall beer production, demand for hops continues, as signaled by hop contracts thanks to a greater thirst for more heavily hopped beers.

Today, the US-based Cicerone Certification Program announced the launch of its program in Spanish.

What’s Up Beer Today recently launched a new web software solution that builds and publishes Craft Beer release calendars.

Muller LCS, a leading manufacturer of load containment equipment and material and part of the Signode Industrial Group will display a reliable and economical solution for the craft brew market with its new Octopus “1717C”automatic rotary ring stretch wrapper at booth #5808.