Supplier News

SLG (Satellite Logistics Group) was excited to be back at the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) for the 12th year in a row.

Pete Carlson, President of BW Container Systems, a division of Barry-Wehmiller, is pleased to announce the promotion of two industry veterans to lead the entirety of its global commercial activities. Eric Collier has been named Vice President of Sales-Americas, and Scott Smith has been named Vice President of Sales-Europe, Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Africa.

Hopsteiner, one of the largest hop growing, trading, breeding and processing firms in the world since 1845, will be returning to the 2017 Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) next week in Washington D.C., where they will debut a tasting lounge at their booth (#2809).

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) announces they will be exhibiting at the Craft Brewers Association BrewExpo America at part of the Craft Brewers Conference in Washington, D.C. April 10-13, 2017. Located in Booth 5420, the Sealed Air display will feature new and expanded hygiene services available for craft brewers.

Continually striving to provide innovative new products in the hop industry, John I. Haas, Inc. and the Barth-Haas Group announce the launch of FLEX, a flowable hop product that provides both brewing flexibility and improved brewhouse efficiency.

Crown Beverage Packaging, North America, a unit of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), is proud to offer best wishes to long-time metal packaging partner, family-owned Moosehead Breweries, on the occasion of 150 years in business, an anniversary that also happens to coincide with Canada’s own sesquicentennial.

Constantia Flexibles, creator of the multiple award-winning Bourbon County Stout label, was chosen to create a similar label for the Cooper Series. Any beer that includes the neck label from Goose Island Beer Company signifies that the beer comes from the Goose Island Barrel Warehouse.

Douglas meets market demand with a compact, cost-competitive cartoner, delivering the maximized performance of 300 cartons per minute with a 40% floorplan width reduction.

Since Oskar Blues introduced the CROWLER in 2012 discerning breweries, taprooms and to-go beer venues have been canning draft beer on-the-go in recyclable CROWLER cans. Now, beer drinkers in all 50 states can enjoy the benefits of the CROWLER with the introduction of the resealable CROWLER can lid.

A new 4 color UV flexo press will start full production in the second quarter of 2017, supporting customers with small- to medium-sized batches. At the same time, the new technology lowers solvent emissions significantly, increases print capacity and can cater for new product areas.

NEENAH Packaging has partnered with CODO Design to publish the Craft Beer Branding Guide: A step-by-step guide to branding your brewery, telling your story and selling a helluva lot of beer. The book is free, and it’s available now.

Hopsteiner, one of the largest hop growing, trading, breeding and processing firms in the world since 1845, today released data highlighting seven all-new proprietary and experimental hop varieties that are now available to brewers in the commercial market.

WSI Global, a leading manufacturer of finishing equipment for the carton converting, liquid packaging, and corrugated industries, announces PackMate, a simple, safe and effective way to put product into cases while keeping labor and set up times at a minimum.

Douglas is excited to add flat pack capability to the TriVex SL. This top loader is designed to pack pouches in a standup configuration into retail ready display cases with 1 or 2 product facings