Although from different backgrounds, acclaimed horror author Stephen King and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who was famous for Britain’s comeback in World War II, are both known to have quoted the idiom “Sooner or later, everything old is new again.” Within beverage operations, this statement also is apropos as “like-new” refurbished equipment enables beverage manufacturers to save about half of what they would spend on new equipment while remaining in lockstep with beverage industry trends.
For instance, Jeremy J. Sanders, president of United Food and Beverage, is seeing a greater focus on can production for sparkling ciders, wines and energy drinks. “Variety packs are also a large trend right now, which provide the manufacturer with high margin returns for low volume production runs,” he says. “Manufacturers are more likely to install used equipment to meet the need for variety packs due to low volume production.”