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Customer service drives G.C. Evans success

Cooling, heating and pasteurizing manufacturer turns to NORD Drivesystems

October 16, 2015

If you want to get David McNamer energized, start talking about customer service. The manufacturing manager for G.C. Evans, a manufacturer of cooling, heating and pasteurizing equipment, notes that although customer service was a key part of the company’s business model, it had experienced challenges as its relationships with major bottlers had deteriorated, largely due to inattentive customer service.

Coffee roasters at risk of diacetyl exposure

Manufacturers can take steps to protect workers from organic compound

Peter Masaitis

September 16, 2015

“Popcorn lung” is a term one doesn’t readily forget. It is the euphemism often used for the medical condition bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare, irreversible obstructive lung disease that can necessitate a lung transplant. For the snack industry, manufacturers producing microwave popcorn and the companies supplying diacetyl to those manufacturers, it has become a serious concern during the past decade.

Process Expo to highlight lastest in processing, packaging equipment

Tradeshow comes to Chicago

August 14, 2015

PROCESS EXPO will take place Sept. 15-18 in Chicago’s McCormick Place. The show will feature more than more than 1,000 solution providers that offer the most innovative processing and packaging equipment for the global beverage industry.

Green Flash Brewing employs ERP system

Cloud-based system allows craft brewer to focus on beer production

August 14, 2015

To this day, Mike and Lisa Hinckley, founders of San Diego-based craft brewery Green Flash Brewing Co. take every measure they can to keep their beer-first philosophy at the heart of all they do.

Case study: Westfalia works with Wirtz Beverage Illinois

Westfalia optimizes warehouse operations with automation

June 15, 2015

As today's beverage distributors continue to experience increased demand and company growth, many are opting to consolidate disparate warehouses to streamline their fulfillment processes, inventory management and overall operational efficiency.

The next alcohol beverage trend

"Craft-like" gin could replace the craft beer trend

Pauline Oudin

June 15, 2015

Who would have guessed just over 10 years ago that craft beer would become such a huge trend?

The four stages beverage-makers can follow for new product success

Distribution, investments, demographics and consumer loyalty key for new brands

Bill Sipper

March 16, 2015

In business school, students learn that there are four stages of brand development within a brand lifecycle: Cash Cows, Dogs, Stars and Question Marks.

Small-format pallets benefit distribution network

Half-sized pallets can support in-store display merchandising

Franco De Angelis

March 16, 2015

The traditional methodology for the beverage distribution industry is to both store and deliver product on large-format pallets.

Rémy Martin employs Avery Dennison for special label

Cognac label celebrates Rémy Martin’s long history in China

Avery Dennison

January 16, 2015

When Rémy Martin, a brand of Paris-based Rémy Cointreau, first talked to specialist label converter Lithobru, Cognac, France, about its Coupe Shanghaï project, the challenge they presented was extremely demanding.

Redhook Brewery integrates dry-conveying model

New system helps craft brewer approach its sustainability goals

October 16, 2014

Woodinville, Wash.-based Redhook Brewery, a part of the Craft Brew Alliance (CBA), has seen its water savings add up following the integration of a dry-run bottling conveyor from Emerson Power Transmission Solutions.