Krones wins for PET BEVkeg idea

Krones AG was awarded the German Packaging Prize for its BEVkeg packaging idea at FachPack 2015 in Nuremberg.

The BEVkeg is a solution for non-returnable PET beverage kegs which can be supplied in two different variants - firstly as a preform and secondly as a container that's rolled up following the blow-moulding process and correspondingly compressed.

Due to the option for container compression, transportation to the filling company is optimised, and in addition, by reason of the low internal volume, the amount of CO2 flushing before the filling process is reduced.

The central contact partner and vendor for the BEVkeg container unit is the Krones subsidiary KIC Krones. The machinery and systems technology required for filling, labelling and palletising the BEVkegs comes from Krones, while the brewery or restaurateur gets the BEVmate tapping technology from Micro Matic, a company specialising in tapping systems.