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Krones has responded to the growing craft beer trend with a can filler which will be shown at Auspack 2017.

Made in the shape of the Craftmate with a modularised design, the volumetric filler with 24 filling valves suits small companies and craft breweries.

Depending on the can volume and product parameters concerned, the machine’s output lies between 6000 and 18,000 cans per hour.

Krones will also be exhibiting other models from its product portfolio at stand 330. 

The Varioline, for example, is a flexible packaging system that’s able to create primary, secondary and even tertiary packages, depending on the machine configuration involved.

There will be plenty of information on the BEVkeg, a solution for the disposable keg market. It assures high beverage quality from the filler through to the consumer’s glass.

Krones’ Evoguard subsidiary will also be showcasing its series of valves manufactured in-house.

The range includes disk valves, seat valves, double-seat valves, aseptic seat valves, and aseptic double-seat valves.

Food & Drink Business

CCEP has completed a $39.7m manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in WA, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40% and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

Nearly 6 in 10 Aussies in food and beverage manufacturing believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to Argon & Co.

Every food, drink, personal care and household product made in Australia starts with an investment decision. A company chooses to replace a production line, automate a process or expand a plant. That choice is now made in a global market for capital, and Australia is struggling to compete. The question is simple. Will the next generation of manufacturing investment come here?