Supply Chain

Brewbound Frontlines: Supply Chain Planning for 2022

Brewbound Frontlines: Supply Chain Planning for 2022

Beverage producers have faced an unending onslaught of supply chain challenges in 2021. With three months left in the year, how should breweries and beverage companies be planning for 2022? The leadership team from Agrowgate, a firm focused on helping mid-sized beverage companies navigate procurement and supply chain issues, joins Brewbound Frontlines to discuss the issues now facing beverage makers and strategies for working through them.

Crown to Open New Aluminum Can Production Facility in Nevada

Crown to Open New Aluminum Can Production Facility in Nevada

As the beverage industry faces a painful crunch on aluminum can supply, another manufacturer announced last week that it is working to expand production. Crown Holdings said Friday that it has selected Mesquite, Nevada as the location of a new aluminum can manufacturing facility.

Salt Lake City-Based Aluminum Slim Can Maker and Filler Vobev Slated to Begin Operations in Q4

Salt Lake City-Based Aluminum Slim Can Maker and Filler Vobev Slated to Begin Operations in Q4

A new aluminum can making and filling production facility is slated to begin operations in Salt Lake City during the fourth quarter of 2021. Co-packing facility Vobev will launch with a focus on the popular slim (sleek) can production of 12 oz. (355 mL) and 8.4 oz. (250 mL) in a beverage industry crunched by demand and shortages of aluminum receptacle.