Beverage

Major Italian retailers reported an uptick in beer sales in terms of both value (+2.7%) and volumes (+1.7%) in the year from November 2017 to November 2018.

The Danone group reported consolidated sales of €24.7 million in 2018.

Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group (MZB.MI) has announced that its subsidiary Massimo Zanetti Beverage Iberia has completed the acquisition of Lisbon-based Portuguese food service company Cafés Nandi SA and its production site in a deal that will enable the Group to double its current production capacity in Portugal.

Acque Minerali d’Italia (Norda, Sangemini, Gaudianello), the fourth largest Italian mineral water group and the second largest in the Horeca channel, has doubled its share capital with an injection of €15 million, including €12 million from shareholders.

Last year the Austrian energy drink producer Red Bull posted the best results in its history.

Swiss multinational Nestlé has announced a major new $154 million investment to build a new factory in Veracruz, Mexico, which will process around 20,000 tons of locally sourced green coffee a year.

Uzbekistan has introduced new measures to stimulate the development of viticulture and wine production while reducing state participation in the sector.

Nestlé has opened its new Bonjorno coffee factory in Egypt for an investment of EGP 250 million (CHF 13.9 million).

Efficiency, flexibility, cost cutting and increased production capacity were the goals pursued by Faenza-based agricultural cooperative Caviro in its €6.4 million investment in two new packaging plants installed at its Forlì factory.

The Cuneo, Italy-based mineral water producer Lurisia recently completed an ambitious industrial expansion programme, an 8-million-euro two-year project involving the installation of a modern and highly sustainable Industry 4.0 production line.

Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA), a North American business unit of the Swiss food giant, has announced that by 2021 it will achieve at least 25% recycled plastic use across its product portfolio with the aim of reaching 50% by 2025.

Japanese beer group Asahi is set to purchase the business of British brewer Fuller Smith & Turner’s for £250 million ($327 million) through its European unit Asahi Europe Ltd.

In the USA and the UK, the traditional wine bottle is being replaced by bag-in-box, can and wine-on-tap packaging formats.

According to the Italian mineral water producers’ association Mineracqua, the Italian mineral water market has seen almost continuous growth since 1980 apart from a sharp decline in 2009-2010 and a smaller slowdown in 2013.

Krombacher, one of the largest German beer producers and owner of the Schweppes brand name, posted its best-ever results in 2018, including a consolidated turnover of €850 million (+10.1%) and a total output of 7.499 million hectolitres.

According to GlobalData research, the spirits sector in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to see significant growth over the next four years with revenues reaching $517.2 billion in 2022 compared to $398.2 billion in 2017 (corresponding to a CAGR of 5.4%).

A water with superior flavour, winner of a Taste Award, deserves to become well-known far beyond the borders of its country of origin. That’s why Eurowaterland decided to send its brand Epirus Kostilatas Springs on a long journey, taking it from the green Athamanian Mountains to the hot terrains of Saudi Arabia.

Italian bottled water producer Acqua S. Bernardo recently opened a new logistics hub and finished product warehouse in Ormea in the province of Cuneo as part of a €1 million investment aimed at boosting the facility’s production growth.

Established in 1961, IMA is world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea and coffee.

Italian made technology for the US market: Sitma, an Italian company based in Spilamberto (Modena), specializes in the design, construction and marketing of machines, systems and complete lines for automation used in the Post-Press, DM / Transpromo, e-Logistic and Packaging sectors.