CBBR will be at BevExpo 2018, showcasing financial services available to brewers, such as those enjoyed by a new Midlands brewing company. Start-up continental lager brewery, Konigsberg Seven Bridges Breweries Ltd, was established in 2014 by two experienced businessmen in Nottinghamshire and began brewing in June 2017. Due to his contacts and knowledge of the market in Russia, director Graham Lawrence had already established links with a Russian brewer of premium lager in Kaliningrad. Graham and his partner, Matt Biswas, saw an opportunity to provide a premium continental pilsner lager in the UK and Konigsberg developed a plan to replicate the brew under their own brand name of ‘Prussia’. They will use the original recipe created in Kaliningrad, supported by consultancy from the Russian master brewer to maintain Prussian links and heritage. Funding was required to finance a new European style brewhouse with a capacity of 50,000 litres initially, expanding to 100,000 by the end of 2019 and ultimately to 200,000 litres. As there were several suppliers involved and different stage payment requirements, CBBR provided a split facility of sale and lease back and hire purchase on the equipment. This enabled Konigsberg to bring its premium ‘Prussia’ lager brand to market at the earliest opportunity and ahead of the competition. In addition, the business needed a packaging solution, so CBBR provided a long term rental solution on 500 kegs, all branded in Konigsberg’s own choice of colours. The colour-branded kegs have helped to provide Konigsberg with its own identity and along with the strong branding will help the company to get a foothold in a crowded market. CBBR has been involved in the supplier/equipment consultation process with the customer for over 12 months, which has been an ever-moving goalpost, but has ensured the best outcome for the customer. 60 BREWING & BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES BUSINESS www.closebreweryrentals.co.uk For more information visit: CBBR financial services at BevExpo PREVIEW The beverage industry in general is looking continuously for solutions to increase its production efficiency. Applications with extremely high system pressure become more and more common, especially in filtration processes such as reverse osmosis. As a worldwide partner for the food industry this new tendency has led to a new innovative hygienic Packo pump series FPP2 & IPP2 (FPP2 pictured). These hygienic pumps can operate at a maximum inlet pressure of 40 bar, plus a flow rate of 50 m³/h at a differential pressure of 7 bar. The new hygienic, high quality and robust pump range, series FPP2 – IPP2 is especially developed to operate under the most severe conditions. It is a fully machined construction in thick stainless steel 316L, suitable for handling an inlet pressure up to 40 bar! Today the pump is available up to 50 m³/h at a differential pressure of 7 bar, higher flow rates will be available very soon. For this new development the typical Packo Pumps philosophy has been followed: a construction with standard components such as IEC motors and mechanical seals in accordance to EN12756, a hygienic design with electro polished surface as a standard, etc. The pump is also available in an industrial execution for applications where hygiene is less important. Typical applications are reverse osmosis of wine and beer filtration, etc. Packo Pumps is a researcher, designer and manufacturer of sustainable and innovative industrial pumps. Its pumps rank among the best of the world when it comes to hygiene and cleanability. Packo pumps are also an important link in the reliability and the improvement of the energy efficiency of its customers. To this end, the company develops and constantly improves more pumps tailored to our clients, for the most diverse applications. Its slogan "We Optimize Your Flow" reflects the ambition to be a valued partner in the optimisation of its customers’ business processes. For more information contact Michael.hinchliffe@packo.com www.packopumps.com For more information visit: Packo pumps can handle the pressure! 60_Layout 1 10/11/2017 15:13 Page 1