24 BREWING & BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES BUSINESS Ricoh Arena, Coventry was the venue for BevExpo 2018, the second edition of this exhibition/seminar event, held every two years. Growing in exhibitor and visitor numbers from 2016, the event – a mixture of seminar sessions, hosted by partner organisations within the beverage industry and exhibitors, and exhibitors – was well received by visitors, and viewed as ‘high quality’, with good, technical information available. The dispense seminar, held on the first day, enabled craft keg brand owners to discuss a future strategy for gaining access to the gas dispense system, as well as educating on the safety and quality aspects of the dispense system. The Institute of Brewing & Distilling and Soft Drinks International held two-day and one-day seminar programmes, respectively. The newly-formed Wines GB (a merger of English Wine Producers Association and UK Wine Producers Ltd) has signed up to present a seminar programme at BevExpo 2020. The event is organised for the industry by the industry, with the aim of bringing technical information to the beverage industry within a free of charge event. Second BevExpo grows in Coventry REVIEW Kilfrost Ltd exhibited at BevExpo 2018 to explain how its next generation ALV Plus fluid can actually reduce costs associated with brewing and beverage production, while still offering a premium alternative to monoethylene glycol (MEG) and monopropylene glycol (MPG). “Not only is ALV Plus certified as NSF safe for incidental contact with food and drink, but it offers an absolutely premium performance,” explained Kilfrost’s Chief Executive, Gary Lydiate. “Our research and development chemists have been working on our range of advanced low viscosity fluids, and we’ve had these products on robust tests to really challenge them throughout the development process. We’ve been absolutely delighted with the results, and with the early response from food and drink firms globally,” he added. Kilfrost ALV Plus is a low viscosity heat transfer fluid which is formulated with organic, FDA/NSF accredited inhibitors and viscosity modifiers. It has been developed to reduce the incidence of pressure drops, as well as to reduce pumping costs and increase hydraulic efficiency. Pictured is Kilfrost’s HQ in Haltwhistle Next generation fluid on show www.kilfrost.com For more information visit: 24_Layout 1 13/02/2018 11:21 Page 1