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The KeyKeg® offers breweries, distributors and outlets new marketing opportunities, cost reduction and less environmental impact than steel kegs.
February 23, 2009, Northlake, IL.—Scholle Packaging, the pioneers of bag-in-box, are proud to announce an official partnership with Lightweight Containers as the sole supplier of the inner packaging technology behind the revolutionary KeyKeg®.
The KeyKeg is a high-tech one-way keg that offers breweries, distributors and outlets new marketing opportunities, cost reduction and less environmental impact than steel kegs. The KeyKeg with the universal KeyKeg coupler can be connected to every conventional dispensing system and is available in either a 20 or 30 liter size.
Lightweight Containers partnered with a number of companies, known as the KegKeg Consortium to develop the KeyKeg. The KeyKeg system consists of a PET ball which houses a Scholle bag specifically designed to protect and dispense beverages like beer, carbonated wines and soft drinks. Beverages are dispensed by pressurizing the space between the bag and the ball.
“Scholle’s known unique and extensive development capabilities and track record made it the logical partner for this project” states Jan Veenendaal, CEO Lightweight Containers and chairman of the KeyKeg consortium.
Conré Oostrom, managing Director Scholle Europe adds, “We created the inner bag design explicitly to address the unique challenges of the beer and wine markets. The high-oxygen barrier, flavor and CO2 protection properties of Scholle film ensure a shelf life of over 9 months. These same properties protect beverages while dispensing, allowing slower consumption and freshness several weeks after tapping. The complete evacuation technology of Scholle bags ensures no air is trapped in the keg during filling and beer is not wasted during dispensing”.
The KeyKeg is a “sell and forget” package solution which offers the following advantages to breweries:
- Lower transport costs. The lightweight KeyKeg allows over 25 percent extra beer per transport compared to steel kegs.
- No return costs. One-way kegs mean no return shipment; no lost keg replacement costs and no cleaning costs.
- Key Keg lessons environmental impact by offering lower transport and minimum use of raw materials. It is totally recyclable and has a high energy value. The KeyKeg was designed for the needs of the 21st century!
- KeyKeg creates opportunities to present draft beer to markets far away from the breweries; even where currently no distribution exists.
- Beer stays fresh even weeks after broaching and, therefore, offers opportunities for special beers
See the KeyKeg at the upcoming Craft Brewers Conference, April 22-23 at the Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA, the Drinktech in Muenchen, September 14-19 and the Great American Beer Festival, September 24-26 at the Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO . Or, find out more about KeyKeg by visiting www.keykeg.com.
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ABOUT SCHOLLE PACKAGING:
Scholle Packaging’s founder, William Scholle, invented bag-in-box packaging in 1947. Today the company is the world leader in bag-in-box packaging for the food, beverage, and industrial markets. With manufacturing locations on five continents and products that are sold in more than 60 countries, Scholle Packaging delivers high-quality packaging products and excellent customer service around the world. To find out more about Scholle Packaging visit www.scholle.com.
ABOUT THE KEYKEG CONSORTIUM:
The strong consortium consists of well-known companies, each with a long track record in the beverage world. Every partner has its own role in the consortium. Together the companies guarantee the continuity and quality of the KeyKeg concept. Contact Robbert-Jan Knoppers at r.knopper@lightweight-containers.com to find out more about the KeyKeg Consortium.
The KeyKeg Consortium:
Schoeller Arca Systems: Production assembly and stock holding
Scholle Packaging: Inner bag assembly
SIPA Italy: Blow-molding machinery and tooling
M+Ff KEG-Technik: Filling machines
Lightweight Containers: Sales and Marketing
DSI : Dispense Systems.
M+F KEG-Technik: Filling machines
DSI: Dispensing systems
