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Craft Beverage

one unified frame, so expenses are kept down by “With packaging systems, there is always more
only having to buy the needed filler head.” innovation regarding the faster and easier tran-
sition between bottle formats and sizes,” said
Meheen units are fully integrated technologically Ferguson. “From smaller, manual style bottling
for remote connectivity when needed. Ferguson through fully automated, high-speed systems, our
tells Beverage Master Magazine that the filling goal is to hit on all budgets and be a craft brewer’s
units are touch screen operated with the ability to one-stop-shop for bottling and packaging system
save format acquisition and installation.”
settings, so
once success- Technology To Bottle Your Passion
fully config-
ured they can Randy Kingsbury, owner of XpressFill Systems LLC,
be retrieved knows that craft brewers want and need an afford-
with the touch able, well designed, low maintenance filler that
of the screen. will get their craft beer on the shelf. Since 2007,
XpressFill Systems has been filling that need with
“Our tech their affordable, long-lasting, easy to use, premi-
teams stay um bottle and can filling systems manufactured in
on-site America using only the highest quality components
through the available.
installation until the users are up to speed on the
systems,” said Ferguson. “But should the brewer “When looking for a bottling or canning system,
need help, Meheen technicians can remotely tap read reviews, check with others that are using the
into, troubleshoot and run diagnostic tests based system and look for a good warranty with corre-
on your system’s error codes and current running sponding technical support and parts availability,”
information to keep downtime to a minimum.” said Kingsbury. “For the craft brewer looking to
fill up to 400 bottles or 600 cans per hour directly

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