Your ISBT Connection | April 1, 2023
PackLIMS is a unique wireless, cable-free LIMS software laboratory solution that re-imagines data capture and dramatically improves testing efficeincy. To learn more about this new solution, click here.

To sponsor a future issue of the ISBT Connection, contact Zach Raynsford for more information.
Featured News
BevTech 2023 is Almost Here!

BevTech 2023 is just one month away! We can’t wait to see many of you in Orlando. If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still time. We’re putting finishing touches on the program and are looking forward to another great year.
  
Register now to be part of the industry's premier event! If you have any questions, please contact the ISBT Office at office@isbt.com, or call 972-233-9107 x203.
Secure Your Sponsorship Package Today: NEW Opportunities Available

Haven’t secured your sponsorship package yet? No problem! There’s still time to spread brand awareness at the premier forum for scientific and technical discussion in the beverage industry. Select from a wide variety of sponsorship packages – many of which include BevTech registration, ISBT membership, and prime booth locations at the BevTech Expo.
Don't Delay: Register to Reserve Your Spot at the BevTech 2023 Technology Expo Now!

Monday, May 1, 2023, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. at the Caribe Royale

Register now to secure a spot at this intensive, well-attended one-night networking event full of technology, innovation, and tasty food and beverages — all served in the exhibition area.
BevTech attendance typically ranges from 300-350 beverage industry professionals. Participants represent the full spectrum of the beverage industry, including brand owners, beverage producers, ingredient suppliers and retailers, packaging suppliers, and filling and processing equipment manufacturers. Reserve your spot now!
Don't Forget: Register to Attend the ISBT CO2 Symposium & Expo
CO2 Sustainability in an Ever-Changing World
May 3-4, 2023

The ISBT CO2 Symposium & Expo is filling up quickly. If you have not already registered to attend or exhibit, please do so now. We’re excited to hold this special event after the close of BevTech. Join us the afternoon of May 3 and the morning of May 4 as we address challenges specific to the CO2 industry and its impact on beverage. As a reminder, if you are attending BevTech, attendance for the CO2 Symposium & Expo is just $695.
Member News
The Beverage Industry Resource Guide contains information from beverage industry supplier members from a promotional standpoint. It is for advertising purposes only and does not reflect the opinions or position of ISBT. 
If you have sponsored content (i.e., new products, case studies, white papers, etc.) that you would like to see mentioned in the ISBT Connection, please email Steve Guglielmo by April 27.
Featured Catalogs
Data Key Communications is proud to introduce its Supplier Catalog Library, a great resource for those in the beverage industry who want to see digital catalogs from ISBT suppliers collected in one spot!

If you're a supplier who would like to have your product catalog hosted online in the Catalog Library with a shareable and embeddable link, receive statistics about readership and clicks throughout the year, and be featured in the ISBT Connection, please contact Zach Raynsford for more information.
Beverage Institute by ISBT®
Beverage Institute QR Code
 
Tesla unveiled its humanoid robot, called Optimus, which stands about 5 feet 8 inches tall with a head that contains Tesla’s AI chip. The current version of Optimus can lift 150 pounds, carry up to 45 pounds, and travel 5 miles per hour. Future versions of Optimus will be able to climb stairs, walk up hills, and use tools such as a drill or screwdriver, among other abilities.

Tesla’s intent is to mass produce them—millions of them—and to sell them for less than $20,000 each. If Tesla can achieve this vision of Optimus humanoid robots being produced at scale, then the company will completely reshape the economy and society. The robots would be able to perform boring, repetitive, and unsafe tasks, freeing humans up to do safer, more productive work. "This means a future of abundance,” says Musk. “A future where there is no poverty, where you could have whatever you want in terms of products and services. It really is a fundamental transformation of civilization as we know it.”

Improve Your Value – Don’t become Obsolete!
Attend BevTech 2023 at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida, USA, May 1 – 3, 2023.
  • Attend the general sessions for industry updates.
  • Participate in Technical Committee meetings to learn new technologies; help update and create guidelines and best practices.
  • Be at the CO2 Symposium and Technology Expo to expand your knowledge base.

Use the Beverage Institute for training and increasing your understanding of beverages.
  • Take advantage of the Beverage Institute Value Pack and learn the technology of the industry. This value pack includes all of the Beverage Institute courses!
 
Be someone who knows about beverages: take a Beverage Institute course and/or join the ISBT.
 
For more information contact Tom Reimer at tom@isbt.com or visit www.isbt.com.
Did You Know?
"Did You Know?" is a series of interesting events and changes to ISBT and the beverage Industry. If you have an ISBT tidbit or "fun fact," send it to tom@isbt.com.  

Witch’s Original Ingredients: Boil up a witch’s brew with eye of newt (mustard seed), toe of frog (Buttercup) and wool of bat (moss).

White Tea: In China, if you order white tea what do you get? Boiled Water

Click on the link below to learn more interesting facts about Beverages and Ingredients.
Welcome, New Members!
ISBT is proud to announce we have gained 38 new members since March 1. Please join us in welcoming them to the Society! To view the complete list of new members, click the button below. For information about joining ISBT, click Join ISBT below.
Industry News
If you have news (i.e., new hires, personnel promotions, facility changes, etc.) that you would like to see mentioned in the ISBT Connection, please email Steve Guglielmo. The deadline for submission for the next issue of the ISBT Connection is April 27.
Coca-Cola And Pepsi Face New Threat In India As Country's Richest Person Revives Iconic Brand - India's Reliance Industries, led by the country's richest man Mukesh Ambani, has partnered with three popular franchise cricket teams as it seeks to pit Campa, an iconic cola brand, against soft drink giants like Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc.

PEPSI® Unveils a New Logo and Visual Identity, Marking the Iconic Brand's Next Era - The new design showcases a bold typeface, signature pulse and an updated color palette, including the color black highlighting the brand's commitment to Pepsi Zero Sugar

Why Skinny Soda Cans are Everywhere - Suddenly, your beverage is taller. Beverage brands rely on packaging shape and design to draw in consumers. Now they’re counting on a new slew of skinny aluminum cans to subtly signal to consumers that their exotic new drinks are healthier than the beer and sodas in the short, round cans of old.
Committee Profile
Sanitation and Microbiological Control Technical Committee

The mission of the Sanitation and Microbiological Control Technical Committee is to provide the continual improvement of beverage sanitation and microbiological control processes. Provide a forum for exchange of technical information on new or alternative sanitation processes and microbiological insights within the beverage industry.
Sanitation and Microbiological Control Technical Committee Chair Kris Krueger, Diversey, Inc.
ISBT Resource Guide
2023 Beverage Industry Resource Guide

The 2023 Beverage Industry Resource Guide is online now. The 2022 Beverage Industry Resource Guide is designed to help facilitate connections and relationships between members. 

Check out the full online edition of the Resource Guide by clicking the button below.

If you would like to receive a print copy of the Beverage Industry Resource Guide, contact Tim Hudson today.