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CRAFT BREW INNOVATION MARCH 2021
Craft Brewer Grows into Two-In-One Palletizer, Stretch Wrapper Automation often begets more automation. That was certainly the case with Pelican Brewing Co., whose fast filling operations soon necessitated end-of-line palletization.
By Matt Reynolds, Editor
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elican Brewing Co. was born at the beach in Pacific City, Ore. in 1996, the brainchild of three enthusiastic young folks, Mary Jones, Jeff Schons, and Darron Welch, whose thirst for great beer overshadowed their understanding of what it would take to build a brewery. They did it anyway. Now 25 years older and wiser, Pelican Brewing Company is a craft beer industry leader with fans throughout the Northwest and the world. The brewery’s physical footprint
now spans its original, laid back beachfront pub and brewery in Pacific City, a more upscale restaurant and brewery in Cannon Beach, Ore., and—where most of the magic happens—a highproduction brewery plus tasting room in Tillamook, Ore. Pelican’s reputation is built on extremely high quality above all other factors, and the company has the awards hardware to prove their devotion in this department. Packaging plays a key role in quality by way of dissolved oxygen (DO) pickup during the fill. The less DO pickup
Packaging operations at Pelican include a full canning line and a full bottling line, each capped by its own combination stretch wrapper/palletizer.
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