Rockwell Automation named Corning Environmental Technologies and Bevcorp as recipients of its 2014 Manufacturing Safety Excellence Awards. The winners were recognized at the Safety Leadership Conference on October 27 – 29, 2014 in Indianapolis.

Created in 2013, the annual awards celebrate the world’s safest manufacturing companies – specifically those that realize the widespread benefits of a holistic approach to safety. They are given to companies that make people and machinery safety a core business value by incorporating the three key pillars of a comprehensive safety program:

• A strong safety culture
• A formalized compliance strategy, and
• Capital investments in technologies that help improve worker safety and plant productivity

The awards also recognize collaboration between environmental health and safety (EHS) and engineering departments to help ensure compliance, worker safety and plant productivity.

The awards are open to manufacturers, machine builders (OEMs) or system integrators, as long as they demonstrate a true commitment to safety. The next call for nominations will open in the summer of 2015.

Bevcorp LLC has acquired the beverage filling intellectual property and inventory of Adcor Packaging Group LLC. The acquisition strengthens Bevcorp’s commitment to the beverage equipment marketplace, providing increased services to domestic and worldwide customers by expanding their resources and capabilities in engineering, sales, parts, and service. This acquisition also allows Bevcorp LLC to become the owner of the OEM technology to provide customers OEM quality filling equipment and parts manufactured using the original Crown Cork & Seal and Crown Simplimatic intellectual property owned by Adcor since 2000.

According to Chris Pascarella, President of Bevcorp LLC, “We are excited to expand and improve upon the legacy of Crown filling technology as exclusive owners of the intellectual property providing all customers with the security of knowing their Crown filler investments are fully supported by Bevcorp. The purchase of the IP from the Adcor Packaging Group LLC along with our recent acquisition of FCI Inc. Container Handling Division, combined with our MicroBlend Blending Division enables us to increase product offerings, inventory, and services to all customers. Bevcorp is committed to constant improvement and investments within our organization to continue to be a leader in beverage filling, blending and container handling.”

Bevcorp LLC will continue to service all current and new customers out of the Willoughby Ohio corporate offices and manufacturing site.

Adcor Packaging Group LLC inquiries for filler parts and filler service please contact:

Filler Parts Sales: 440-954-3505 | Filler Service: 440-954-3506 | Main Line: 440-954-3500

Email: sales@bevcorp.com

Cleveland, OH…In a strategic move to increase comprehensive customer solutions, Bevcorp, LLC, recently acquired FCI Inc., of Cleveland Ohio, a manufacturer of aftermarket change parts to the beverage industry and supplier of specialized industrial parts.

The acquisition of FCI, apremierchange parts supplier for more than 50 years, builds upon Bevcorp’s established handling equipment and processing reputation in the beverage industry by offering the following additional capabilities and benefits to new and existing customers.

• Change parts for numerous European and North American fillers, cappers and other packaging equipment
• Increased customer productivity and changeover reduction through efficient handling equipment and conversion packages
• Increased engineering and machining capacity that promote speed to market for new package production lines

FCI is industry-recognized and will continue to advance Standard Bolt-on Change Parts, E-Z Fit Tool-less Quick Change Parts and Neck Control for PET bottles along with innovative products to decrease changeover time and increase filling line productivity.

These additional capabilities, coupled with Bevcorp’s reputation for unparalleled service in the filling and blending industry, will now provide customer solutions as FCI Container Handling Division of Bevcorp.

“It’s a win-win for FCI and Bevcorp customers,” said Chris Pascarella, President of Bevcorp LLC.  “Bevcorp’s manufacturing expertise will supplement the strong FCI industrial parts group, and the increased machining capabilities will better serve FCI’s current customers.”

Pascarella said the advantage of the combined organizations will manifest in outstanding opportunities for all customers to achieve greater value from their packaging investments with blending, rotary rinsing, filling, capping, seaming and container handling solutions under one umbrella of ownership.

“Combining the depth of the talent pool of both organizations will provide valuable solutions and added resources to all customers when it comes to product package design, handling andcustomersupport,” said Pascarella.