Automation boosts competitiveness of heritage beer bottling business

Edwin Holden’s Bottling Company Limited, based in Sedgley, has a distinct heritage feel which endears it to its long list of ale brewing customers.  The business, celebrating its 70thbirthday this year, has maintained its heritage while at the same time investing in the latest automation technology.Flexibility and quality are the two core elements of Holden’s production that attract small to medium sized breweries throughout the UK for its bottling services.  A complete rethink of how the business operates has seen investment over the past two years in labelling machinery, conveyors,