History
It all started in the hot summer of 2003. Ankerbräu in Nördlingen run out of kegs due to a high seasonal peak demand for its keg beers. In the subsequent analysis and
discussion it became clear, how costly it is to purchase kegs to cover a seasonal
peak demand.
So the people of Ankerbräu started to look for alternatives and gave birth to the idea to develop a cost-effective disposable system for the keg and draft beer segment.
In the following years, the beer-in-box principle was invented, developed and extensively tested. Several technology and process patents were filed internationally. To move the project forward, the spin-off company CARBOTEK was founded and all patents and rights were transferred to CARBOTEK. The funding mother Ankerbräu became the first customer of CARBOTEK and continued to increase its beer-in-box production every year.
Timeline
| 2003 | Idea was born | ||
| 2004 | First trials | ||
| 2005.11 | Discovery of carbonation principles | ||
| 2006 | Development of first carbonator prototype. Setup of Bag-In-Box filler. | ||
| 2006.11 | Series of interal trials | ||
| 2007.04 | Second Carbonator generation, small series, regional field tests | ||
| 2007 | Development of degassing equipment, constant improvements at the Carbonator | ||
| 2008.04 | Start of third Carbonator generation, successful field installations. | ||
| 2009.05 | Reference project: „mein Schiff“ by RCCL/TUICruises, first cruise ship installation. | ||
| 2010.02 | Cruise ship „MSC Magnifica“ gets fully supplied with beer-in-Box Anker Pilsner | ||
| 2010.03 | Start of fourth Carbonator generation: Simple, robust, reliable, hygienic | ||
| 2011.05 | Installation of second cruise ship for RCCL/TUICruises "mein Schiff 2" | ||
| 2011.09 | Beer-in-box reaches a level of 46% (7.000 hl) of the beer production at Ankerbräu. | ||
