Petainer is launching new 30-litre and 20-litre slimline petainerKeg hybrid kegs at this year’s Brau Beviale, currently being staged in Germany.

The new formats complement the standard 20-litre hybrid, which is already in use around the world.

Petainer hybrid kegHybrid is the first one-way PET keg to use a circular economy design, focused on recycling and reuse. Designed for drinks producers such as breweries and wineries as a more cost-effective and sustainable alternative to traditional stainless-steel kegs, the keg provides a low-cost way of entering new domestic and international markets.

The keg’s snap-fit design allows for local blowing and assembly, reducing the carbon footprint of transport, as well as easier disassembly for better recyclability in market. It is also the only keg where the top and bottom chimes can be re-used by the brewery.

By removing return logistics and washing processes because it is filled, sent and recycled when it is empty, the keg reduces supply chain costs by up to 40% versus steel.

The hybrid keg portfolio is designed to support brand expansion to new markets with improved safety features like puncture and drop resistance, burst pressure over 7 bar and is fully functional at 40 degrees C.

At just 10% the weight of a steel keg, the hybrid provides superior stacking and handling for filling, transport and storage tested to ASTM standards for sea and road transportation making it ideal for export markets.

The new hybrid kegs are suitable for hand filling and the majority of automatic keg filling lines, which means it can be used in breweries and retail outlets anywhere in the world without any additional capital expenditure required to switch from traditional steel kegs.

Like other products in the petainerKeg range, Hybrid can also be used with universal coupling systems. In addition, the 20-litre slimline hybrid has been designed so that it fits in standard kegerators.