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Vermont Business Magazine Northeast Drinks Group LLC, a privately owned holding company, today announces a new canning line investment which dramatically increases capacity for branded and co-packing volumes at Green Mountain Beverage. A division of Vermont Cider Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of NDG, Green Mountain Beverage is a leading manufacturer and co-packing facility for canned, kegged, or bottled alcoholic and specialty non-alcoholic beverages.
This investment increases GMB’s canning from 100 to 600 cans per minute adding 5mm cases of available capacity for existing brands and future CoPack customers. The new line features a KHS filler, Angelus Seamer, and BWIS material handling and packaging systems. It will run the suite of 202 LOE ends including 12oz sleek and 12, 16, and 19.2oz standard bodies. Full-wrapped cartons, tray shrink, and varie
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VCC, Woodchuck and Green Mountain Beverage Returned to Local Ownership as Cider Category Grows
Vermont Business Magazine Northeast Drinks Group LLC a privately owned holding company, today announces that it has closed on the transaction to purchase the Vermont Hard Cider Company, LLC, from C&C Group plc. Vermont Hard Cider Company is famous for its Woodchuck brand. C&C announced in mid-March that it sold the Middlebury plant and Woodchuck cider for $20 million to Northeast Drinks.
The purchase of VCC from C&C Group plc includes NDG acquiring Woodchuck, the iconic hard cider, which celebrates its 30
th anniversary this year, along with the rest of the portfolio of award-winning brands. Woodchuck is set to re-introduce several limited-edition ciders in the coming months, paying homage to the brand’s popular variants over the years. NDG is very optimistic about the health of both the segment and VCC’s portfolio of brands as the company moves into 2021, with Ci