The demand for craft beers continues to rise annually in America. According to Food and Beverage Packaging , an estimated 9,951,956 barrels of beer are sold per year. Many of these barrels are produced by small craft brew operations, such as Allagash Brewing Co., a Portland, Maine-based brewery that has been in business since 1995 and brews 16,000 barrels (almost 500,000 gallons) of beer per year.
The increased demand for craft beer has lead to an increase in the demand for the professionally manufactured brewery equipment necessary to successfully scale production and beer yield while maintaining the artisanal quality that discerning beer connoisseurs demand. One leader in the important-but-underpublicized liquid packaging and processing industry is Zajac LLC. Zajac is the company Allagash Brewing Company and many others turned to when looking to expand their operations and beer yield.
Established in 1975, Zajac started as a mechanical contracting company that provided high purity piping systems to the dairy industry. It has grown significantly since then, and now has with over 65 employees with offices in Maine and Massachusetts. Its expertise includes extensive knowledge in the food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, and personal care industries. It also provides engineering, automation, CAD design, project management, skid fabrication, process piping, and electrical installation and calibration services. Much of Zajac’s success is due to their quality workmanship, process expertise, teamwork, and dedication to customer service.
“As a single source supplier of turnkey projects we take pride in our ability to work closely with our clients to develop a concept then see it through to completion and success,” says owner Bill Zajac. “All of our employees must value customer service and take pride in what they contribute to our clients and the mission of the company.”
Zajac has long been a leading supplier to the Craft Brewing Industry with its high quality process piping, which is used to transport materials used in industrial processes and manufacturing. Durable and high efficiency, the company’s process piping is designed to meet health and safety standards no matter the application or customer specification. The company also provides stainless steel fabrication and complete packaging lines, which allows Zajac to manufacture and install the essential equipment needed to brew beer, whether the company is a small craft brewery or a state-of-the-art industrial-sized brewing plant.
The company is also steadily expanding. In January 2014, Zajac relocated from Amesburg to a new facility in Tewksburg, Massachusetts that has bigger office and warehouse areas. The move allowed Zajac to expand its service offerings and it now offers systems calibration and provides automation service technicians. With the addition of automation service technicians, it is now possible to perform routine diagnostic checks on the automated systems, monitor automated systems, and ultimately isolate problems and perform repairs. The location also which allows for same day or next day delivery for local inventory of stainless steel fittings, tubing, and valves.
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