Zomerdijk Brewing And Blending B.v.

What Zomerdijk Brewing And Blending B.v. does

Zomerdijk Brewing And Blending B.V., trading as Zomerdijk Engineering, is a Netherlands-based manufacturer of depalletization, conveying, rinsing, checkweighing, case-packing and palletizing equipment for the beverage and food packaging industries, headquartered in Alkmaar. Founded in 2018 by four brothers from Heiloo with combined technical and brewing expertise, the company has built a modular product line — including ZACD and ZAGD depalletizers (3,000 / 6,000 / 15,000 capacities), twist rinsers, vertical and accumulation conveyors, MID-certified checkweighers, dry tunnels, inline twists, semi-automatic and automatic case packers, and the ZCP-300 cobot palletizer — that can be supplied as individual machines or as fully integrated turnkey canning and bottling lines. The firm also owns De Moersleutel, a craft brewery founded in 2015, which functions as an in-house testbed for new equipment.

Zomerdijk Engineering serves mid-market craft breweries as its primary customer base, with disclosed installations at Jopen, Uiltje, Vault City Brewing (Scotland), Mad Scientist Brewery (Hungary) and the affiliated Moersleutel brewery, alongside stated applicability to beverage & spirits, preserved foods, edible oils and household products. The company operates on a project-based revenue model combining turnkey line sales, individual machine sales, consultancy services drawing on its proprietary V-diagram methodology, and aftermarket spare parts and maintenance. It is private, family-owned with no external investors, and operates with 11–50 employees.

The company is currently expanding its commercial footprint, having exhibited at BrauBeviale 2024 and Drinktec 2025, having launched the Automatic Case Packer in 2024 with in-house field testing at Moersleutel, and actively recruiting OEM and reseller partners alongside building a filling-machinery partner network to assemble complete turnkey solutions.

Name

Zomerdijk Brewing And Blending B.v.

Legal name

Zomerdijk Engineering BV

Website

https://zomerdijkengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Zomerdijk Brewing And Blending B.V. (Zomerdijk Engineering), founded 2018 in Alkmaar, Netherlands, designs and builds depalletizers, conveyors, rinsers, case packers and cobot palletizers, supplying turnkey canning and bottling lines primarily to European mid-market craft breweries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Packaging Machinery

NAICS

Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993), Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

Filling & Dosing Equipment (Liquid, Powder, Aseptic) (IMALAOAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Capping, Sealing & Closing Machines (IMAHAOAG)

Keywords

• Packaging machinery
• Filling line automation
• Canning line systems
• Bottling line equipment
• Beverage packaging solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Alkmaar

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Turnkey Filling and Packaging Lines: Sale of complete turnkey production lines including depalletizers, conveyors, twist rinsers, checkweighers, case packers, and supporting equipment. Customized to customer requirements with in-house engineering. Single large transaction model, typically project-based with design, build, and delivery phases.
2. Individual Packaging Machines: Sale of standalone machines such as can depalletizers, glass depalletizers, twist rinsers, conveyors, checkweighers, case packers, and cobot palletizers. Machines sold with varying levels of automation to match customer production speed requirements.
3. Consultancy Services: Consultancy services for filling line automation including ROI assessment, project management, V-diagram and line optimization, filling line and machinery selection, and ancillary equipment integration.
4. Spare Parts and Maintenance: Standard maintenance support including bearing lubrication guidance. Machines designed for minimal maintenance with long-lasting chains.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Zomerdijk Engineering designs, engineers, and assembles stainless steel automated filling and packaging line machinery — including depalletizers, twist rinsers, conveyors, checkweighers, dry tunnels, inline twisters, case packers, and cobot palletizers — in its Alkmaar, Netherlands facility. The company sells individual machines as well as complete turnkey canning and bottling lines with capacities up to 15,000 units per hour, targeting craft breweries and mid-sized beverage, preserved food, edible oil, and household product producers. Consultancy services for line optimization, ROI assessment, and ancillary equipment selection complement the equipment sales.

Product overview

Zomerdijk Engineering is a Dutch-based family business offering a comprehensive portfolio of packaging and filling line solutions for industries including beer & brewing, beverages, preserved foods, edible oils, and household products. Their product range includes automatic and semi-automatic depalletizers (ZACD and ZAGD series with capacities from 3,000 to 15,000 units/hour), twist rinsers, accumulation conveyors, vertical conveyors, checkweighers, dry tunnels, inline twist machines, case packers (automatic and semi-automatic), cobot palletizers, and custom conveyors. The company provides complete turnkey filling lines (canning and bottling) up to 15,000 units per hour, along with consultancy services. All machines are engineered, developed, and assembled in-house in Alkmaar, Netherlands, with a focus on serving craft breweries and the beverage industry. The company also operates their own brewery (De Moersleutel) giving them firsthand operational experience in packaging challenges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• De Moersleutel: Craft brewery owned by the Zomerdijk brothers, used as an operational reference for developing packaging solutions.

Products and services

• ZACD 3.000 Can Depalletizer Automatic can depalletizer for canning lines with speeds up to 3,000 cans per hour, featuring automatic interlayer sheet removal and two-layer-per-minute processing.
• ZACD 6.000 Can Depalletizer Optimized and automated canning line depalletizer handling up to 6,000 cans per hour with customizable configurations up to 34 options and automatic top frame and interlayer sheet removal.
• ZACD 15.000 Can Depalletizer High-speed automatic can depalletizer designed for over 15,000 cans per hour with fully automated pallet infeed and outfeed, automatic pallet stacking, and minimal manual intervention required.
• ZAGD 3.000 Glass Depalletizer Automatic glass depalletizer processing up to two layers per minute, designed to automate the infeed of filling lines with vacuum system for interlayer sheet removal.
• ZAGD 6.000 Glass Depalletizer Glass depalletizer capable of handling speeds up to 6,000 units per hour with fully automatic operation, sweeping glass packaging directly from pallets with interlayer sheet handling.
• ZAGD 15.000 Glass Depalletizer Completely automated high-speed glass depalletizer handling over 15,000 glass packages per hour with automatic pallet infeed and outfeed, automatic pallet stacking, and vacuum system for interlayer sheet management.
• Half-Height Glass Depalletizer Compact glass depalletizer designed for small workspaces, handling up to two layers per minute and suitable for all glass types including bottles and jars.
• Semi-Automatic Depalletizer Manual depalletizer for small spaces operated by one person, holding up to 400 cans with 50 cans per minute infeed speed and no maintenance required.
• Twist Rinser Machine that transports packaging from high to low levels while cleaning cans with ionized air or water during transport via 180-degree rotation, with 5-second change-over time for quick-change version.
• Vertical Conveyor (Lowerator) Conveyor system that transports cans and glass containers between various heights, featuring automatically adjustable gripper chains and optional ionized air or water cleaning during transport.
• Accumulation Conveyor Buffer conveyor that reduces downtime in packaging lines by buffering up to 200 units (triple-lane) or 100 units (double-lane), extendable in 500mm increments.
• Checkweigher MID-certified inline fill level inspector that weighs products and rejects faulty fills at up to 65-70 units per minute, with pneumatic bump-out system and Excel data export capability.
• Dry Tunnel Inline drying machine with up to 7 adjustable air knives that remove liquid residue from products, designed for stainless steel construction with plug-and-play integration.
• Inline Twist Product twister that rotates cans and containers 180 degrees inline for pasteurization tunnel and date coding preparation, with 10-second toolless changeover.
• Automatic Case Packer Fully automated case packing machine that folds boxes, inserts products, and seals with hot glue using dot-dot method; reduces cardboard usage by 31% and achieves up to 10 boxes per minute.
• Semi-Automatic Case Packer Semi-automatic case packer handling various can and bottle sizes, packing up to 4 boxes per minute with tool-less 10-minute changeover for vacuum pad and configurations for 2x12 or 1x24 boxes.
• Outfeed Table Buffer table that collects filled cans at line end, buffering up to 100 cans with HDPE top layer, lightweight and foldable design for easy storage.
• ZCP-300 Cobot Palletizer Collaborative robot palletizer that automates end-of-line stacking with 18kg payload vacuum gripper, vision system for accurate placement, no safety fencing required, saves one FTE.
• Custom Conveyors Customizable conveyor solutions designed to meet unique production requirements, accommodating various heights and distances for seamless integration into workflows.
• Turnkey Canning Line Complete customized canning lines with capacity up to 15,000 cans per hour, covering the entire process from depalletizing to case packing with flexible machines designed for various industries.
• Turnkey Bottling Line Automated bottling lines covering the entire process from depalletizing to automatic case packing with capacity up to 15,000 bottles per hour.
• Packaging Line Service End-to-end packaging line solutions handling glass bottles, cans, PET, and cardboard with in-house engineering and modular machines for tailored configurations.
• Consultancy Services Expert consulting covering ROI assessment, project guidance, filling line optimization, V-diagram analysis, ancillary equipment selection, and filler recommendations through established partner network.

Quantifiable outcome

• Wrap-around boxes reduce cardboard usage by 31% compared to traditional folding boxes
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• DrinktecminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 September 2025Zomerdijk Engineering exhibiting at Drinktec 2025 (world's leading trade fair for beverage and liquid food industry) in Munich, Hall C1, booth 219 from September 15-19, 2025. Drinktec serves as a platform for Zomerdijk to connect with potential customers and showcase their packaging line solutions.
• BrauBevialeminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 November 2024Zomerdijk Engineering exhibited at BrauBeviale 2024 in Nurnberg (November 26-28, 2024), showcasing the Automatic Case Packer as their latest innovation. BrauBeviale is a key industry event in the beverage technology space.
• Filling Machine PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZomerdijk has a wide network of partners who build filling machines. For full-line solutions, Zomerdijk leverages these partnerships to ensure they can always supply the right filler to complement their own packaging equipment. Zomerdijk sourced a rotary filler from one such partner for Jopen's automated canning line. These partnerships allow Zomerdijk to deliver complete turnkey production lines as a total supplier.
• OEM Partners (unnamed)minorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerZomerdijk Engineering's 'Become a partner' page actively recruits OEM partners. OEM partners represent companies that integrate Zomerdijk's machines or technologies into their own products or solutions.
• Resellers (unnamed)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorZomerdijk Engineering's 'Become a partner' page actively recruits resellers to expand their market reach. Resellers sell or distribute Zomerdijk machines to end customers in their respective regional markets.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ProMach: US-based integrated packaging machinery holding company that acquired Wild Goose Filling (now ProMach Brewing & Beverage), a craft canning equipment supplier closely comparable to Zomerdijk's depalletizing/case packing portfolio. ProMach is a comparable broader incumbent serving beverage, food, and consumer goods packaging, with greater scale and complementary product lines.
• GEA Group: Germany-based global engineering group supplying process equipment and packaging machinery for food, beverage, and dairy industries. Comparable to Zomerdijk as a supplier of processing and packaging equipment to beverage/food producers, but at much broader scope including separators, homogenizers, and full plant engineering.
• Sidel: France-based global supplier of beverage packaging equipment including stretch blow molding, filling, and end-of-line solutions. Comparable to Zomerdijk because both serve beverage producers needing filling line automation, but Sidel's broader portfolio and global service network position it as an established incumbent spanning PET, glass, and can formats.
• Tetra Pak: Switzerland-headquartered global packaging and processing company serving beverage, dairy, and food producers with complete filling line solutions and packaging materials. Highly comparable to Zomerdijk in offering turnkey packaging solutions, but at global incumbent scale with integrated carton/filler systems and significant R&D investment.
• Krones AG: Germany-based global leader in packaging and bottling machinery for beverages and liquid food. Comparable to Zomerdijk as a turnkey filling and packaging line provider, but operating at vastly larger scale with a much broader portfolio including fillers, labelers, and complete line integration across beverages worldwide.

Direct peers

• CDA: France-based manufacturer of filling, capping, labeling, and packaging line equipment for wine, spirits, beverages, cosmetics, and food. Comparable to Zomerdijk as a similar-sized European packaging machinery OEM serving beverage producers with capping/closing and line integration.
• Meheen Manufacturing: US-based manufacturer of craft brewery canning and bottling equipment, including can depalletizers and canning line components. Directly comparable to Zomerdijk as a smaller specialty manufacturer serving craft breweries with canning line machinery, though Meheen focuses more on fillers and turnkey canning while Zomerdijk focuses on in-feed/out-feed and case packing.
• Twin Monkeys Beverage Systems: US-based craft beverage equipment supplier offering canning and bottling lines, can seaming, depalletizing, and turnkey line solutions to craft breweries. Comparable to Zomerdijk as a similar-sized craft brewery-focused packaging equipment provider, though primarily serving North American craft producers.
• IC Filling Systems: Italy/UK-based manufacturer of automated filling and packaging machinery for liquid products including beverages, oils, and chemicals. Comparable to Zomerdijk as a similar-sized European packaging equipment supplier serving mid-market beverage and adjacent producers with turnkey filling line solutions.
• Adelphi Group: UK-based supplier of filling, capping, and packaging machinery for pharmaceutical, cosmetics, chemical, and food/beverage customers. Comparable to Zomerdijk as a similar-sized European packaging machinery manufacturer serving beverage and adjacent verticals with capping/closing and line components.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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