The BevTech Technology Exposition will highlight suppliers to the beverage industry in a relaxed networking environment. This event will be held Monday, May 4th, and Tuesday, May 5th, during lunch. The event will be held at the Loews Arlington Hotel & Convention Center. BevTech attendance is typically more than 350 Beverage Industry Professionals. Participants will be from the full spectrum of the beverage industry such as brand owners, beverage producers, ingredient suppliers and retailers, packaging suppliers, filling and processing equipment manufacturers. This year, local beverage company representatives have been invited to attend.

Interested in being featured in this spot as the Newsletter Sponsor? Contact Jake Horodnick for more information.

BevTech 2026 is Building Momentum - Join Us!

BevTech 2026 is already gaining strong momentum, with more than 180 attendees registered — outpacing 2025 numbers at this same time. Now is the perfect opportunity for ISBT supplier members to secure your place and connect directly with employees from top beverage brands.

With attendance trending ahead of last year, exhibit and sponsorship opportunities are expected to fill quickly. Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the beverage industry’s premier technical gatherings.

We look forward to seeing you at BevTech 2026!

New ISBT Packaging Webinar Announced for March 31st

ISBT invites members to join this Technical Webinar exploring the evolution of PET closures, the sustainability drivers behind them, and the technologies shaping their production. 

This webinar brings together industry experts to explore the evolution of PET closures, including the sustainability drivers shaping their adoption and the technologies behind their production. 

Interested in the Future of Sustainable Packaging? Join us for the Inaugural ISBT Sustainability Summit at BevTech 2026!

Sustainable packaging professionals - this is one you won’t want to miss. The ISBT Sustainability Summit (part of BevTech 2026) brings together industry experts tackling the real challenges and opportunities shaping beverage packaging sustainability today.

These sessions go beyond high-level ambition and focus on what’s happening in practice—from scalability and compliance to emissions impacts and next-gen materials.

May 6–7, 2026 - Immediately Following BevTech 2026

Get registered or add it on to an existing BevTech registration: https://buff.ly/tGtFpxd

See full agenda of sustainability topics here: https://buff.ly/9EJJB05

2026 ISBT Scholarship Application Open

Pursuing a degree related to beverage technology? Apply for our scholarship to support your education! The International Society of Beverage Technologists (ISBT) is accepting applications for its 2026 scholarship program — but the deadline is March 31^st!

In addition to financial support, recipients gain valuable visibility within the global beverage community.

Share this opportunity with your network to support the educational advancement of future beverage technologists. Applications must be submitted by March 31. Recipients will be notified by July 1.

• In Memoriam: Kátia Jorge

• Norit Activated Carbon: Smart Dechlorination for the Beverage Industry

• Analytical Science and Technologies Group, Inc.: Turnkey Gas Solutions

• DMA 35: Perfectly Traceable Results

• Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions: Turn Wastewater into Opportunity

• CO2Sustain unifies technologies into one breakthrough product

• Ecolab, CDP Partner on New Benchmarks to Help Companies Improve Operational Water Performance

• Airborne Labs International Launches Tamper-Proof QR Verification for Analytical Reports

• Water Conservation as a Competitive Advantage: Veolia Water Technologies

• BCN Labs: Leading Training in Microbiology and Mycology for Food, Beverage, and Cannabis Industries

• Q&A: Exploring Global Food Trends and Consumer Insights with Ingredion

If you have sponsored content (i.e., new products, case studies, white papers, etc.) that you would like to see mentioned in the ISBT Connection, please email Steve Guglielmo by March 27.

Data Key Communications is proud to introduce its Supplier Catalog Library, a great resource for those in the beverage industry who want to see digital catalogs from ISBT suppliers collected in one spot!

If you're a supplier who would like to have your product catalog hosted online in the Catalog Library with a shareable and embeddable link, receive statistics about readership and clicks throughout the year, and be featured in the ISBT Connection, please contact Jake Horodnick for more information.

Anton Paar General Catalog

Analytical Science & Technologies Group Model FT2 Catalog

• PET Closures Webinar, March 31, 2026 at 10:30 EST. Register Here.
• ISBT Scholarship Deadline - March 31, 2026
• 2026 BevTech, May 3 – 7. 2026. Register Here
• Sustainability Summit,
• Beverage Technologist Certification