As an independent family brewery, Swinkels Family Brewers takes a unique position in the international beer market. Now for seven generations the company has been directed by the Swinkels family. As the company deploys its own two malthouses, it still controls the entire brewing process. Swinkels Family Brewers is the only great brewer in the Netherlands that brews its beer with pure natural mineral water from its own springs.
This is characteristic for Swinkels Family Brewers main philosophy: a constant high quality of the beers it produces. A Swinkels Family Brewers subsidiary, Brand Direct has over 300 years of experience in the beverages industry!
Brand Direct is highly committed to quality. By continuously measuring reference values like alcohol, sugar, colour etc. each processing cycle is meticulously checked and analysed by our quality control department. Complying with the worldwide acknowledged standards of IFS Higher Level and ISO26000 certifications, Brand Direct meets the highest safety and quality requirements.
Swinkels Family Brewers many years of experience as a beer brewery enable Brand Direct to brew high-end beers that completely meet your requirements. The breweries are sustainably equipped, allowing us to minimise our water consumption. For the benefit of the product as well as of the environment!
We offer more than one hundred formulations for a choice from a vast range of beer, soft and energy drinks. Do you have a proprietary formulation or are you looking for a completely new receipt? Brand Direct is able to professionally guide you in selecting the formulation that suits your requirements. Our R&D department is specialised in developing beer, soft, mix or energy drinks.
Brand Direct lets you choose from a wide range of packagings. With an output of over a billion cans annually, Brand Direct is among Europe’s largest manufacturers. Besides can packaging Brand Direct also offers its clients the possibility to fill glass bottles as well as barrels.
Brand Direct offers contract filling and assistance in developing proprietary formulations. We collaborate in optimising logistical procedures and production processes in various areas, operate state-of-the-art machinery and are continuously developing new techniques. An example is our lemonade mixing chamber, developed in collaboration with suppliers of raw materials. We proactively respond to market developments and take part in the choices of our clients. We look forward to assessing the various possibilities with you!
Producing over a billion of cans annually, we are among Europe’s largest manufacturers. Worldwide recognised IFS Higher Level and ISO26000 certifications guarantee our compliance with the highest safety and quality standards.
