As Israel's biggest producer of alcoholic beverages and the nation's third-largest supplier of soft drinks, Tempo Beverages is a brand known to almost the entire Israeli population of 9.1 million. There's hardly a household in the country without a bottle of beer, water, juice, or cola from this firm, which is based in the city of Netanya between Tel Aviv and Haifa. The firm keeps good company, too. Since 1990 it is PepsiCo's sole bottler in Israel. It's also Heineken's exclusive sales partner, and in 2005, 40% of the company came under the ownership of the Heineken Group. Then nine years ago, the beverage producer was made a licensee of the French spirits group Pernod Ricard. Tempo now clocks up sales of about $450 million, 45% of this with non-alcoholic beverages. Predictably enough, the firm places great value on technological innovation when it comes to processing and packaging lines. That ex- plains its longstanding relationship with KHS, the supplier of the new stretch blow molding and filling equipment recently installed. "We've trusted KHS for more than 35 years, and we value their technology," says Haim Neori, Electrical and Process Manager for Tempo. "It's undoubtedly some of the best there is for filling. However, we're just as happy with how professionally we're served by our KHS contacts on all levels."
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