Asahi Beer USA has installed a high-speed bottling line at Octopi, its facility in Waunakee, Wisconsin. Capable of producing up to 20,000 bottles per hour, the new line expands Asahi Beer USA’s production platform and reinforces Octopi’s position as a leading co-manufacturing partner for beverage brands. Asahi Beer USA says this investment reflects a strategy to support continued demand for bottled formats among super-premium, international and multi-format brands. “Asahi Super Dry is one of the fastest growing beer brands in the USA across bottles, cans and kegs,” says Paul Verdu, managing director of Asahi Beer USA. Octopi’s capabilities span beer, ready-to-drink cocktails, non-alcoholic beverages, hard seltzers, functional drinks and energy beverages, including growing demand across non-alcoholic and functional categories.