[Interview] Volker Kronseder, Krones

The effects of the Lehman Brothers crash in September 2008 also affected the beverage industry. It sent many brewers and soft drink producers into a state of shock - and their investment plans were put on ice. Krones AG, the world's market leader in the beverage filling and packaging sector, has seen its business hit by the worldwide financial crisis during the first 9m of 2009. In this article, Volker Kronsender, Chairman of the Board of Management at Krones AG spoke to Beverage Manager.