Dr. Martin Senz is the new representative of VLB at the ISBT, an international society dedicated to the scientific and technical aspects of the non-alcoholic beverage industry.

The VLB has seized an opportunity and set up the 1st VLB International Brewing Web Conference (IBWC), at which participants from all over the world were online guests in Berlin from December 1st to 3rd, 2020.

On February 1 2021, Jan Biering took over the operational management of  the VLB Research Institute for Beer and Beverage Production (FIBGP).

Dr. Roland Pahl, head of the FIBGP, left VLB at the end of January at his own request. He will join Pall Corporation, a global specialist in filtration, separation and processing.

On 7 December, the VLB General Assembly unanimously elected the Technical Director of Warsteiner Group, Ulrich Brendel, to the administrative board

As of 1 November 2020 Dr. Martin Senz will be the new Head of the VLB Research Institute for Biotechnology and Water

In February 2020, the DAkkS assessed the update of the testing laboratories of the  Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin (VLB) e.V. to the current DIN EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2018

On 10 July, the participants of this year's Certified Brewmaster Course at VLB Berlin received their hard-earned certificates. But congratulations do not only go to the graduates this year

VLB Berlin has established an executive department responsible for sales and organization of international events and other services from the extensive VLB portfolio. This new position will be held by Roberto Biurrun

The Vietnamese malting company Intermalt became member of the international network of VLB Berlin in October 2019