Specialist process engineering company with a long heritage and international reach.

Briggs of Burton, Inc. officially opens a new Sales and Engineering office in Louisville, Kentucky further strengthening their position in North America. The move follows a global rise in Bourbon sales and a demand from global spirit producers in the region looking for Briggs of Burton’s expertise in providing sustainability, energy recovery and water saving […]

After doubling our turnover, and achieving our best yearly performance to date, we have transformed our headquarters into a brand-new Global Technical Centre. We have a long standing history with Burton on Trent’s brewing heritage and have offices in the USA and China. With the refurbishment and major extension to our current site, we are […]

Check out our new article on Hard Seltzer News –(https://hardseltzernews.com/briggs-of-burton-outfits-hard-seltzer-breweries/). If you bring the hard seltzer recipe, we can bring the hard seltzer brewery process design, engineering, and equipment. Briggs of Burton, DME Process Systems Ltd. and Ziemann Holvrieka together can help you develop a complete system specifically designed for hard seltzer production and can deliver turnkey projects, engineering services, manufacturing of […]

At the end of 2020, McMillan Coppersmiths and Fabricators were busy manufacturing and shipping four shiny copper pot stills, spirit safes and condensers for the Shanghai Bacchus Project in Chengdu, China.  We caught up with Will Roden, Electrical Engineer, who is currently on site and has shared some fantastic photos showing off both the project scale […]

On behalf of the Briggs Directors and our teams around the world, we would like to thank you for your support and business over the last year.

A huge congratulations to Grace Yow, Senior Process Engineer at Briggs of Burton who has recently had her technical article published in the Chemical Engineer magazine. Grace has been instrumental to our ongoing growth in the Pharmaceutical sector and has led a number of interesting engineering projects for our global blue-chip clients. Alongside, Viktorija Barinova, […]

We are delighted to announce that the Briggs Engineering Graduate Training Scheme is fully accredited under the IChemE ACTS programme, and will be delivered from our Global Technical Centre in Burton on Trent. A huge thank you to our Technical Director, John Hancock who has led this initiative from the start and ensured we gain […]

It is always great to hear about how our engineers go above and beyond and demonstrate their engineering spirit. This week we caught up with Mark Hickman who is normally on site coordinating the installation of our global engineering projects. Mark kindly shared some photos and recent success of completing London Marathon, albeit virtually! Mark […]

Briggs of Burton are proud to announce that we are nearing the end of a significant investment at our headquarters in Burton on Trent with the introduction of a brand new Global Technical Centre. This is coupled with our international sales office in Rochester, NY and most recently in Shanghai boosting our opportunities in North […]

The Briggs of Burton team are pleased to feature in the Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA) Technical Quarterly Safety Focus -Volume 57, Number 2 this month. Reay Dicks, Vice President of Engineering at Briggs Inc wrote the following article: “Health and Safety Considerations During Construction and Commissioning of a Brewery” The article highlights […]

Briggs of Burton are proud to be supporting the supply chain for leading food manufacturers in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Briggs of Burton, a business unit of the CIMC Enric Tank and Process B.V. within the division of CIMC Enric Holdings Ltd. Liquid Foods, has acquired 100% of the shares of the Scottish copper still equipment supplier McMillan (Coppersmiths & Fabricators) Ltd. McMillan (Coppersmiths & Fabricators) Ltd and its predecessor Archibald McMillan & Co Ltd […]

A message from Robert Buxton, our Managing Director. At this time of concern over COVID -19, Briggs of Burton would like to assure you on our commitment to working in the best interests of our customers, colleagues and suppliers. These are unprecedented and challenging times affecting all areas of our societies, with the situation changing […]

Lynda Wheat featured in the Burton Mail this week following her involvement at the New Baptist Church on Derby Street opposite the Briggs of Burton head office in Burton upon Trent. Lynda dedicates every Thursday lunchtime to support the local soup kitchen with preparing, serving and most importantly engaging with the visitors, and has done […]

Briggs of Burton were pleased to continue their support for the International Centre of Brewing and Distilling (ICBD) at Heriot- Watt University this week. Scott Davies and Andrew Mieleniewski provided a brewery design workshop to the 2nd Year Brewing and Distilling students. The session involved several team activities to get the students thinking about equipment […]

The Briggs of Burton Brewing and Distilling Team are looking forward to attending the Brau Beviale 2019 Conference in Nuremburg on the 12th – 14th November. We will be exhibiting alongside CETP’s sister companies Ziemann Holvrieka and DME Process Systems Ltd. If you have a Turnkey Brewing or Distilling project come and find us in […]

Briggs of Burton’s Pharma team will be attending the world’s largest pharmaceutical exhibition, CPhI Worldwide in Frankfurt. If you have are looking for a turnkey process engineering provider for your next project you can find the Briggs of Burton Pharma team at stand 110B13.

Briggs of Burton have invested in leading Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) for the Briggs Manufacturing team following recent legislative changes. In February 2019, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) changed its enforcement expectations regarding exposure to welding fumes, following new scientific evidence that exposure to welding fumes can cause lung cancer, and possibly kidney cancer.

Andrew Mieleniewski recently presented at the Africa Brewing Conference in Ethiopia alongside Jens Eiken from DuPont on: “Saving Money (and the planet) in your brewhouse- Process optimisation in mash conversion and cereal cooking.”

Briggs of Burton were pleased to be awarded the RoSPA Gold Award for the second consecutive year in recognition of their health and safety practices by working with their staff, customers and contractors to promote safe working practices.

Briggs of Burton are proud to be working with the Everards team on the design and build of their new brewery as part of the Everards Meadows development in Leicestershire. Both companies pride themselves on their rich history in the brewing industry and look forward to the future developments at this site.

Briggs of Burton’s engineering team recently supported a STEM Inventor Day at Firfield Primary School to celebrate British Science Week 2019. Three of our team members; Parm Nanuwan, Thomas Barnett and Jessica Simmons led the day with several engaging STEM activities including Spaghetti Towers and Draw an Inventor. Proudly promoting engineering and helping the students to […]

Briggs of Burton are proud to have received the Learning Unlimited’s “Employer of the Month” award for their dedication and investment towards the Learning Unlimited Apprenticeship programme.

Briggs of Burton were honoured to have hosted and presented the joint IBD & BFBi Engineering Symposium on the 7th February 2019 at the Derbyshire County Cricket Club (DCCC). Our talented speakers Ian Murfin, Adam Kellett and John Hancock presented their technical expertise around “Fluid Flow & Solid/Liquid Separation” to support the IBD members in […]

Briggs of Burton were honored to take part in such an exciting and challenging project and look forward to sampling some of spirit laid down by the Bently Heritage (BH) team in the future.

Briggs of Burton will again be sponsoring the IBD BFBi Engineering Symposium 2019, on February 7th at Derbyshire County Cricket Club (DCCC). The focus of the seminar is to provide an Engineering Seminar on “Fluid Flow & Solid/Liquid Separation” to support the IBD members in their examinations.

Seasons Greeting from Briggs of Burton. Picture shows several members of the Briggs of Burton team supporting the SaveTheChildren Christmas Jumper Day.    

Briggs of Burton recently attended the first Learning Unlimited National Apprenticeship Awards ceremony and were proudly nominated for Newcomer of the Year.

Briggs of Burton are proud to have been associated with Chivas Brothers and to have worked closely with their engineering team to expand a number of their Scottish malt distilleries.

Several members of the Briggs of Burton team will be at Brau Beviale, 13 – 14 November 2018, in Nuremberg. If you are attending and would like to catch up, then stop by our sister company Ziemann Holvrieka’s stand in Hall 9 / 9-363.

Briggs of Burton recently attended the China Brew China Beverage Exhibition from the 23rd October-26th October 2018 held in Shanghai’s New International Expo Center.

Burton business who has been a major employer for nearly 300 years in the town is leading the way in workplace safety