An yi fakin a wajen Galveston Island Brewing Co. manyan tireloli ne na akwatin tirela biyu masu cike da gwangwani masu jiran a cika su da giya. Kamar yadda wannan kantin sayar da kayan gini ya nuna, oda-a-lokaci na gwangwani wani wanda ya kamu da cutar ta COVID-19.

Rashin tabbas game da kayan aluminium shekara guda da ta gabata ya jagoranci Houston's Saint Arnold Brewing ya dakatar da samar da fakitin IPA iri-iri don tabbatar da cewa akwai isassun gwangwani a hannu don Art Car, Lawnmower da sauran manyan masu siyarwa. Har ila yau masana'antar ta ɗauki gwangwani da ba a yi amfani da su ba da aka buga don samfuran da aka daina amfani da su a yanzu ba a ajiye su ba tare da buga musu sabbin tambari don samarwa.

Kuma a Eureka Heights Brew Co. a safiyar ranar Talata da ta gabata, ma'aikatan marufi sun yi gaggawar maye gurbin bel ɗin da ya ƙare a kan na'ura mai lakabin gidan aikinta don ya iya kammala gudu na 16-oce giya mai suna Funnel of Love a lokacin wani taron.

Karanci da hauhawar farashin aluminium, kinks da cutar ta haifar a cikin sarkar samarwa da sabbin bukatu mafi karancin tsari daga manyan masu samarwa na iya rikitar da abin da ya zama tsari na yau da kullun. Masu masana'anta suna da haɓakawa a cikin ayyukan, amma ana tsammanin buƙatar za ta ci gaba da wuce gona da iri na ƙila shekara ɗaya ko biyu. Lokutan jagora don yin oda sun girma daga makonni biyu zuwa watanni biyu ko uku, kuma ba koyaushe ake garantin bayarwa ba.

"Wani lokaci dole in dauki rabin pallets," in ji manajan tattara kaya na Eureka Heights Eric Allen, yana kwatanta zagaye da yawa na kiran waya da zai iya ɗauka don tabbatar da cewa ya cika. Rasa ranar ƙarshe ga babban kanti ba zaɓi ba ne, idan aka ba da gasar sararin shiryayye akan hanyar giya.

Bukatar gwangwani na aluminium na karuwa kafin 2019. Masu amfani da giya na sana'a sun zo rungumar gwangwani, kuma masu sana'a sun same su mai rahusa don cikawa da sauƙin jigilar kayayyaki. Hakanan ana iya sake sarrafa su da inganci fiye da kwalabe ko robobi masu amfani guda ɗaya.

Amma wadatar da gaske ta sami tsinkewa da zarar COVID ya fara mummunan tashin hankali. Kamar yadda jami'an kiwon lafiyar jama'a suka ba da umarnin rufe sanduna da famfo, daftarin tallace-tallace ya ragu kuma masu siye suka sayi giyar gwangwani a cikin shaguna. Kudaden shiga daga tallace-tallace na tuƙi ya sa fitulun kunne ga ƙananan masu sana'a da yawa. A cikin 2019, kashi 52 na giyar da Eureka Heights ya sayar an yi ta gwangwani, sauran kuma suna shiga cikin kegs don daftarin tallace-tallace. Shekara guda bayan haka, rabon gwangwani ya ƙaru zuwa kashi 72 cikin ɗari.

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Haka abin yake faruwa ga sauran masu sana'a, da masu samar da soda, shayi, kombucha da sauran abubuwan sha. A cikin dare, samun ingantaccen wadatar gwangwani ya zama mai wahala fiye da kowane lokaci.

"Ya tafi daga wani abu mai damuwa zuwa wani abu mai matukar damuwa," in ji Allen, yana mai bayyana ra'ayi na kowa a cikin masana'antu.

"Akwai gwangwani, amma dole ne ku kara yin aiki tukuru don samun wannan damar - kuma za ku biya ƙarin," in ji Mark Dell'Osso, mai kuma wanda ya kafa Galveston Island Brewing.

Sayen kaya ya yi wahalhalu har Dell'Osso ya share sararin ajiya kuma ya yi hayan tirela mai girman girman keken kafa 18 don ya iya tarawa duk lokacin da damar siyayya ta taso. Sannan ya yi hayar wani. Bai tsara kasafin kudin ba - ko don hauhawar farashin gwangwani da kansu.

Ya kara da cewa, "Yana da wuya," in ji shi, ya kara da cewa yana jin cewa hargitsin na iya ci gaba har zuwa karshen shekarar 2023. "Da alama ba za ta tafi ba."

Dell'Osso kuma dole ne ya yanke alakarsa da mai samar da kayayyaki na dogon lokaci, Ball Corp., bayan kamfanin ya ba da sanarwar mafi karancin oda. Yana binciken sabbin zaɓuɓɓuka, gami da masu rarraba na ɓangare na uku waɗanda ke siya da yawa kuma suna siyarwa ga ƙananan masana'anta.

Gabaɗaya, ƙarin kuɗin sun haɓaka farashin samarwa da kusan kashi 30 cikin ɗari a kowace gwangwani, in ji Dell'Osso. Sauran masu shayarwa suna ba da rahoton irin wannan haɓaka.

A cikin gida, rikice-rikicen ya ba da gudummawa ga haɓakar farashin kusan kashi 4 cikin ɗari don fakitin suds wanda ya afka wa masu sayayya a wannan Janairu.

A ranar 1 ga Maris, Ball a hukumance ya ƙara girman mafi ƙarancin umarni zuwa manyan manyan motoci biyar - kusan gwangwani miliyan ɗaya - daga jigilar manyan motoci guda ɗaya. An sanar da canjin a watan Nuwamba, amma an jinkirta aiwatar da shi.
Kakakin Scott McCarty ya ambaci "buƙatun da ba a taɓa gani ba" na gwangwani na aluminum wanda ya fara a cikin 2020 kuma bai daina ba. Ball yana saka hannun jari fiye da dala biliyan 1 a cikin sabbin masana'antar shirya abubuwan sha na aluminium guda biyar a Amurka, amma zai ɗauki lokaci kafin su zo gabaɗaya akan layi.

"Bugu da ƙari," in ji McCarty a cikin imel, "matsi na sarkar samar da kayayyaki wanda ya fara a lokacin bala'in duniya yana ci gaba da fuskantar ƙalubale, kuma hauhawar farashin kayayyaki a Arewacin Amurka da ke shafar masana'antu da yawa na ci gaba da yin tasiri ga kasuwancinmu, yana haɓaka farashi ga kusan dukkanin kayan. muna saya don yin kayayyakinmu."

Mafi girma mafi girma yana haifar da ƙalubale na musamman ga masana'antar sana'a, waɗanda gabaɗaya ƙanana ne kuma suna da iyakataccen wurin ajiyar gwangwani. Tuni a Eureka Heights, filin da aka keɓe don abubuwan da suka faru yanzu ya cika da manyan gwangwani na gwangwani don manyan masu siyar da Mini Boss da Buckle Bunny. Waɗannan gwangwani da aka riga aka buga suna isowa a shirye don cikawa, rufewa da cushe da hannu cikin fakiti huɗu ko shida.

Har ila yau, masana'antun suna samar da wasu nau'ikan giya na musamman, waɗanda ake yin su da ƙananan yawa. Waɗannan suna sa masu amfani farin ciki kuma, tare, suna haɓaka layin ƙasa. Amma ba sa buƙatar dubunnan gwangwani.

Don shawo kan matsalolin wadata, Eureka Heights ya rage gwangwani da aka riga aka buga da shi da yawa zuwa ga mafi kyawun masu siyar da shi guda biyu da farar farar fata mai ƙaramar tambarin masana'anta a saman saman - babban akwati wanda za'a iya amfani da shi don samfuran iri iri-iri. Ana tafiyar da waɗannan gwangwani ta na'ura mai manne da alamar takarda akan gwangwani.

An sayi mai lakabin don sauƙaƙe mafi ƙanƙanta gudu, kamar Funnel of Love, wani ɓangare na jerin jigo na carnival wanda aka siyar da shi kawai a gidan giya. Amma da zarar ya zo kan layi a ƙarshen 2019, an danna mai lakabin zuwa sabis don waɗancan da kuma sauran giya da aka sayar a cikin shaguna.

Ya zuwa makon da ya gabata, injin ya riga ya sanya alamun 310,000.

Texans har yanzu suna shan giya, annoba ko a'a. Kimanin wuraren sana'a 12 ne aka rufe a duk fadin jihar yayin rufewar, in ji Charles Vallhonrat, babban darektan kungiyar Texas Craft Brewers Guild. Ba a bayyana adadin nawa aka rufe ba saboda COVID, amma adadin ya dan kadan sama da yadda aka saba, in ji shi. Ya kara da cewa rufewar an samu sauki sosai ta hanyar sabbin wuraren budewa.

Lambobin samarwa na gida suna nuna ci gaba da sha'awar giya na sana'a. Bayan nutsewa a cikin 2020, Eureka Heights ya samar da ganga 8,600 a bara, in ji Rob Eichenlaub, wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban ayyuka. Wannan rikodi ne na masana'antar ta Houston, daga ganga 7,700 a shekarar 2019. Dell'Osso ya ce adadin samar da kayayyaki ya tashi a Galveston Island Brewing a duk lokacin bala'in cutar, koda kuwa kudaden shiga bai yi ba. Shi ma yana sa ran zai zarce tarihinsa na samarwa a bana.

Dell'Osso ya ce yana da isassun gwangwani a hannu da za su wuce zuwa kwata na hudu, amma hakan na nufin nan ba da dadewa ba zai sake fara yin odyssey.

Kamar yadda yake tare da duk manyan rikice-rikice, wannan candemic na aluminium ya haifar da sabbin masana'antu don biyan canjin buƙatun kasuwanci. Canning na Amurka da ke Austin, wanda ke ba da gwangwani ta hannu da sauran ayyuka, ta sanar da fara kera gwangwani tun farkon wannan bazara.

"A cikin 2020, mun ga cewa fitowa daga wannan, har yanzu bukatun masu sana'a ba za su iya samun tallafi ba," in ji abokin haɗin gwiwa kuma Shugaba David Racino a cikin wata sanarwa da aka fitar. "Don ci gaba da ba da sabis na tushen abokin cinikinmu, ya bayyana a fili muna buƙatar ƙirƙirar namu wadatar."

Har ila yau, a Austin, wani kamfani mai suna Canworks ya kaddamar a watan Agusta don samar da buƙatun buƙatun ga masu samar da abin sha, kashi biyu cikin uku na masu sana'a a halin yanzu.

"Abokan ciniki suna buƙatar wannan sabis ɗin," in ji mai haɗin gwiwar Marshall Thompson, wanda ya bar kasuwancin kasuwancin kasuwanci a Houston don shiga ɗan'uwansa, Ryan, a cikin ƙoƙarin.

Kamfanin yana yin odar gwangwani da yawa kuma yana adana su a cikin shagonsa na gabashin Austin. Na'ura mai tsada mai tsada a kan rukunin yanar gizon tana iya yin inganci, ink-jet bugu na gwangwani a batches daga ɗaya zuwa miliyan 1, tare da saurin juyawa. Wata masana'anta ta kai a makon da ya gabata tana bayanin cewa tana buƙatar ƙarin gwangwani pronto bayan an buga giyar don odar farko "ta tashi daga kantunan," in ji Thompson.

Canworks ana sa ran zai cika odar cikin sauri cikin kusan mako guda, in ji shi.

Eichenlaub, na Eureka Heights, ya baje kolin wasu samfuran Canworks a wurin sana'ar sana'arsa kuma ya ce ya burge shi.

Thompsons sun tashi don girma a cikin ma'auni kuma ba za su ɗauki ƙarin abokan ciniki fiye da yadda za su iya ɗauka ba. Suna da kusan abokan ciniki 70 yanzu, in ji Marshall Thompson, kuma haɓakar yana wuce tsammanin tsammanin. Ya ce, kamfanin yana kan hanyarsa ta kai madaidaicin karfin buga gwangwani miliyan 2.5 a kowane wata a watan Mayu, inda yake gudanar da aiki sau biyu a ranakun mako da kuma karin biyu ko uku a karshen mako. Yana siyan sabbin firinta kuma zai buɗe wuri na biyu na Amurka a cikin kaka da na uku a farkon 2023.

Saboda Canworks umarni daga babban dillalai na kasa, Thompson ya ce zai iya tausayawa masu shayarwa da ke fama da matsalolin wadata.

"Ba mu taɓa rasa ranar ƙarshe ba," in ji shi, "… amma ba shi da sauƙi kamar ɗaukar waya da yin oda kawai."