Cutting-edge brewery for Colombia - SABMiller relies on ZIEMANN and World Class Manufacturing

The market development in the region initiated SABMiller to replace a 1.3 million hl brewing plant of Cervecería del Valle, at the Yumbo site in Columbia, with a completely new plant achieving a much higher efficiency. The turnkey plant is being erected as a greenfield project and will meet all the requirements of world class manufacturing. This means: constant high quality standards and maximum efficiency with lowest expenditure of energy, virtually no impact on the environment thanks to a consistent reduction in waste material and featuring a lean operator structure.

This is accomplished through the plant’s intelligent brain, an automatic control system of the latest generation: the BRAUMAT PCS7 process control system in combination with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) providing enhanced transparency in production handling. The result is an even greater flexibility which means closeness to the market. Geared in this way, the new brewery will be ready for an output of 4.5 million hl per annum as from 2009. To meet a constant upward trend in the beer market of this region the brewery can be expanded to provide an output of up to nine million hl per annum.

The ZIEMANN GROUP attaches utmost importance to a central issue of world class manufacturing: the protection of natural resources. The reduced water consumption of the new brewery in Yumbo will therefore set new standards.

This latest order from SABMiller once again reveals how breweries benefit from the permanent research and consistent development work of the ZIEMANN-GROUP.