Pre-insulated pipes – an energy-saving system

When the people responsible at Heineken Brewery in South Africa started their investigation for pipe insulation they had several issues: 20 000 meters of pipes had to be installed, working as deep-freeze, energy carrying and product carrying pipelines. Big points for the costs of this project were complex and cost effective scaffolding and the employment of special refrigeration clamps – typical problems also for other operators of big industrial plants such as BASF AG, Kraft Foods Deutschland GmbH or Dow Chemicals GmbH. With the pre-insulated pipe systems of Jabitherm Rohrsysteme AG these problems could be solved due to the employment of unspecific common clamps directly onto the outer jacket and the significant decrease of scaffolding work. These pipe systems are introduced in the following article.

The Brewers of Europe has approved the candidature of Slovenia as its 29th member.

Stieglbrauerei in Salzburg is one of Austria’s largest and leading private breweries. Besides its leading beer brand Stiegl the share of beer mixed beverages in the product range is steadily increasing. These beverages include the "Stiegl Radler" (a mixture of beer and lemonade) in the flavours raspberry, lemon and unfiltered grapefruit as well as the elderberry wheat beer mix "Stiegl-Weisse Holunder-Radler".

Research and development form the basis of Symrise’s business activities. This is reflected in the new research center at the company’s headquarters in Holzminden. Work in the new building will begin following the festive opening celebration on April 25, 2013.

PDC Europe was rewarded at the annual InnoBev Sustainability Awards that took place in Warsaw in April 2013 for its high elasticity stretch sleeve.

Stimulus sweetens growth in malt

Currently, the beverage industry is experiencing two strong trends. One is the increasing demand from consumers for products with little or no added sugar, while the other is the desire for “100 % natural ingredients”. This has become a key demand among today’s growing number of health-conscious consumers. Malt-based non-alcoholic beverages are becoming more and more popular, both within Europe and well past its borders.

The Krones plant in Brazil, Krones do Brasil Ltda., has been successfully certified by the German technical inspectorate TÜV SÜD. It is thus the first Krones plant abroad to have been awarded the TÜV certification.

With its new range of brilliant, crystal clear “warm orange” and “shining yellow” hues, Doehler is opening up innovative potential for the beverage industry. For the first time, “Crystal Clear Colours” allow the use of colours with neutral taste profile in clear beverages, without adding any artificial colours. The colours are characterised by outstanding stability under the influence of light, heat and various pH values.

Flottweg has launched the beer clarifier AC2500. Flottweg Disc Stack Centrifuges have mainly been used in medium-sized breweries. Using the „small“ Flottweg beer clarifier of the AC-series, it is possible to process a maximum of 130 hl of beer per hour. After the successful launch of the small centrifuge, it stood to reason to satisfy the demands of big breweries. Flottweg’s most recent development, the beer clarifier AC2500, makes this possible with a machine capacity of up to 600 hectoliters per hour.

With the 113th Congress underway, the Brewers Association (BA), a not-for-profit trade group representing the majority of U.S. brewing companies, announced the reintroduction of H.R. 494, the Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act (Small BREW Act) in the House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation, which was reintroduced by Representatives Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) and Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), seeks to recalibrate the federal beer excise tax that small brewers pay on every barrel of beer they produce.

In January 2013, Novozymes acquired Iogen Bio-Products, industrial enzyme business of Ottawa-based Iogen Corporation for CAD 67.5 million (approximately DKK 370 million) and potential earn-out payments of up to CAD 12.5 million (approximately DKK 70 million). The deal provides Novozymes with all commercial rights to Iogen Bio-Products’ existing product portfolio, pipeline, facilities and know-how.