CoolTube is the latest innovation from Brewfitt. The new heat exchanger employs leading edge fluid dynamic technology to give maximum efficiency in a minimum space.

Symrise is significantly expanding its Flavor & Nutrition business in Russia and the CIS region with the setup of a fully integrated production site near Moscow. The new Symrise plant, which will be established on an existing site designed by the Russian Aromaros-M Group, will initially focus on supplying dry blends to customers in the region. Production is expected to start in the second half of 2010.

The Glycemic Index of beverages

There has been a growing concern in recent years about poor nutrition and overconsumption in western industrial nations as well as among more affluent groups in developing nations and emerging industrial nations. This has led to health problems in these populations, which must be taken very seriously. Many concepts have been developed to address this problem; one of the best known is the glycemic index, a measure based on the carbohydrate composition of a food.

Multi Evap Split Refrigeration in breweries

Refrigeration is a very important utility in the brewing industry and a major source of energy consumption. Owing to the burning issue on power savings the focus has certainly shifted to analyse either if the current systems are energy efficient or if there exists a scope to save on power further in the current systems. Every unit saved on power not only is cost effective but also a tribute to a greener and cleaner earth. In an attempt to make systems more and more energy efficient Hypro Engineers, a Project company based in Pune, India, has focused on energy requirements in a brewery and now has one solution already to be offered.

Symrise has signed an agreement about the acquisition of the Futura Labs Group, a leading flavors and fragrances manufacturer in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. With this acquisition, Symrise expands its footprint in several large and attractive markets in this region and creates the new market leader in Egypt. The product portfolio and client list of Futura Labs have an excellent fit with the existing operations of Symrise in Egypt.

Alfa Laval, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of specialized process equipment, is building a global Brewery Business and Competence Centre at the company’s Soborg office near Copenhagen, Denmark. The existing brewery group already residing in Soborg, Scandi Brew® will be expanded with more brewery specialists and the centre will then have the expertise to cover the complete brewing process. This will be accomplished through new recruitments as well as consolidation of functions from the present Brussels office.

Dr. Josef Schraedler, managing director of Germany’s Weihenstephan Brewery and Jim Koch, brewer and founder of Samuel Adams, announced today their partnership and plans to unveil a new style of collaboratively brewed beer this spring.

The new EC directive on colorants is creating multiple challenges for the food industry. In response, Symrise has restructured its SymColor® portfolio of colorants so that manufacturers can not only prevent labeling problems, they can also offer consumers natural foods.

Successful despite the economic crisis

BRAUWELT International met Klaus Bastian, the administrator and sole partner of Bagema, Bastian Getränkemaschinen (beverage machinery) GmbH, in Nittendorf/ Pollenried, Germany. The young company looks to the future in this supposedly hexed seventh year with great optimism.The global trading in used beverage machinery and complete

Flexible and quick, yet compact

AB Åbro Bryggeri, Vimmerby, is Sweden’s third biggest brewery. After a few years of change, things have been looking up for some time. To stay on this positive path and to take account of the huge number of different bottles and label types (wet glue labels as well as self-adhesive aluminium labels) the company direction decided to invest in a new labelling machine, the “Labetta Duo 8/6/35 1320” of the Bavarian specialist Gernep GmbH in Barbing.

Using one single brew for a variety of different kinds of beers used to be a pipe dream. With its innovative approach BrewTopia, however, flavouring manufacturer Symrise does the impossible and opens new doors for the brewing industry.