Since 1984, the J. De Clerck Chair has attracted up to 150 brewing experts from all over the world every two years, coming from different research institutes and breweries as well as the supplying industry. After three successive events which dealt with topics like oxygen, pH and polyphenols in the malting and brewing sciences, this edition will focus on what makes Belgium so attractive and original in the world of brewing : “Special Beers : The Belgian Paradox”. The event takes place from 12. – 14. September in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve.

With the latest generation of the Contiform series by Krones AG, the Contiform 3, the blow-moulding module has been entirely revamped. The linear oven of the Contiform S/H series has been design-enhanced and principally optimised in regard to its energy consumption.

Customized automation concepts for breweries

Automation of brewing systems has advanced quite rapidly, and new innovations are constantly improving automation concepts. Kaspar Schulz provides experience-based solutions, where the user – not the system – is the nexus of development. Also, upgrading existing systems with modern components is no longer a matter of long downtimes.

Andrew Griffiths, MP for Burton on Trent and Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, hosted a reception for some of the UK’s top brewers at the House of Commons on Wednesday 7th September to mark the 125th Anniversary of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling.

"Our innovations just keep on coming" – this was the motto of the KHS in-house exhibition which was held at the KHS Bad Kreuznach site in September in order to present new developments. 100 participants from the beverage industry, the non-alcoholic beverage industry, the brewing industry and the wine, sparkling wine and spirits industries took part in the event.

A scientific journal published by Fachverlag Hans Carl, Nuremberg does very well compared to its international competitors: BrewingSience, as the former “Monatsschrift für Brauwissenschaft” is called since 2007, achieved a very high rank in the SCImage Journal Ranking (SJR) by scientific publisher Elsevier.

As already published in BRAUWELT International No 4 2011, Esau & Hueber, a subsidiary of Germany’s Bauer Group and a specialist in cold block process technology with worldwide acceptance for wort aeration and yeast management systems, has acquired the know-how of Nerb, a global supplier of brewhouses since 1970 and located in Freising near Munich.

In the first six months of the current financial year Symrise posted an increase in Group revenues of approximately 2 percent (2.6 % at local currency) to EUR 811.8 million (previous year: EUR 797.5 million). The Asia/Pacific region exhibited the strongest growth followed by Latin America (+ 4 %, also at local currency) and EAME (+ 3 %, also at local currency), while North American sales declined 7 percent over the strong results of the previous year, primarily due to the slower economy and significant currency effects. At local currency, revenues declined by 2 percent. Emerging Markets did not continue their extraordinarily high growth rate of the previous year, but continued to grow above average in the same period (+ 4 %), which accounted for 46 percent of Group sales.

The latest KHS CIP system Innopro CIP C is compact, economical, and maintenance-friendly. It is locally active and helps reducing heating loss while the media are conveyed. In addition, media consumption is also reduced as a result of the shorter conveying distance to the components to be sanitized.