Meur@news 13

NEWS
Traditionally pioneers since 1845
N°13
APR. 2010
Dear Readers,
The global financial crisis means that our customers around the world
have to find ways to lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their
production infrastructure. Thus, doing more with less will be the mantra
for good business practice for the next couple of years.
At Meura, our main challenge in regard to the competition is to design
and manufacture high quality brewing equipment with the best TCO
(CAPEX and OPEX) optimization for our customers.
Meura has always developed equipment with the most advanced
technologies and the highest OPEX savings. For sustainable growth, we
are focusing on supplying our customers with affordable technologies
that are of the utmost reliability but not of lower quality because of
CAPEX reduction reasons.
We hope this newsletter will help you to continue to keep an eye on OPEX
when considering a new investment.
I wish you pleasant and instructive reading.
Yours sincerely,
Christian De Brackeleire
Chief Executive Officer
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Faxe Brewery
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Meura and the PSLA
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Current News
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Slavutich Kiev
With a production of about 32 million hectolitres of beer,
the Ukrainian brewing world is the second largest in the
CIS, the former Soviet Union.
The Ukrainian market is far from unknown for Meura. Plants
such as the Rogan Brewery, the Chernigov Brewery, the
Lvivska Brewery and Slavutich Kiev Brewery are all equipped
with Meura’s brewhouse technology. Together they represent
about 60% of the whole Ukrainian beer market.
In Ukraine, Carlsberg owns the two Slavutich breweries
(in Kiev and Zaporizhya) and the Lvivska brewery in Lviv.
The Kiev Brewery was started as a greenfield project and
opened in 2004. The Zaporizhya Brewery was acquired in
1996 and the Lvivska Brewery in 1998.
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In 2003, the Slavutich Kiev Brewery entrusted Meura with
an order for a turnkey brewhouse integrated into a new
greenfield brewery. The brewhouse was sized for brews of
600 hl cold wort (see our report in our Meura News No. 4).
At that time, the idea was already to extend with a second
brewline in a near future.
In 2008, with the first brewhouse producing at full capacity and the demand increasing, the Slavutich Kiev Brewery
decided to double its brewhouse capacity.
Their main request was to increase the productivity of the
brewery, but they also wanted it to be even more flexible.
Satisfied with their first Meura brewhouse, Slavutich has decided
to invite Meura to partipcipate in tender for the new project.
The project
The extension occurred in two phases.
The first step was the extension of the
milling line and the installation of a
third mash kettle, which was required
to allow a capacity of 14 brews / day in
case of adjunct brewing. The milling line
was composed of a Classicmill (a hammermill of 20 T/h) and two grist bins.
This step was commissioned in 2008.
The next step, which started up in
2009, included the installation of a
second brewhouse. Meura’s scope of
supply went from the mashing-in to
the wort cooler:
It considered a turnkey project including the mechanical and electrical
equipment, start-up and commissioning of the installation.
The second brewhouse has been
in operation since the end of April
2009 and was commissioned end of
September 2009. The design of this
double brewhouse offers full flexibility between the two lines while
enabling a high productivity. This perfectly fulfils the Slavutich brewery’s
requirements!
Conclusion
It’s not the first time that Meura has
collaborated with the Slavutich team,
and this partnership has led to very
successful projects each time. We once
again congratulate Slavutich for this
new state-of-the-art brewhouse and
thank them for their ever-increasing
trust in our technologies!
 a Mechamasher 50T/h
 a mash tun (thus four in total
for the two lines)
 a cereal cooker
 a Meura 2001 mash filter
equipped with 65 chambers
 a wort buffer tank
a
wort kettle with hop dosing
 a heat recovery system
on the wort kettle
 a whirlpool and trub tank
 an extension of the sugar
syrup plant
 electricity and automation
(S7 with WinCC Scada)
The Meura 2001
Carbo+ and Ukraine
The majority of Ukrainian beers are
produced using Meura equipment.
As an example, since 2002 Meura
has already sold eight Meura 2001
Carbo+ mash filters in Ukraine, all
equipped with 65 chambers (12 T
malt throw). This represents more
than 50,000 hectolitres brewed each
day with a Meura touch!
Lay-out of the 2 brewhouses
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In 2008 Royal Unibrew decided
to close its brewery in Aarhus
and move the production to
Faxe (also the name of the town
where the brewery is located).
Therefore Royal Unibrew had
to increase the capacity
of its brewery in Faxe.
In 1989 Faxe Brewery merged with Jyske Bryggerier to
form Denmark’s second largest brewery company, known
today as Royal Unibrew.
The new merged company produces beer and soft drinks
for both the domestic and international markets. Faxe is the
brand that represents Royal Unibrew in Europe and overseas.
Among the most famous varieties of the brand’s beers are
Faxe Premium, Faxe Royal Export, Faxe 10% and Faxe Red.
Since the bottleneck of the old brewhouse was the two lauter
tuns, the company decided to invest in new state-of-the-art
equipment, and in June 2008 Meura was entrusted with this
turnkey project.
Because the brewery is located in a residential area, the possibility of installing any new buildings was very restricted. Faxe
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Average Mash Filter Occupation Time (min)
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added only a small milling tower beside the old building, but
the rest of the equipment had to fit into the old premises.
In the milling tower, Meura installed a Classicmill (CLM3,
9 T/h), a malt grist bin (12 T) and a Mechamasher (50 T/h).
The following modifications were made to the old brewhouse:
 Two new agitators for the existing mash tuns
 A Meura 2001 Carbo+ mash filter equipped
with 58 chambers (extendable to 65)
 An inline wort preheater combined
with the existing energy recovery system
 A new whirlpool
 A new trub tank
 A new deep cooler
 A CIP station for the mash filter
With spent grains removal
Today the Faxe brewery has a monthly capacity of about
245,000 hl and produces 12 brews a day with an extract
yield of 100%. Recently the brewery has even achieved 14
brews a day with the same extract yield of 100%, which is
above and beyond the agreed guarantees.
On the occasion of this article Meura would like to thank
the Faxe Brewery for its trust and collaboration in this
exciting project.
Installation started in August 2008. For the welding works
Meura fruitfully collaborated with its sister company
Boccard Polska from Poland.
All the strict performance guarantees set by Royal Unibrew
were complied with in full. Meura was also able to fulfil the
requirements of reduced downtimes and short time limits.
Moreover, and to the satisfaction of the Faxe Brewery, the
new equipment produces top quality wort.
The commissioning of the new brewhouse took place in
December 2008 and the final acceptance tests were approved
in February 2009, only eight months after the order.
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The Performance SLA,
a growing success story
During the commissioning of a Meura 2001 mash filter,
MEURA carries out the fine tuning of process parameters
in order to achieve the best possible performance. Later on,
changes in external factors such as the brew recipe, loading, types and characteristics of raw materials, modification
of brewing conditions, etc. may lead to deviations from the
optimum level. As with all other technologies, the user
should adapt the process parameters to the new situation.
To help brewers maintain their Meura 2001 mash filter at
the optimum level, Meura decided to develop a Performance
Service Level Agreement.
This technology was already presented and analysed in
depth in our last Newsletter (see MeuraNews 12, September
2009, page 6). After the publication of this article and the
additional presentations made at Drinktec 2009, a great
many brewers have demonstrated their interest.
The central part of the Performance Service Level Agreement
(Performance SLA) is the Ilobox. The Ilobox (Iterative Logic
Box) recalculates brew by brew an optimised set of parameters, in order to maintain the optimum efficiency while
respecting the user’s temporary priorities.
Since their commercial introduction in early 2009, five
ILOBOXes have already been installed and about 15 other
brewers are planning to proceed with the Performance SLA
in the near future. This clearly shows how essential this
technology is for brewers willing to maintain the efficiency
of their equipment and thus of their brewery.
The figure below shows the three main functions of the
Ilobox.
Meura, always keen to fully satisfy its customers, is therefore very proud to be able to offer them the best technology
with the best efficiency!
Optimization of the mash
filter process parameters
Two years archiving
Remote connection for audit
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Current news
DRINKTEC 2009
From 14 to 19 September 2009, Meura
took part in the Drinktec fair organised
in Munich, Germany.
With its thousands of visitors Drinktec,
organised once every four years,
remains “the place to be” for all global
brewing equipment manufacturers
and is the most international fair of
the brewing sector.
The 2009 edition of Drinktec was a
huge success for Meura. Despite the
global economic crisis, Meura was able
to make a large number of very interesting contacts during those six days.
Indeed, nearly each visitor to Meura’s
booth came with a real project or with
a specific interest in our technologies
and new developments.
Moreover, during this event Meura,
together with all the other members
of the BBTT (Belgian Beer Technology
Team), organised an evening party
which met with enormous success.
This was the perfect occasion for
meetings and discussions with our
customers or prospects in a more
relaxed atmosphere.
We would like to take the opportunity
here to thank all our visitors for their
visits to our booth!
Meura’s projects
The most recent orders:
1. APB Guangzhou, China: Ordered a Meura
2001 Carbo+ mash filter and a Classicmill.
2. Chimay Brewery, Belgium: A new steam
energy recovery and an external boiler will be
installed.
Meura is on the move all over the world.
Here is a quick overview of Meura’s current projects:
Major projects
being carried out:
1. Balaji Breweries (United Breweries), India:
A hammermill (Classicmill) and a Meura 2001
Carbo+ mash filter will be integrated into the
brewhouse delivery by Praj Industries Ltd.
3. Ilesha Brewery, Nigeria: In addition to the
revamping of their mash filter Meura 2001 the
brewery has ordered a new milling line with a
Classicmill and grist bin.
2. Nocal Brewer, Angola: Has ordered a Clarisaver
and a CIP Unit.
4. Empee Distilleries, India: A hammermill
(Classicmill) and a Meura 2001 Junior mash
filter will be integrated into the brewhouse
delivered by Praj Industries Ltd.
4. Chongqing Brewery (S&N), China: Meura
2001 Carbo+ mash filter and Meuraclean.
5. Harboes Brewery, Denmark: Ordered an
Ilobox with a performance service level
agreement (PSLA).
6. Koumassi Brewery Cameroon: A hammermill
and two Mechamashers (one for malt
and one for adjuncts) will be installed. A
second-hand Meura 2001 mash filter will be
integrated into the brewhouse.
7. Cuca Brewery, Angola:
The brewery has ordered a mash tun and a
mash kettle.
8. Consolidated Breweries, Nigeria: For their
turnkey project Meura will install a mash
tun, a Meura 2001 Carbo+ mash filter, and an
internal boiler as well as the automation.
3. Ilesha Brewery, Nigeria: Meura will carry out
the revamping of the Meura 2001 mash filter.
5. El Aguila Brewery (SABMiller), Colombia:
Brewhouse revamping with two Meura
2001 mash filters, a Classicmill and a
Mechamasher.
6. Heineken Gauteng, South Africa: Greenfield
project with a Classicmill, a Mechamasher
and a Meura 2001 Carbo+ mash filter.
7. Kolwezi Brewery, Democratic Republic of the
Congo: Brewhouse revamping.
8. Frankfurther Brauhaus, Germany: Classicmill,
Mechamasher and a double mash filter with
an Ilobox replacing the recent mash filter
from the competition.
9. United Breweries Andrah-Pradesh,
India: Meura is supplying a hammermill
(Classicmill) and a Meura 2001 Carbo+ mash
filter that will be integrated into the greenfield
brewery supplied by Praj Industries Ltd.
10. sobebra Brewery, Benin: Integration into
the existing brewhouse of a second-hand
Meura 2001 mash filter, a new hammermill
and a Mechamasher. In addition the milling
line will be modernised.
Major projects recently
commissioned:
1. BBH Kiev, Ukraine: Complete 600 hl brewhouse
in parallel with a similar brewhouse supplied
by Meura in the year 2002.
2. Jagatjit Industries Ltd, India: Meura
2001 Carbo+ mash filter and Classicmill
incorporated into a brewhouse from Praj
Industries Ltd.
3. Huambo, Angola: Classicmill, Mechamasher
and Meura 2001 Junior mash filter.
4. Lagos Brewery (Nigerian Breweries,
Heineken), Nigeria: Complete grain
treatment, milling and brewhouse.
5. Coopers Brewery, Australia: An Ilobox with
a PSLA is in operation for their Meura 2001
mash filter.
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Prospective
is a state
of mind
The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
Thomas Alva Edison - 1879
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