Krones Provides Two Complete Breweries to Petropolis

20 Dec 2013 --- Krones is providing two complete plants, including the whole process of brewing to packaging of palletized beverage, for new plants Grupo Petrópolis, installed in the cities of Alagoinhas, Bahia, and Itapissuma in Pernambuco already had The Petrópolis before Alagoinhas and Itapissuma, with 10 complete filling lines from Krones distributed in other units of the group.

Last year, the brewery toasted Krones one of the largest orders in its history, with the design of the two plants, allowing to expand the partnership that had been in the area for the filling process area also. Alagoinhas The project went into operation in November this year. The plant was built on a period of approximately one year from the commencement of site preparation.

The plant Itapissuma, in turn, will be inaugurated in the first half of 2014. Rows of containers Alagoinhas are composed of a line of glass and other cans. The line to glass packaging has income of 62,000 bottles per hour; the cans, speed up to 128,000 cans per hour. This is the fastest line of cans already supplied by Krones with just a filler. Alagoinhas The unit is designed to achieve the best results for recovery of waste, reduction of emissions and environmental education, as assessed Grupo Petrópolis own.

One of the key differentiators of the unit is its use of water in production, thanks to investments in technology from Krones, should reach 3.3 liters of water for every liter of beer, a result achieved only in international breweries high standard. "We strive for continuous improvement of our environmental performance while maintaining an integrated society, going beyond the requirements of current environmental legislation and preventing pollution communication channel, "says the manager of Health, Safety and Environment Corporate Grupo Petrópolis, Henry fields. Besides the use of water, the unit Alagoinhas has one of the most advanced programs of waste in Brazil, with the rate of 98% reuse of the material. Regarding energy matrix, the plant was designed to have maximum use of sunlight in addition to using natural gas, dramatically reducing emissions. "Alagoinhas The plant is a great example of what is more advanced in terms of technology processes and packaging for a beer industry in Brazil, with solutions that combine production efficiency, reduce operating costs and respect for the environment, "said commercial director Krones Brazil, Silvio Rotta.