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Alfa Laval wins big with brewery deal

Alfa Laval, the Swedish heating giant, snapped up a major deal with a South American beer brewery, an order valued at 135 million kronor ($21 million).

Published: 4 July 2011 09:55 CEST
Alfa Laval wins big with brewery deal

Alfa Laval, a Swedish company specializing in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, struck big with beer as it won a contract to develop a brewery solution from one of the largest global brewery groups.

The order is valued at 135 million SEK ($21.5 million) and is scheduled for delivery later in the year.

According to a statement from the engineering solutions company, Alfa Laval equipment will be used in different stages of the beer-making process, including fermentation, cooling, filtration, blending and storage, for a major brewery in Brazil.

The order includes a wide variety of hygienic products, such as valves, pumps, pipes, fittings and plate heat exchangers.

“This order confirms that an increased living standard in Brazil is driving demand for beverages,” said President and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group Lars Renström in a press release.

Alfa Laval has been present in Brazil since 1959 and last year the company’s order intake in the South American hot spot grew 18 percent.

The company’s equipment, systems and services help heat, cool, separate and transport products in industries that produce food and beverages, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, starch, sugar and ethanol.

Alfa Laval is listed on the Nordic Stock Exchange and in 2010 posted annual sales of about 24.7 billion SEK (almost $4 billion).

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Bavarian brewery runs dry after storks build nest in chimney

A brewery in the German state of Bavaria has been forced to suspend beer production after a family of storks made themselves at home in one of its chimneys.

Published: 31 July 2020 11:01 CEST
Bavarian brewery runs dry after storks build nest in chimney
Christian Zwanzger, brewery and innkeeper, points to a stork's nest on the chimney of the brewery of the Zwanzger inn. Photo: DPA

The plucky birds – a protected species in Germany – built a nest in the Zwanzger brewery in the village of Uehlfeld in early spring, bringing production to a grinding halt, brewer Christian Zwanzger told AFP.

Uehlfeld, north of Nuremberg, has long been a favourite haunt for the storks, which often return to the same spots every year to build their nests.

“We already had one last year (on the roof) and the young storks, when they come back, often come to the same place. So they looked for a place to build their nest and they did it on the chimney of the brewery,” Zwanzger said.

He and his team had planned to wait until the nest was completed and then raise it out of the chimney – but then Germany went into lockdown due to the coronavirus, which forced the closure of bars, restaurants and clubs across the country.

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It meant the Zwanzger brewery had to wait until now to get the specialist help needed to deal with the nest, as baby storks have since hatched. The brewery is now hoping to move the nest next week.

In the meantime, stocks of beer are running low — and even if brewing resumes next week, the beer will not be ready until mid-September.

But Zwanzger is not bitter. “Storks love to come to us. Here in Uehlfeld we have about 35 nests,” he said.

Indeed, the storks appeared to be having their time of their lives on the roof of the brewery, merrily clucking and guarding their nest with no regard for the trouble they have caused.

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