drinkworld Technology + Marketing is the leading magazine for the entire drinks industry worldwide. Feature articles and short communications cover the whole spectrum of processing, bottling, raw materials, logistics, packaging and marketing of beverages. We also report on special topics of regional interest and the trends in the beverage industries worldwide. Readers are executives and decision-makers in the brewing, dairy and mineral water industries, manufacturers of non-alcoholic drinks, wine growers and bottlers.
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Contents ZKZ 62006 ISSN 1433-1594 Vol. 26 No. 3 September 2022 US $ 12 · € 12 Issue 3 · September 2022 Cover: High Efficiency Drives Plant Based Beverage Innovations Direct Steam Technology Flexible Conveying Cleaning, inspecting, filling, sealing, labelling: These are some of the stations the bottles in the beverage industry go through on conveyor belts. Experts consider that electronic drives make up 70 percent of the total energy effort across all industries. This is both a significant cost factor and also a huge optimization and savings potential. NORD DRIVESYS- TEMS offers an extensive portfolio of electronic motors, gear units and electronic drive technologies, adapted to the challenges of the individual industries and optimized in regard to energy efficiency. Our cover story starts on page 6. Cover: NORD DRIVESYSTEMS Ingredients 8 The Emerging Hard Seltzers Market 10 Plant-based Beverage Innovation Grows and Grows 14 Fi Europe 2022: A Platform for Innovation Processing 6 High-Efficiency Drives 16 Giving Clean a New Meaning: Standard Parts in Hygienic Designbles 17 Reliable Monitoring of Measured Values — Anytime and Anywhere 24 Direct Steam Technology Expands Production Capacity in Plant-based Drinks 22 Pure and Affordable Drinking Water for a Whole Region 27 Huge Growth for Argentinian Brewery Compañía Cervecerías Unidas with Line Expertise There is a growing array of plant-based beverages formulated to simply be a replacement to dairy milks and creamers. The category shows no signs of slowing down, as it complements many of the features today’s consumers are looking for when they shop for valueadded drinks. Donna Berry takes a look at the plantbased innovations. Take a look at page 10 A leading Israeli dairy producer has expanded its production capacity for plant-based drinks with the installation of a new DSI Series pasteurizer as part of a new production facility to process raw ingredients. Before this the company had to import part-processed products from an associated facility in Europe. Full details can be found on page 20 4
Contents Departments 3 Editorial 56 Supplier's Guide Events 32 drinktec Preview 53 PPMA Preview 54 FILTECH 58 Calendar of Events Packaging 48 Totally Flexible Conveying for Oriented Closure Systems 51 Fourth Generation of Contiform Stretch Blow Molder is Here 52 Strengthening the Partnership: Bickford’s Rapid Remote Line Conversion and Maintenance In modern high-performance filling lines, closures or lids are usually sorted and oriented outside the hygiene zone and then fed to capping machines. Due to the partly vertical, partly horizontal routing, different conveyers had to be used up to now. The FlexiLiner series eliminates all disadvantages and allows for individual wishes, is now available. See page 48 drinkworldTechnology + Marketing · September 2022 5
