Success Stories for the Brewing Industry - Overview

Customer background information
A major beer canning and bottling plant in the North West of England has been successfully using METTLER TOLEDO dissolved oxygen instruments over the last years. In particular they were monitoring dissolved oxygen in the canning machine delivery line to ensure that the packaged product met the stated quality requirements for flavor and shelf life. This measurement is very important during the start of the canning run when the lines have previously been cleaned. The success of this existing installation has been such that it is proposed to install similar systems on their other can and bottle packaging lines.....

Background information
Following the current trend in the food and beverage (F&B) industry, breweries are now also turning more and more to the use of non-glass electrodes for in-line pH measurement. The intention is to establish control of production processes as well as monitoring of product quality during the entire process. METTLER TOLEDO's InPro 3300 electrode for F&B, based on innovative ISFET technology, allows both, and was therefore tested by our customer, a well-known German brewery.

With an output of nearly 5 Mio. hectoliters, our customer is one of the most important breweries in Germany. Since sustainability, quality, and continuous improvement are important guidelines for our customer, he invests nearly 10 % of his total turnover in protection of the environment and further development of technology. His intention is therefore to establish more and more in-line control of parameters such as pH, turbidity and oxygen, in order to monitor the processes in real time and to be able to react within seconds….....