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drinktec 2022
Munich, 12 – 16 September
Krones: Solutions beyond tomorrow
Krones will be presenting its new claim "Solutions beyond tomorrow", a
host of innovations and a forward-looking vision of its goals, and will be
defining sustainability as an innovation driver.
The biggest innovation driver in all new and further developments is the
demand for sustainability, which is a major concern among consumers
and customers. Krones consistently transfers sustainability to its entire
portfolio in the fields of process technology, filling and packaging technology,
and intralogistics, in order to offer resource- and media-efficient
solutions. This development is supported by digitalisation, which also
helps to boost performance in production and increase profitability and
flexibility.
At the Krones stand at drinktec, everything will therefore revolve around
saving resources and media in production, sustainable packaging solutions,
and digital transformation. On show will be, on the one hand,
solutions that already meet these requirements today, and on the other,
approaches that may still seem visionary today, but will become innovations
that go far beyond tomorrow. The new Krones claim forms the
bracket for this.
Krones will be showcasing some visionary approaches
to saving resources and media. (Fig.: Krones)
Water is the number 1 ingredient in beverage
manufacturing and is also among
the most important ingredients in the
production of liquid food. So, it’s only
natural that the topics of water and water management
have a major role on the agenda of this year’s drinktec,
which takes place from September 12 to 16 in Munich.
This starts with the responsible use of water as product
water; using it as process water as frugally as possible
is also important. For both water sources, the full
savings potential has long remained untapped in the
beverage and liquid food industry. The water footprint
can still be made significantly smaller – leading industry
representatives are saying that savings of 60 percent are
definitely achievable.
Many starting points for saving water
But where can beverage manufacturers find the scope
for frugal water usage? Here are a couple of examples:
Regular product changes make it necessary to plan a
rinsing or cleaning step between the production orders.
A second example is the question of how dirty the containers
or production lines are. Manufacturers of beverages
or liquid food often base their cleaning processes
on a maximum level of dirtiness that generally doesn’t
occur in production. And, for a third example: Possible
recirculation often isn’t carried out sufficiently. The available
process water is then disposed of instead of being
utilized in a cascading usage in other process areas.
Of course, there is much more at drinktec than
„just“ water technology. Read IDM’s show preview on
the following pages.
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