expertise in handling projects, in-house manufacturing of a wide range of equipment has given a cutting edge advantage to the company to offer complete projects in diverse sectors like vegetable oil refineries, breweries, ethanol production and food processing.
Brewery process line Alfa Laval India’s recent projects include the supply of a process solution to a leading multinational brewery group for one of its plants in India. The order had a value of approximately SEK 60 million and delivery was completed in 2016. The order was for a complete process line, including separators, heat exchangers, mixers and fluid handling equipment. The process line handles yeast propagation, fermentation, maturation and filtration. This is the first brewery in India to use Alfa Laval’s unique mixing technology to reduce the fermentation processing time. “This order is interesting in many ways since it involves a unique technology, a complete process line and also one of the major players in the brewery industry,” said Lars Renström, President and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group. “It proves our position as a reliable supplier.” 158 Industry Europe
Heat exchangers This contract followed a previous order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a refinery in India. The Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers were part of a capacity expansion in the refinery. The heat exchangers were designed to recover heat from one part of the process to be reused in the process of catalytic reforming, where petroleum products are transformed into high octane liquids. “Our Packinox heat exchangers are extremely efficient when it comes to heat recovery and can replace several shell-and-tube heat exchangers in the same duty. This order confirms that they are highly suitable for the demanding applications in the refinery and petrochemical industry,” said Lars Renström. To date Alfa Laval has delivered more than 250 Packinox heat exchangers for catalytic reforming to refineries around the world. It has recently won an order to supply a refinery in the Middle East. The order, worth approximately SEK 55 million, is booked in the Welded Heat Exchangers unit of the Energy Division. Delivery is scheduled for 2018.
