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Lm10.5 million invested in brewery project
By MaltaMedia News
Nov 8, 2007 - 6:03:51 PM
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During a visit to Farsons Brewery by Prime Minister Dr Lawrence Gonzi, Simonds Farsons Cisk plc announced on Thursday that a major investment in two capital projects is nearing completion. The Lm10.5 million investment, included the construction of a new Packaging Centre for Soft-drinks and a new Logistics Centre.
The announcement was made by Farsons Group Chief Executive, Mr Louis A Farrugia. “The aim of this investment is to increase efficiency, to continue improving the quality of our product, enhance service to trade, and to prepare for the complete liberalisation of the soft drinks market in January 2008.”
“Farsons has always been committed to ensuring that it is equipped with the most modern plant in order for it to be able to offer the best quality products efficiently and respect the environment as much as possible. The Company has also always striven to ensure that it has professional management and well trained staff,” said Mr Farrugia.
Construction works on the new projects started in Spring 2005.
The Soft Drinks Line is capable of producing carbonated soft drinks, beer and beer mixers and both still and carbonated water. It can handle 50cl bottles at speeds of 18,000 bottles per hour.
Key equipment in the Soft Drinks Line include a bottle blowing machine, rinser and filler, a mixer carbonator complete with chiller, 3 palletising machines, and a conveyor to the new Logistics Centre.
The key principle in the entire design of the Logistics Centre was to store the products in the right ambience at the right temperature and ensure a constant flow of products in and out of the Centre with adequate marshalling space. This Logistics Centre is replacing the five depots located around Malta and also incorporates the Wands operation.
This Logistics Centre has a fully computerised Warehouse Management System. This allows bulk breaking and direct dispatch to trade. The pallet conveyor is directly fed from the production areas. It has 11,000 pallet positions, a cooled area for beer at 21Cº, and seven levels of high bay racking.
An allocated area, measuring 1,000sqm of storage 7 metres high, will cater specifically for Wands’ wines and spirits. The spirits will be stored at ambient temperature while wines will be stored at 15Cº. The facility is HACCP and ISO9001 approved.
Meanwhile, Farsons also stated that particular attention has been given to environmental aspects. All structures are insulated and a building management system allows full control so as to optimise energy use. Heat exchangers have been installed to allow energy recovery during air circulation, and energy efficient lights were fitted where possible. Fork lift trucks operate with a battery regeneration system, and new trucks meet Euro4 emission standards. While solar heating will be employed for non-industrial hot water, all rain water from the site will be collected.
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