Beer Talk - Praj Industries - PRAJ Industries Ltd.

Brewery Technology Solutions
FY 2011-12 was a very eventful year for Indian brewing
industry. While the 1st half saw entry of new International
beer brands in India, the 2nd half of the year was sobering of
the Indian beer market due to taxation, policy changes, and
summer cycles. An overall slowdown in the economy also
affected the brewing industry.
And, inspite of this, the Indian brewing industry registered
YOY sales of 240 million cases (FY 2012: 230 million cases).
The first quarter of FY 2012-13 saw a revival in growth,
thereby lifting hopes for a promising year ahead.
PRAJ continues to serve the Indian brewing industry by
offering integrated services and solutions for greenfield and
brown field projects on turnkey basis. Praj offeres its
customers a host of value added products and services to
ensure higher plant operating efficiencies, optimization in the
OPEX, timely project execution and overall cost
optimization.
With the continued support and trust shown by our
customers, partners and associates, we were successful in
winning and executing challenging greenfield and brownfield
projects for our esteemed clients. Also our association with
some of the leading global beer brands further strengthened
our market position and helped us continue as the most
preferred partner.
With strong global experience in project engineering and
execution of turnkey projects, Praj is uniquely placed to serve
the beer markets in South East Asia and Africa apart from
India.
In this 10th volume we are proud to share with you our latest
achievements and updates in the field of brewing.
We also look forward to have the pleasure of welcoming you
at our stall in this year's Drink Technology India 2012
exhibition, in Mumbai.
Atul Mulay
Executive Vice President
Dear Readers,
It gives me a great pleasure in
presenting the 10th volume of
Praj Beer talk !
Volume 10, November 2012
Recent Project Updates
Successfully completed greenfield project for Appollo
Breweries located in Tamilnadu
Successfully completed brown field project of Iceberg
Brewery in Patna for Automation & Cellar Expansion
3rd 400 HL Meura Mash Filter Brewhouse under execution
at UB, Aurangabad
Largest Glycol based Unitanks in India 4000 HL (WV)/ 5000
(GV) for UB at Aurangabad under execution.
Execution of biggest candle filter in India- 400 HL/hr in India
for UB at Hyderabad in progress
PRAJ Association with
Major Brewers
ASIA PACIFIC BREWERIES LIMITED
Scottish & Newcastle
A NHEUSER B USCH

Services - Concept to Commissioning
Concept
Development &
Site Selection
Assistance
Assistance in
Statutory
Documentation
After Sales
Support,
Technical
Audits, Spares
Supply
R&D
Back Up,
Sample Analysis
Services
Commissioning
& Supervision,
Training to
Operational
Staff
Feasibility
Viability Study,
Project
Reports
PRAJ
BREWERY
SOLUTIONS
Equipment
Erection and
Supervision
Services
Manufacturing - Customized Solutions
Civil
Engineering,
Architecture
Services
Project
Management
Services
Process
Engineering
Services
Manufacturing
and Supply of
Equipment
Detailed
Engineering
Services
PRAJ has modern manufacturing facilities near ports spread across
about 2.0 lakh sq.ft. covered area and about 350,000 sq. ft. open area.
To meet the aesthetic finish as per customer requirements, we employ
automatic polishing machines in our facilities for polishing of critical
brewery equipments including tanks and vessels.
Highlights of fabrication machinery for high finish brewery equipment:
Pulse TIG and Microprocessor controlled Orbital Welding
Machines
CNC Plasma Cutting Machines Column and
Boom Automatic Plasma Arc Welding Machines
Automatic Polishing Machine (Finish upto 400 grit)
In-house pressing facility for Dish ends
CNC Drilling Machine and VTL
International Standards, Codes and Certifications : Accredited
with ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001, ASME (U, U2 & H) stamp, CE
marking certifications, ASME Sec. VIII Div. I, ASME BPE, IS 2825, AD
Merkblatter, PD 5500, TEMA, DIN & ASNI (SNT-TC-IA 1984 & 1988).
Stringent testing is carried out at
various stages of procurement and
production, as per international
standards by PRAJ QA Team which
follows the QA plan drawn for each
project.

On-Site Manufacturing
Praj brewery business group also
provides specialized resources for on-site
field erected tanks and vessels,
equipment installation, vessel retrofit
vessel repair, this allows to go beyond our
capabilities of our manufacturing facilities.
We have extensive experience in
providing on site solutions for Beer
Industry as per International design
codes. In-house manufacturing of
components in our state of art facility
ensures that all parts such as tank heads,
Brewhouse Heat Recovery Systems
With the increase in oil and utility prices, there is tremendous
pressure on industries to reduce the consumption of utilities. The
discharge steam being vented out of Wort Kettle during boiling
has latent heat which can be utilized by exchanging heat with
other media i.e. water.
In addition to above the ever rising price of fuel has also added
more pressure on the cost of production. Thus by installing PRAJs
Heat Recovery System, we can certainly expect considerable
savings in steam consumption which results into reduction in cost
of Production of Beer.
Recent References for Heat Recovery Systems
1) United Breweries Ltd., Goa
2) Blossom Breweries Ltd., Daman
3) Balaji Distilleries and Breweries Ltd., Tamilnadu
4) United Breweries Ltd, Andhra Pradesh
5) Wave Distilleries & Breweries Ltd, Uttar Pradesh
6) Millennium Beer Industries Ltd., Haryana
7) Millennium Beer Industries Ltd., Maharashtra
8) AM Breweries, Tamilnadu
GLOBAL
ALLIANCES
On-Site Manufacturing of Tanks :
Our capabilities are endless…
shell, man ways, tank top fittings, heat
transfer surfaces are fabricated according
to specifications and coordinated to
support our construction activities on field.
Whenever you need large volume
fermentation vessels or Bright Beer tanks,
our team can design, procure materials,
pre-process components, deliver, and
execute the construction on site to
accommodate.
From project start-up to handover, we
instill stringent quality control processes
for the designs, manufactured equipment,
transport, field installation, &
commissioning and final performance
testing to project completion.
Energy Storage
Tank
Vapour
Condensor
Wort Preheater
9) United Breweries Ltd., Karnataka
10) United Breweries Ltd., Odisha
11) Apollo Distilleries Pvt Ltd., Tamilnadu
12) United Breweries Ltd., West Bengal
13) United Breweries Ltd., West Bengal
14) United Breweries Ltd., Maharashtra
15) United Breweries Ltd., Punjab
(under execution)
(under execution)
Wort Kettle
Wort
Holding
Tank

Research & Development
PRAJ MATRIX –The Innovation Centre
Certified by DSIR, Government of India Built on 5
Acre of land with a built up area of about 85,000 sq
ft PRAJ Matrix-The Innovation Center has a Stateof-the-art
Beer Analysis Laboratory which follows
EBC, ASBC and MEBAK Standards. This Center
also has modern Pilot and Scale up facilities and
Analysis facility from raw material to final product.
Since its inception in 1998, Praj Matrix evolved to become one of
finest R&D centers in India for Research activities in
Fermentation / Heat Transfer, Brewery sciences, and many
more.
Praj Matrix undertakes process technology development
programme with global partners / customers and team up with
them for such programme from the various geographies.
Praj Matrix provides analytical facilities to customers for raw
material - wort - Beer analysis and helps to establish benchmarks
for the customers. With many multinational brands coming into
India, Praj Matrix has helped to compare and establish
benchmark quality norms and process parameter development.
Such services help the customers meet uniform requirement of
Compliments from Customers
“On behalf of United Breweries
team, I would like to convey my
sincere appreciation to PRAJ and
MEURA for being our valued
technology partner in brewery
business for their invaluable
support & co-operation.
We highly appreciate the
expertise and co-operation
provided by Praj Meura alliance in Project Chamundi
and our various Brewery Installations.”
Cedric Vaz,
Executive Vice President, Manufacturing,
United Breweries,
International Brands manufactured in India. Praj Matrix has also
undertaken process optimization in our lab scale set up to
establish desired parameters for the various domestic and
International brands.
Praj's commitment to innovation is demonstrated by enabling the
innovative abilities of its scientists and managers at all levels.
Something that all collaborators admire in our partnership
endeavors.
Significant investments in the area of innovation to create new
technologies that will create first in class products and services
across the entire ethanol & brewing industry demonstrates Praj's
emphasis towards innovation.
“PRAJ has recently completed a major
expansion in our Bihar Brewery. This is the
first major project of Molson Coors Cobra
India Ltd. done with an Indian supplier. We
are glad to say that we were impressed
with their professional approach and
competent resource base with well
equipped modern manufacturing facilities.
PRAJ's experienced project and site
management skills were key to our successful brown field project.
This positive experience has given us confidence to consider PRAJ
as a partner in our other international projects.”
Matthew Hook,
Director, - Supply Chain Asia
Molson Coors Brewing Company
Brewery
Business
PRAJ Industris Limited, PRAJ House, Bavdhan, Pune 411021. INDIA. T: +9120 2290 5000 F: +9120 2295 1718 E: info@praj.net W: www.praj.net