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SMART PRODUCTION

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KRONES AG ทำ้�ม้ผนี้่งขวด้หนี้าแลิะย่ด้อายุสินี้ค้าข้ามปีสำาหร่บนี้มยูเอชั่ทำ้ออกสู่ตลิาด้
ด้้วยในี้อนี้าคต “บางพื้่�นี้ทำ้�ของร่สเซี้ยตอนี้เหนี้่อแลิะทำางตะว่นี้ออกไกลิ

Aseptic premiere for

milk

In 2007, Vladimir Kayshev took over Pyatigorskiy Dairy, formerly
a state-run operation dating back to the 1980s. The equipment
was in dire need of upgrading and was capable of processing
only 20 metric tons of raw milk per day. Four years later, Kayshev of piping and tubing have been replaced, four new carton
decided to invest heavily in the plant and gradually transform packaging systems have been installed in addition to the
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it into a state-of-the-art dairy. new aseptic line , and storage capacity for 200 metric tons
of pasteurized milk and cream has been created. Today, the
dairy is capable of accepting 300 metric tons of raw milk per
The city of Pyatigorsk is in the far south of Russia, in the foothills of the Caucasus day. The company plans to double that capacity by 2021.
Mountains. The region is famous for its hot springs and many mineral springs. That The new PET line is designed for aseptic filling of low
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is one reason why the area within a 120-kilometer radius around Pyatigorsk is a and high-acid products. This versatility is important for the
protected natural area. Heavy industry is not permitted. “That ensures that the feed dairy because of the very different pH values of the two
our cows get from our 10,000 or so hectares of meadows and fields is especially products it has so far run on the line: milk has a pH of around
pure. And that, in turn, has a positive impact on the quality of our milk,” says the 6.8, while kefir’s is around 4.3. Pyatigorskiy fills the UHT
dairy’s president Konstantin Sukharev. The water the cows are given to drink is also milk into transparent containers and the kefir into round,
anything but ordinary. The herd drinks lukewarm mineral water that is pumped up opaque white containers. Both container varieties have a
from 1,600 meters underground. “It’s high in calcium and magnesium, which volume of around 900 milliliters. The preforms used for the
promotes healthy bone growth,” explains Sukharev. white kefir bottles have an integrated low-level oxygen and
With 2,500 cows, the dairy’s own farm produces around one-tenth of the raw UV barrier.
milk Pyatigorskiy processes. A second farm is currently being established for another When changing over from kefir to milk, the new PET-
6,000 dairy cows. Once that is complete, the dairy hopes to supply around one-third Asept line is properly cleaned and sterilized with hydrogen
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of the milk it processes. The remaining milk will continue to come from small local peroxide (H O ) in order to prevent contamination of the
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farms. milk. Even the considerably higher viscosity of kefir does
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not present a problem for the aseptic block. It can operate
UHT and PET Make a Good Team UHT milk remains Pyatigorskiy Dairy’s for 144 hours at a stretch before a two-hour sterilization is
main product. “Demand on the Russian market is growing year by year,” says required.
Sukharev. Retailers prefer UHT milk because of its longer shelf life. Besides that,
consumers prefer it because their buying habits have changed: they want to spend Options for Expansion The company intends to
less time on shopping, so they buy larger quantities to have on hand – which means gradually expand the range of products and containers
the products have to keep longer. In southern Russia, summertime temperatures processed on the PET line. It is already set up to fill yoghurt
can rise above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). It would be complicated smoothies with and without fruit bits and to handle 1.3-liter
to keep larger quantities of fresh milk in the cold chain. And then there’s the fact and 0.3-liter bottles. The dairy also wants to bring a square-
that UHT is the only way to go for transporting milk to other parts of the vast country. shaped bottle to market sometime in the future, with higher
“At the same time, PET bottles are becoming increasingly popular as a packaging barrier properties that should increase the shelf life of UHT
material for milk,” explains Konstantin Sukharev. “So far, though, they have only milk to an entire year. “Some regions of Russia in the north
been used for fresh milk. Now we have combined PET packaging and UHT milk.” and far east are logistically impossible to reach for as much
PET has several things going for it as a packaging material: as nine months of the year because of their extreme climates.
• Consumers find PET bottles visually appealing and easy to use. Bottling and And transport from Pyatigorsk to these areas takes 21 days
packaging in PET can cost half as much as packaging in cartons. as it is. So, a longer shelf life than the 45 days you generally
• A PET filling line is far more flexible than a carton packaging line, since switching get with normal preforms definitely makes sense,” says
to different container sizes and shapes entails less effort and cost. And that enables Konstantin Sukharev.
producers to respond flexibly to market demands. The PET aseptic line was validated and went into
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• Carton packaging, on the other hand, is more susceptible to damage during operation in January 2019. “The new PET- Asept line has
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transport – up to 1.5 percent of carton packaging is compromised in the delivery opened up a new market segment for us. UHT milk in these
process. containers is a brand-new and unique product on the
Russian market,” says owner Vladimir Kayshev.
Modern Technology in a Historic Building For the expansion of its
production capacity, Pyatigorskiy is using an existing, Soviet-era building, outfitting
it with state-of-the-art UHT systems, homogenizers, and centrifuges. Renovations ข้้อมููลเพิ่่�มูเติ่มู / Additional Information
have been and continue to be made while production is ongoing: over 300 kilometers 1 KRONES’s PET-AseptBloc D aseptic block with H O sterilization
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