Bite-sized digitalisation for food, beverage and CPG manufacturers

Siemens doesn’t just talk about digital factories. We’re making it happen.

With mounting competitive pressures, productivity is everything. Introducing digitalisation to boost productivity. Whether it be automation or robotics, it can feel like a huge undertaking for every corner of an organisation. We can help you work through where to focus your investment against a backdrop of legacy infrastructure and concern around skills fit for the future. The work we’ve been doing at our Congleton factory is a great example of how manufacturers can take a practical, phased approach to improvements.

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Digitalization increases flexibility

Through various examples we show that both process and discrete workflows in the food and beverage industry can benefit from digitalization.

Siemens at Hannover Fair 2018

How can Digital Twins help brewing beer of the highest grade?

Siemens at Anuga FoodTec 2018

The Digital Enterprise at the example of the bakery & confectionary industry.

Siemens at Drinktec 2017

Kai Schneiderwind demonstrates digital and integrated value chain for the beverage industry

Discover the value of Digital Enterprise

At Hannover Messe 2017, Siemens’ Kai Schneiderwind explains how digitalization helps the food and beverage industry to increase its flexibility.

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Along with the products and solutions tailored specifically to the requirements of the food and beverage industry, Siemens also offers additional products and services that help you get the most out of your company.
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Successful practical applications of our solutions

We support companies of any size in the food and beverage industry. Here you’ll find some examples from practice.
Infrabaker International
Germany

Automated infrared oven for sensitive food

  • Compact, mobile oven for gentle and automated defrosting of fish 

  • Tailor-made implementation with automation components from Siemens

  • Time-saving engineering in TIA Portal

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Landwirtschaftsbetrieb Thiermann
Germany

Industrial controllers enable irrigation of blueberries

  • Frost protection through irrigation of a 250 hectare blueberry plantation

  • Automated control of 34 pump stations with SIMATIC and LOGO! components

  • Wireless monitoring and control via smartphone

Chocolat Frey
Switzerland

Individualized chocolate via Twitter

  • Smart order picking system with the cloud-based, open IoT operating system MindSphere

  • Programming of robot controls with TIA Portal libraries

  • Cooperation between Siemens, Chocolat Frey and the technical college northern Switzerland

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Brogan’s Way
Australia

Quality, consistency, and scalability for craft gin distillery

  • Comprehensive, modular automation solution for production process regulation, automation, and control

  • Automation of a Deacam Fermecraft system based on SIMATIC S7-1200 PLC and SINAMICS G120 drives

  • Solution helps ensure quality and consistency and provides small manufacturers with a degree of scalability previously only available for much larger businesses

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