New flexibility for the food and beverage industry with Digital Enterprise

Digitalization in the food and beverage industry

Innovative products and solutions make you more competitive

Food and beverage manufacturers must consider many factors: a consistently high level of product quality, maximum plant availability, optimum resource efficiency – and, increasingly, the greatest possible flexibility in order to meet more and more individual customer requirements. Mastering all these challenges today and in the future is possible only with digitalization. With the Digital Enterprise solution portfolio, we offer the products and solutions you need to fully or gradually integrate and digitalize your entire value chain.

Breweries need to expand their portfolios, and digitalization plays a key role in this process.

Digitalization enables sugar production under the most advanced quality and efficiency conditions.

Success and efficiency in the edible oil industry

Greater flexibility on the path to more individual products

Greater flexibility and productivity for the soft drink industry

Digitalization can help to create consistent automation in the bakery industry.

Thanks to digitalization and the comprehensive Digital Twin from Siemens, new approaches can be adopted in product recipe formulation as well as packaging design.

Comprehensive solution portfolio for the aquaculture industry that improves productivity and sustainability.

Digital Enterprise – Realize your digital transformation

Der digitale Zwilling im Digital Enterprise

With the Digital Enterprise portfolio, Siemens is driving the digital transformation of the industry – the seamless integration of automation, software and cutting-edge technologies will take the industry to the next level of efficiency. Discover how you can benefit from merging the virtual and the real world and the possibilities provided by the Digital Twins of product, machine, plant, and the entire production. In order to facilitate the start and implementation of digitalization, we offer comprehensive consulting and to develop a digitalization strategy and roadmap together with you. Discover the possibilities for your company.

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Expertise for the food and beverage industry:

In our Exclusive Area, you have access to white papers, studies, and videos in which our experts share their specialized knowledge regarding digitalization and other trends in your industry.

With a push of a button from strawberry juice to elderberry syrup:

Spitz digitizes plant in Attnang-Puchheim

• Siemens makes the production of the food manufacturer fit for the future and
secures competitiveness of the traditional company
• Spitz is going to receive very accurate data and analyzes of the production
• Fruit juices and other foods can be more flexible, efficient and qualitative
produced to a higher quality

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

Kai Schneiderwind shows you the latest trends and highlights - from Anomaly Detection and Integrated Manufacturing Options to the new version of BRAUMAT process controll system.

How can companies ensure complete traceability and quality assurance, from the origin of resources to their customers? The answer is called blockchain – a revolutionary technology that provides the security you need to build trust. Gain transparency and traceability with Siemens Blockchain running on MindSphere. Learn more at www.siemens.com/blockchain-fab

Siemens‘ Kai Schneiderwind presents news about digitalization and how to reach the next level of productivity.

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

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

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

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

Additional products and services 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.

Siemens Financial Services Companies can already invest in their digital future. We provide financial support.

Totally Integrated Power optimizes the power supply – because electricity is crucial for industries, buildings and infrastructure installations.

Personalization in food production increases flexibility and efficiency and optimizes service. With digital solutions from Siemens on the path to Industrie 4.0.

Comprehensive service portfolio for a lasting competitive edge

References With the Digital Enterprise portfolio, we support companies of any size in the food and beverage industry. Here you’ll find some examples from practice.

Paulaner Brauerei

Germany

The first keg is tapped – and high-tech keeps it fresh

The loop line that supplies the Paulaner marquee at Oktoberfest Munich with beer relies on SIMATIC controllers and SCALANCE network components
Uploading all operational to the Cloud via MindSphere facilitates determining the correct refill amount
Information about volume, temperature, and pressure in the lines can be read on tablets, smartphones, and laptops via the “Performance Insight” app.

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Braumat at the research brewery of the Technical University of Munich

Research brewery of the TU Munich

Germany

Digital research brewery: Something is brewing here

Fully automated brewing process enables research of new types of beer in very small batches
Restructuring of the entire control system with BRAUMAT
Innovative visualization facilitates operation and increases understanding of the brewing process

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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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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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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

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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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How secure is your business? Our defense in depth security offering for the Food & Beverage Industry

Advancing digitalization needs comprehensive security

New flexibility for the food and beverage industry with Digital Enterprise

Innovative products and solutions make you more competitive

Breweries

Sugar Industry

Edible Oils Industry

Dairy Industry

Soft Drinks

Bakery products and confectionery

Consumer packed goods

Aquaculture goes digital

Digital Enterprise – Realize your digital transformation

Discover the Exclusive Area

With a push of a button from strawberry juice to elderberry syrup:

Digitalization increases flexibility

BrauBeviale 2019 highlights

Trusted Traceability with MindSphere and the blockchain

Siemens at BrauBeviale 2018

Siemens at Hannover Fair 2018

Siemens at Anuga FoodTec 2018

Siemens at Drinktec 2017

Discover the value of Digital Enterprise

Support for your business

Siemens Financial Services

Totally Integrated Power

Digital solutions in the food and beverage industry

Industry Services

Successful practical applications of our solutions

The first keg is tapped – and high-tech keeps it fresh

Digital research brewery: Something is brewing here

Automated infrared oven for sensitive food

Quality, consistency, and scalability for craft gin distillery

Industrial controllers enable irrigation of blueberries

Individualized chocolate via Twitter

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