[Brazil] Petropolis Keeps On Growing - Filling Long Necks At 78,000/Bpa

Of the 15 lines at the four facilities of the Brazilian Petropolis Group, 12 are from Krones. Petropolis keeps on growing, as indeed does the Brazilian beer market. The most recent installation was a non-returnable glass line for long-neck bottles rated at 78,000 bottles per hour - featuring one of the world's fastest and largest non-returnable glass fillers. It went into operation in April 2010 at the main plant in Boituva. In October, the company installed a 120,000/cph canning line at the brewery in Rondonopolis. At the same time, a cross-facility manufacturing execution system (MES), the first of its kind in Brazil's brewing industry, also went into operation.