The challenges facing distilleries
The world of distilleries is full of numerous challenges to overcome. Alongside topics such as energy management, increasing competition and the demand to develop innovative solutions, understanding specific market requirements and risks is also essential.
Before launching a successful product, it is crucial to deal intensively with the raw materials. It is important to choose the best techniques and approaches to flavor extraction and distillation and to develop a deep understanding of the flavor nuances that will win over consumers. Since it is a world in which quality and authenticity count and which also offers the necessary space for creativity and innovation.
Alcohol is highly flammable and the production of beverages with a high alcohol content poses quite a significant risk. Safety precautions are vital and defined precisely by law. This industry is, therefore, faced with the challenge of combining tradition and craftsmanship with modern techniques of production and stringent safety standards. Besides specialist knowledge, this also demands continuous adaptation to changes in market conditions.
In this challenging environment, it is crucial to have the right partner on board. Utilizing its more than 37 years of experience and high-performance automation solution, Plant iT, ProLeiT provides distilleries with the foundation for a sustainable competitive edge and helps develop their future readiness.
Forward-thinking solutions for distilleries
Are you currently facing the aforesaid challenges and looking for a solution for your distillery that:
- facilitates your processes,
- optimizes your entire value-added chain,
- increases the productivity and flexibility of your company,
- helps make your business more profitable
- and accompanies you on your journey to building the industry of the future?
Plant iT, our bespoke automation solution, is designed to optimize your distillery’s production processes. Our electronic ordering system and digital planning and reporting tools allow distilleries to streamline their operations and quickly respond to market dynamics. We truly understand the significance of agility in today’s fast-paced industry, and our solutions are designed to help liquor producers stay ahead of the competition.
The object-related, PLC-based process control system developed by ProLeiT GmbH, including MES functionality, caters to both the general and the specific requirements of the industry to achieve the operational excellence and agility needed.
One of our core offerings is a standardized data model that allows distilleries to optimize their processes, enhance traceability and make effective decisions based on the data collected. Furthermore, the track & trace functionality provides thorough monitoring of materials and products to guarantee quality assurance and full compliance with standards.
Your contact for the distilleries of the future
Hernán Alvarado
Branch Leader
Beverages
Phone: +49 162 2598 184
E-mail: hernan.alvarado(at)proleit.com
Plant iT - the automation solution for your liquor production
With its proven track record of success, Plant iT is the ideal automation solution for distilleries. It offers seamless integration across all processes from raw material intake to filling and additionally supports efficient horizontal and vertical integration. Drawing on our project experience with both brown and white liquors, along with our expertise in line management systems, we are committed to driving the success of distilleries through digitalization and innovation.
Let us embark on this journey together to ensure your distillery can develop its full potential. Contact us today to find out more!
By the way: If you are looking for automation solutions for breweries, we highly recommend our industry-specific solution, brewmaxx! Like no other process control system on the market, brewmaxx is perfectly tailored to the day-to-day needs of breweries.
Current product highlights
Dive into a world full of innovation and progress. Plant iT is the best choice when it comes to cutting-edge automation solutions. Our in-house research and development team continually works on enhancing our innovative product portfolio.
Recipe management for batch processes
Do you want to process multiple production orders for different products simultaneously? No problem for Plant Batch iT, our central process control system for controlling and monitoring recipe-controlled batch processes.
Line Management System
Minimizing downtime and maximizing plant efficiency - our Plant Acquis iT LMS add-on automatically, reliably and precisely records plant and machine downtime and ensures easy entry into the world of line management.
Workflow Management
Our high-performance MES Workflow Management system Plant iT Workflow assists you in managing and monitoring both automatic and manual processes in the production environment, including areas such as order processing, quality assurance and logistics.
Energy Management
Efficiently monitor and control energy consumption in your plant with our Energy Management system. Identify optimization potential and improve the long-term energy efficiency of your beverage production.
Take a look at the many added values Plant iT offers
Plant iT is the modular process control system from ProLeiT GmbH and has been deployed throughout the process engineering industry in more than 110 countries for over 37 years. From operating data acquisition, process control technology, liquid handling and batch systems to functions for complete, location-independent production management (MES) and integration of ERP, LIMS and maintenance systems – Plant iT enables continuous control and monitoring of all these processes.
Thanks to a central engineering environment and optional modules, Plant iT can be expanded flexibly to meet various needs. Plant iT complies with the principle of "parameterization instead of programming". This means that individual programming is essentially replaced by the parameterization of technical and technological functions. Plant iT's system architecture offers maximum flexibility for changes, even during production, without the need to shut down operations. This time-saving approach offers our customers a distinct competitive advantage.