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CLIMATE-NEUTRAL CHEESE PLANT
SIG
MORE PLANT FLEXIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY
32 · November/December 2021 ¦ international-dairy.com
Strategic partnership
SACCO SYSTEM &
DÖHLER
The SalzburgMilch cheese plant
in Lamprechtshausen has recently
become climate-neutral. In recent
months, the largest rooftop photovoltaic
system in the Austrian province
of Salzburg has been installed
there. Each year, it supplies as much
electrical energy as 460 private
households consume. A total of over
4,200 photovoltaic modules generate
a combined output of around
1.6 megawatts peak on a roof area
of 13,000 m². More than 99% of the
solar power generated goes directly
into the operation of the cheese
dairy. SalzburgMilch offsets the rest
of the GHG emissions.
All new SIG filling line systems and
downstream units are now equipped
with built-in bi-directional digital
recipe management. The solution is
also available as an automation upgrade.
Digital recipe management enables
automatic recipe synchronisation
across all relevant parts of the filling
line including the downstream. For
Döhler and Sacco System entered
a strategic partnership in the area
of plant-based dairy alternatives
and food cultures. This partnership
is to boost the development
and success rate of new products
and brands in this dynamic and
growing market segment.
Producers are challenged to work
with numerous new ingredients,
complex formulations and multiple
suppliers, which is both
time-consuming and may even
represent a risk for the successful
launch of new products. This is
the challenge that the Sacco System
and Döhler partnership is set
out to address.
manufacturers, this means a significantly
faster change to the next lot or
product, considerably more flexibility
in the production process, and ultimately
helps to ensure a smarter and
more connected filling plant. The new
built-in capability also means that the
latest downstream equipment for SIG
filling lines can now make automatic
format and volume changes.
The cheese plant in Lamprechtshausen,
Austria, generates 1,6 MW solar
energy (photo: SalzburgMilch)
Bi-directional digital recipe management was developed through SIG’s solutionbased
Smart Factory platform (photo: SIG)
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