STANDARD BREWERIES UNLIMITED! AGRANDISSEMENT DE LA BRASSERIE D'ABA, NIGERIA Part of one of the three complete brewery installations built to a single design. Only the architect's design of the building is different from that of the others. Une des trois brasseries construites sur le même modèle. Seule la conception archi tecturale des batiments diffère. The commissioning of four new brew eries abroad during 1976 a record for any single year in Heineken's history, it is believed emphasises the importance and scope of the organisation's interna tional activities complementary to pro duction of beer and other beverages. These activities extend to design, con struction and installation of new brew eries as well as technical advice and as sistance on production matters offered to more than 50 breweries outside Hol land. This is the 1976 record of first brews at new breweries: February 28 - at Santarem, Portugal; May 27 - at Loulé, Portugal; May 31 - at Thessaloniki, Greece; October 9 - at St. Lucia, Caribbean. The four units have a total annual pro duction capacity of about 850,000 hi. of beer. To ensure their completion in the short time available, all were based on the same design, calculations and drawings. The work made considerable demands on Central Engineering as well as on the team of Heineken specialists who handle international installations, and was complicated by the massive effort con centrated on building the Zoeterwoude brewery. The total workload was so heavy that special methods were clearly needed. Standardisation on such a large scale is not a straightforward matter, however, and there are four principal factors which can create problems. First, desired capacity strongly influen ces design and this was the reason for considerable differences between the St. Lucia Brewery and the other three. For while St. Lucia is a small brewery with initial annual capacity of about 50,000 hi. of beer and malta, the capaci ties of the other units lie between 200,000 and 400,000 hi. a year. Second, not all breweries produce the same type of beer. The beers of all four new establishments differ in terms of names, processes and tastes. Third, the site itself may affect design. It may be rocky or swampy, rectangular or square, hilly or flat, or may have other features which call for departures from standard. Fourth, building conditions and local in dustrial products vary widely from coun try to country. Despite the consequent difficulties, Hei neken achieved the highest possible degree of similarity between the new breweries. The result was a building programme so rapid that the three Eu ropean breweries were finished before the summer of 1976. Heineken hopes to continue and devel op standardisation methods. Designs now available could justify the slogan, "If you need a brewery, let us build you a 'Heineken' version!" de remplissage permettra, a l'avenir, des livraisons soit par wagons, soit par ca mions. La capacité de la cave de fer mentation a été également accrue par 18 réservoirs cöniques d'une capacité uni taire de 900 hl. Bien que l'installation soit qualifiée de ,,cave", les réservoirs sont en fait construits en plein air. Un nouveau batiment d'entretien a été prévu. II comprendra une nouvelle sta tion d'épuration et un équipement des- tiné au nettoyage des réservoirs et au traitement de la levure et des bières de reste. De plus, une nouvelle chaïne de mise en bouteilles remplacera l'ancienne, por- tant la capacité de production a 200.000 bouteilles de 62,5 cl. a l'heure. Le ma- gasin aussi doit être agrandi en prenant sur le terrain de foot-ball. L'équipement du système réfrigérant de l'usine sera installé sur le toit d'une nouvelle centrale abritant les transfor mateurs, les commutateurs haut et bas voltage et les génératrices de secours. Site de construction du nouvel ensemble de service d'entretien. Site of the new service block foundation. Les travaux d'agrandissement de la brasserie d'Aba, Nigéria, battent leur plein; elle va ainsi voir sa capacité pas ser de 225.000 a 520.000 hl ou, pour parler en termes commerciaux, a sept millions de caisses. Le projet comprend l'accroissement du nombre des cuves de brassage, qui passe de deux a quatre, et la construc tion d'une cuve de réserve. Le malt livré sera stocké dans huit silos comparti- mentés en acier d'une capacité unitaire de 250 tonnes. Une nouvelle disposition de la bouche

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