AUTOMATE FILTRATION F
WHEN CROATIA’S ZAGREBAČKA PIVOVARA MADE THE DECISION TO EXPAND ITS RANGE OF NONPASTEURIZED LAGER, THE NEED FOR A STERILE FILTRATION SOLUTION CAME WITH IT. REQUIRING A SYSTEM THAT COULD BE EASILY INTEGRATED INTO ITS SITE IN ZAGREB, IT TURNED TO AGIDENS AND PARKER BIOSCIENCE FILTRATION TO GET THE JOB DONE.
ounded in 1892, Zagrebačka
In 2018, the two companies announced a
pivovara in Zagreb was the first
partnership, which was created to enable
industrial brewery in Croatia
the global brewing industry to access
and is synonymous with the
systems which integrated Parker Biosci-
country’s brewing industry. It
ence Filtration’s microfiltration solutions
was acquired by Molson Coors in 2012
with Agidens’ automated processing
and remains the leading producer of beer
technology.
in the Croatian domestic market. Agidens offers a platform of cold stabiThe brewery wanted to expand its range
lization modules to suit a range of beer
with a premium, non-pasteurized lager
flow capacities and specifications, as a
– and therefore needed a sterile filtration
more efficient alternative to pasteuriza-
solution which could be easily integrated
tion.
into its site in Zagreb. This challenge was taken up by a part-
And Zagrebačka pivovara has been one
nership between Agidens and Parker
of the first breweries to have seen the
Bioscience Filtration.
results of the collaboration.
Belgium-based automation and process
Drawn to Agidens because of the com-
engineering company Agidens has a
pany’s extensive expertise in cold stabili-
30-year track record in providing turnkey
zation technology, Zagrebačka pivovara
automated solutions to the brewing
commissioned Agidens to implement
industry, while Parker Bioscience Filtra-
a Cold Stabilization Module (CSM) at its
tion has five decades of experience in
brewery site.
working with the international food and
The CSM uses Parker Bioscience Filtra-
beverage sector and offers a wide range
tion’s Prepor NG and Bevpor BR filters in
of filtration solutions to breweries.
a combination to achieve microbial stabil-
Zagrebačka pivovara commissioned Agidens to implement a Cold Stabilization Module (CSM) at its brewery site
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