Milestone in company history
Bad Meinberger Mineralbrunnen acquires new KHS bottle washing machine
Dortmund, March 04, 2015 – Bad Meinberger mineral water has been a famous and popular natural product for almost 250 years. Extracted from the depths of the Egge Hills in the Teutoburg Forest in Germany, it is marketed by the mineral water bottling plant Bad Meinberger Mineralbrunnen. The family business recently decided to procure an energy and resource-saving bottle washing system from KHS.
The new system replaces an old glass bottle washer from 1988. By investing in cutting-edge technology Bad Meinberger Mineralbrunnen is not only considerably increasing its flexibility (the machine processes glass bottles holding from 0.2 to 1 liters); it is also endorsing the company's strategy of acting sustainably and with respect for our natural surroundings. This is made possible by optimized heat and water management in the KHS system which is directly heated by a natural gas heater. This has the advantage that energy is generated exactly where it is used; there is thus no line loss.
Into the production shop through the roof
The new system replaces an old glass bottle washer from 1988. By investing in cutting-edge technology Bad Meinberger Mineralbrunnen is not only considerably increasing its flexibility (the machine processes glass bottles holding from 0.2 to 1 liters); it is also endorsing the company's strategy of acting sustainably and with respect for our natural surroundings. This is made possible by optimized heat and water management in the KHS system which is directly heated by a natural gas heater. This has the advantage that energy is generated exactly where it is used; there is thus no line loss.
Into the production shop through the roof
The new bottle washing system was spectacularly delivered. Over 14 meters long and more than 53 metric tons in weight, the line had to be carefully hoisted into the bottling shop through a specially made opening in the roof by a 500-ton crane. The old bottle washer had previously left the building by the same route. Following this successful high-precision exchange, the new plant engineering will soon go into operation in the middle of March, marking another milestone in the long company history of the Bad Meinberger mineral water bottling plant.
KHS GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Salzgitter AG. With around 25,000 employees throughout the globe the German steel and technology group achieved a turnover of over €9 billion in the 2014 business year. Within the Salzgitter Group the KHS Group and two other special machine manufacturers make up the Technology Division and are part of the core business of the MDAX-listed corporation.
About Bad Meinberger Mineralbrunnen Bad Meinberger Mineralbrunnen looks back on a long tradition. First written documents refer to Meinberger Gesundbrunnen as early as 1699, with a mineral water spa opening in Bad Meinberg in 1767. Mineral water from Bad Meinberg has been bottled since 1770 and also made available beyond the spa area. Staatlich Bad Meinberger Mineralbrunnen GmbH & Co. KG has been under family ownership since 1990. The independent private company is one of the innovative leaders to have established the returnable PET container in Germany. About KHS KHS GmbH is one of the leading manufacturers of filling and packaging systems for the beverage, food and non-food industries. Headquartered in Dortmund, Germany, the company has an international production network with over 4,500 employees worldwide. In 2014 KHS was presented with the Innovation through Research seal. With this the Stifterverband, a nationwide German patron of education and science, honors companies' outstanding commitment to research and development and their particular responsibility to state and society.
KHS GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Salzgitter AG. With around 25,000 employees throughout the globe the German steel and technology group achieved a turnover of over €9 billion in the 2014 business year. Within the Salzgitter Group the KHS Group and two other special machine manufacturers make up the Technology Division and are part of the core business of the MDAX-listed corporation.
