Monthly Archives: November 2021

ABB’s Automation and Electrification Solutions to Help South American Barley Malt House Boost Production

ABB has been announced as the main automation and electrification contractor for South American barley malting company Maltería Oriental SA (MOSA) as it extends operations and looks to significantly reduce raw water consumption. From its plant located to the north of Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, MOSA plans to expand its production capacity by using fully automated operations and high technological standards

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Did lockdowns during covid make drinking more acceptable in India?

Recently, a relative complained how her entrepreneur husband has started having one drink every evening ever since the pandemic. He wasn’t much into alcohol earlier and only an occasional social drinker. However, the gregarious gentleman, who runs his own marketing consultancy from Gurugram, took to enjoying a single drink daily when the first lockdown was announced last year. A habit

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Beer input costs soar across globe

Barley prices are largely to blame for the rising beer costs, after dry weather scorched fields in North America All this talk of inflation could drive a person to drink. But even that’s getting more expensive. Beer input costs are soaring across the globe, fuelled by withering barley supplies and surging aluminum costs, plus the same labor and transport bottlenecks

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