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Press Release21 February 2024Siemens AGMunich
Siemens Xcelerator helps Spain to drive the digital transformation of its food and beverage industry
Owing to the
taste, quality and variety of its products that are exported globally, Spain is
one of the leading countries in the F&B industry. It’s positioned as the
fourth largest agri-food exporter in Europe. According to the Spanish Ministry
of Economy, Trade and Business Secretary of State for Commerce, more than
30,000 companies export food and beverage products from Spain, representing
almost 20 percent of the country’s exports.
The F&B
industry in Spain is already undergoing an enormous transformation through the
digitalization of its plants and processes. The following examples showcase the
country’s digital transformation with the help of Siemens technology: from
sustainable and resilient hop production to the digitalization of olive oil
production and the efficient energy management of a large multinational soft
drink company.
Siemens is
helping its customers with offerings from its open digital business platform
Siemens Xcelerator.
Deoleo currently the world‘s largest international producer, bottler and marketer of olive oil products, has implemented Opcenter software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio
Deoleo
Deoleo is currently
the world’s largest international producer, bottler and marketer of olive oil
products. The company sells brands such as Bertolli, Carapelli, Carbonell,
Koipe and Figaro. It employs more than 600 people worldwide and its headquarters
is located in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain. In 2022, Deoleo generated sales of €827
million, increasing sales by 18 percent compared to the previous year.
Deoleo’s
sustainability and manufacturing objectives require an efficient digital system
that provides a centralized platform for reviewing the different variables
throughout the entire value chain. To meet this requirement, Deoleo has
implemented Opcenter software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.
In addition,
the olive oil producer uses Siemens Opcenter RD&L (Research, Development
and Laboratory) software as its platform to streamline, optimize and align all
data management for formulated products and to enable a seamless transition of
product data and definitions throughout the entire manufacturing process by
integrating R&D labs with plants.
Deoleo has a strong track record of sustainability improvements. As a
result of its ongoing commitment and its implementation of Siemens technology,
the company reduced its Scope 1 and 2 emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)
by more than 2,350 tons in 2022 compared to the previous year. This represented
a reduction of 66 percent. Deoleo remains committed to leading sustainable
development in its sector, allocating 36 percent of its investments to
sustainability initiatives in 2022.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coca-Cola
Europacific Partners (CCEP) is the largest independent bottler by revenue for
the Coca-Cola Company. It produces, markets and distributes its products in
Western Europe, Australia, Indonesia and the Pacific Islands. The whole group
has two million customers in 29 different countries. CCEP’s Iberia
Business Unit, which includes Spain, Portugal and Andorra, has seven soft drink
bottling plants and four mineral water plants. In Spain, CCEP has more than
270,000 customers, who serve more than 130 million potential consumers. In
2022, CCEP generated sales of €17.3 million, an increase of 26 percent
compared to the previous year.
In the area
of climate, CCEP has set the goal of becoming a carbon-neutral company by 2040
across its entire value chain in Europe – ten years before the European Union’s
objective. To achieve this goal, CCEP has established a roadmap that includes
reducing its carbon footprint in all areas of its activities by controlling the
consumption of energy, water, raw materials and, of course, the reduction of CO2.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has set the goal of becoming a Net-zero company by 2040
Ekonoke is a start-up company for the indoor cultivation of hops on several vertically stacked levels
Ekonoke
Ekonoke is a
start-up company that has set itself the goals of ensuring sustainable
cultivation of plants that have a high climate risk and of redefining the food
value chains. The company combines the latest scientific knowledge in indoor
farming with new technologies to ensure climate-resilient hop cultivation. In
2018, Ekonoke became a pioneer in indoor hop cultivation. The start-up is still
in the process of scaling itself up to an industrial level and – as a result –
currently still has very little revenue (2023: €92,000).
Hops are
highly vulnerable to weather fluctuations, drought and high temperatures in the
summertime. Indoor farming is more and more becoming an alternative cultivation
method to increase the resilience of hop farming.
Indoor
farming is the indoor cultivation of hops on several vertically stacked levels.
Indoor hop cultivation fulfills this set of requirements through the
combination of the renunciation of pesticides, proximity to the breweries and
independence from climatic conditions. This farming method leads to up to 95 percent
less water consumption and exclusive use of renewable energy. It also improves
efficiency: While one harvest per year is possible outside in the fields, up to
four harvests per year can be achieved in indoor cultivation.
Ekonoke has
set itself the goal of improving the resilience and profitability of hop
production. After testing in the laboratory phase, indoor hop cultivation will
be industrialized using Siemens technology to replicate the cultivation method
for use in other countries and to take the project to an industrial scale.
Ideally, the indoor farming facility should always be located close to the
breweries. The aim is for the hops to stop travelling around the world and for
the technology and knowledge to do the travelling. Once the idea has been
successfully tested, Siemens’ task will be to digitalize this prototyping
technology with the aim of making it fail-safe.
The press
feature with background information on the customer references and the Spanish
food and beverage industry is available here: https://press.siemens.com/global/en/feature/siemens-xcelerator-spain
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In fiscal 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €77.8 billion and net income of €8.5 billion. As of September 30, 2023, the company employed around 320,000 people worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.