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Beverage Industry

Smarter beverage lines start here

Improve efficiency, eliminate waste, and consistently deliver high-quality beverages. Collo’s liquid intelligence provides instant clarity and insights directly integrated into your production process.

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Industry Challenges

Fixing beverage production’s biggest challenges

The beverage industry is under pressure to reduce waste, meet sustainability targets, and ensure consistent product quality, all while navigating stricter regulations and rapidly shifting consumer expectations.

Yet many of the biggest cost drivers remain hidden in everyday operations like cleaning, changeovers, and process variability. Discover the true impact of inefficiencies. Calculate how much product your plant is losing and what it’s costing you.

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Key issues
3%
Product losses:
Average production loss during push-out/changeovers is 0.5%–3% of annual output. Benchmark studies show that small improvements (like better push-out management) save hundreds of thousands to millions of euros per year.
10%
Excessive waste & resource use:
Inefficient waste management increases water use, product waste, and overall operational costs. High water, chemical, and energy usage can add 5–10% extra costs to production.
10k € / h
Complex sensor setups:
Multiple sensor systems create high maintenance and operational complexity. Every hour of unplanned downtime can cost 1000 to 10000 € or more in beverage plants depending on plant size.
100M €
Delayed quality control:
Slow, manual quality checks detect issues too late, risking product quality. Recalls can cost between 10 to 100 million € per incident depending on brand damage, legal fees, and customer compensation.

Let’s turn every drop into value

Collo doesn’t just measure: it transforms. By converting complex production data into instant, precise actions, we eliminate waste, boost your bottom line, and drive your sustainability forward.

Changeover Optimisation

Stop losing product, start maximising profit

Every product changeover can quietly drain profits. Collo pinpoints losses with precision, instantly transforming waste into measurable value. Cut product loss, improve yield, and hit your sustainability goals with confidence. With Collo, invisible waste becomes visible profit.

CIP Optimisation

Overcleaning is overcostly

More cleaning isn't better, smarter cleaning is. Collo’s CIP optimisation gives clear, instant visibility into every rinse and chemical cycle. Shorten cleaning durations, slash unnecessary chemical, water, and energy use, and reclaim valuable production hours every week. Effortless efficiency, measurable savings, every time.

Real-Time Process Control

Instant decisions, maximum efficiency

Real-time data isn't useful if it doesn't trigger action. Collo Signals integrates seamlessly with your plant’s automation, turning complex data into automatic, precise adjustments. Enhance productivity, yield, and sustainability instantly: no lag, no guesswork.

Features

Key features of our platform

Effortless optimisation for a fast-moving industry

From carbonated soft drinks to craft brews, beverage production runs on speed and precision. Collo brings both, continuously analysing liquid composition in real time to catch inefficiencies before they drain profits. Whether you’re reducing pushout waste in beer bottling or streamlining CIP cycles in juice lines, Collo plugs seamlessly into your system.

Changeover Optimisation

  • Detect product/water interfaces in real-time
  • Prevent product loss with precise valve control
  • Prevent excess wastewater treatment costs

CIP Optimisation

  • Ensure performance and hygiene
  • Reduce chemical & water waste
  • Optimise rinse cycle length & cleaning efficiency
  • Reduce hot water usage

Sustainability & ESG Compliance

  • Achieve regulatory goals & reduce CO₂ emissions
  • Improve water and chemical efficiency
  • Stay within environmental permit limits
  • Lower wastewater costs

Seamless Integration & Automation

  • Analysers with AI powered insights
  • No major infrastructure changes required
Case study: global soft drinks bottler

How a bottler found 4 million litres of water in its CIP

One of the world's largest soft drinks bottlers was already among the most water-efficient plants in its network. RF analysers in its CIP return lines showed where rinses ran longer than needed, identifying a 17% cut in CIP water and 300 hours of cleaning time a year.

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Integration

Seamless integration with your beverage production

Improve process efficiency without disrupting operations.

Collo’s inline monitoring solution is built for real-world beverage production, from changeovers to CIP cycles and everything in between. Designed for compatibility with existing equipment, Collo installs easily without the need for major infrastructure changes.

Each Collo analyser is developed through a structured, multi-stage process that includes field validation in actual production environments, factory acceptance testing, and full regulatory compliance. That means you’re not just adding new analysers. You’re deploying a proven, traceable tool that supports audits, quality standards, and consistent long-term performance.

 

  • No major infrastructure changes needed
  • Works with all beverage production lines
  • Built-in diagnostics, remote support & lifecycle traceability included
  • CE-marked and compliant with food-contact regulations

Start reducing waste, streamlining operations, and unlocking more value from every drop.

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Global Recognition for Smarter Beverage Processing

Collo wins the 2025 World Beverage Innovation Award

Beverage producers face rising pressure to cut waste, boost efficiency, and stay sustainable. Collo delivers the answer.

Our breakthrough technology reveals hidden losses that traditional sensors miss during transitions, cleanings, and changeovers. The result? More product saved, less waste, and higher profit.

Now recognised with the World Beverage Innovation Award in the Processing / Production Innovation category, Collo’s liquid process intelligence platform is setting a new global standard in smarter production.

Ready to make your operations smarter and greener? 

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

If you still have questions, please feel free to contact us.

What causes product and water loss in beverage production?

Most losses happen at transitions: pushouts between product and water, changeovers between recipes, and CIP rinses that run on fixed timers. Without a reading of what is actually in the pipe, plants build in safety margins and send good product and clean water to drain. Real-time measurement replaces those margins with the actual state of the liquid.

How does Collo reduce water use in beverage CIP?

Collo RF Analyzers in the CIP return lines read the liquid in real time, so each rinse can end when the line is actually clean rather than when a timer runs out. Typical savings are 15–20% of CIP water. At one global soft drinks bottler, Collo identified a 17% cut in CIP water, around 4 million litres, and 300 hours of cleaning time a year. Read the case study.

Does Collo work with carbonated and foaming drinks?

Yes. RF measurement does not depend on colour, clarity or a clear line of sight, so it reads carbonated, foaming and opaque beverages as reliably as clear ones. It identifies pushout fronts during tank changes and filter backflushes, even when the product foams.

Which beverages can Collo measure?

Soft drinks and syrups, juices, energy drinks, beer and spirits, and plant-based drinks. The same Collo RF Analyzer measures sugar, syrup and alcohol concentration, product and water interfaces, and cleaning-chemical strength, from thin, clear liquids to thick, opaque ones.

How does Collo help with product changeovers?

Collo detects the interface between product and water, or between two products, as it passes the analyser. With Collo Signals connected to your automation, valves switch on the actual state of the liquid instead of a fixed time or volume, so less product goes to drain and less water ends up in product.

How does Collo connect to our automation?

Collo Signals integrates with your PLC, SCADA or DCS through standard industrial protocols, including 4–20 mA, Modbus TCP and OPC UA. You keep full control of your automation programs. Collo Insights can also run on its own, with no connection to your automation.

How long does deployment take?

A typical deployment takes 2–3 weeks. Installation is planned around existing maintenance windows, so production does not need to stop.

Is the Collo RF Analyzer food-contact compliant?

Yes. Wetted materials comply with EC 1935/2004 and the relevant FDA 21 CFR rules, the analyser is CE-marked, and the Varinline model is EHEDG certified (EL Class I).

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Take control of your beverage production

Real-time insights are your competitive edge. With Collo, reduce waste, streamline processes, and maximise profitability starting today. Ready to elevate your beverage production?