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The AI project that makes sense
Most industrial AI stays a pilot. Collo's ran on one beverage plant's CIP line and returned €542,000 a year. Every board has funded AI by now. Dashboards, copilots, a predictive-maintenance pilot or two. Ask what any of it returned last yea …
What the legacy instruments could never see
The instruments agree. The product still isn't right. Walk the control room of a well-run dairy plant and every screen tells you the same thing: flow meters reading normally, conductivity in range, no alarms. By every instrument you own, th …
Real-time process intelligence comes to brewing
Our article on liquid process intelligence for breweries was recently published in Brauwelt, the leading German brewing industry publication. Here are the key takeaways.
The true cost of product losses in dairy manufacturing: A data-driven analysis
European dairy processors handle approximately 160 million tonnes of raw milk annually. Industry data indicates that roughly 4% of this volume is lost due to process inefficiencies—a staggering 6.4 million tonnes of product that never reach …
Pushout optimization: Reducing product loss in every batch changeover
In beverage and dairy production, batch changeovers (also known as pushouts) represent one of the most significant sources of product loss. Whether transitioning between different milk grades in a dairy, switching from one juice variety to …
The hidden cost of 'Good Enough' process control in beverage and dairy
Most dairy and beverage manufacturing facilities operate with what seems like adequate process control. CIP cycles complete successfully. Batches meet specifications. Production runs smoothly—most of the time. The conventional monitoring ap …
CIP Optimisation: Cut your cleaning costs by 30%
We see it constantly: food and beverage producers burning thousands of euros on inefficient CIP cycles. After analysing operations across dairy, beverage, and food processing plants, the patterns are clear. Simple optimisation changes deliv …
Case Study: How Valio's Joensuu plant achieved significant savings annually
Valio's Joensuu plant utilised Collo's technology and achieved significant cost savings on an annual basis by improving the efficiency of the cream production process
