Page 49 - Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories no. 4-2021

A leader in the manufacturing, distribution and sale of

beer in Mexico and part of A.B. InBev, the world’s largest

beer brewer, Grupo Modelo recently installed its third

PNEUMOFORE UV100 Rotary Vane vacuum pump at the

company’s Tierra Blanca plant.

of the market share in Mexico. tivity- Grupo Modelo decided
ounded in 1925, Grupo Here’s why, in order to stay to invest in vacuum. However,
Modelo has 11 breweries abreast of such extraordinary with the added value of vacuum
Fand produces 17 national results, Modelo took valuable in the hollow glass-moulding
beer brands, of which eight decisions to further improve process being sometimes diffi-
are exported to 180 countries upon that production outcome cult to define, Pneumofore was
worldwide - including the by deploying reliable and effi- called in to another Mexican
renowned Corona Extra. cient equipment. plant to conduct a “vacuum-
only” test on the IS machine-
A PROUD LEGACY TESTING all to evaluate the effective con-
The group boasts nearly 100 Prompted by the lat- tribution of vacuum capacity to
years of experience in produc- est moulding trends with IS the process of glass moulding.
ing hollow glass containers. machines -which achieve more The test was performed with
Indeed customers have a clear elevated precision, minimal a Pneumofore UV16 VS30 vac-
preference for its beers, which waste and high-speed produc- uum pump - enough to supply
account for almost 60 percent

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