Emerson Partners With Belgian Research Group to Prepare Next Generation of Brewers
11 February 2020 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
Ghent University and University College Ghent
to train engineers with advanced digital automation
technologies
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), a global technology and engineering
company, today announced it is partnering with Ghent University
(UGent) and University College Ghent (HOGENT) in Ghent, Belgium, to
revamp, automate and modernize a pilot brewery, including providing
equipment and support services. The two institutions share a common
brewery research group in the Laboratory for Brewing and
Fermentation Science and Technology. The laboratory offers hands-on
training using the latest digital automation technologies to
educate the next-generation workforce, close skills gaps and enable
digital transformation throughout the region’s brewing industry,
where technology is key to keeping pace with the increasing demand
for craft beer.
The project further expands Emerson’s initiative to collaborate
with higher education institutions and its commitment with both
schools to build a globally competitive craft brewing and brewing
industry in Flanders, Belgium and throughout Europe. The students
and stakeholders in the region will have access to advanced
automation technologies and fermentation sciences expertise,
helping build a highly skilled workforce.
The newly upgraded pilot brewery, located within the laboratory,
will attract and train students, academics and engineering
professionals on how to use next-generation automation technologies
in a safe, interactive learning environment.
“We are focused on helping train the digital workforce of the
future while advancing education, innovation and diversity in the
brewing industry,” said Roel Van Doren, president of Europe for
Emerson’s Automation Solutions business. “We look forward to a
strong and continued partnership with UGent and HOGENT.”
Once completed, the center will feature elements of Emerson’s
Plantweb™ digital ecosystem portfolio of industrial Internet of
Things (IIoT) technologies used in brewing automation: a DeltaV™
distributed control system, Micro Motion™ Coriolis flow meters,
Rosemount™ wireless measurement technology, Fisher™ control valves,
analytics software for calculating conductivity, pH and turbidity,
as well as a remote diagnostics that will allow technicians to
monitor the system from Emerson’s Belgium office in Diegem, 70
kilometers away.
UGent and HOGENT are one of more than 350 institutions
worldwide, from technical community colleges to four-year
university programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, that
Emerson has partnered with to address the skills gap in digital
automation technologies. Emerson is dedicated to advancing
education, innovation and diversity by collaborating with both
industry and educational institutions.
For more information on Emerson’s solutions for brewing, go to
Emerson.com/brewing.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri (USA),
is a global technology and engineering company providing innovative
solutions for customers in industrial, commercial and residential
markets. Our Automation Solutions business helps process, hybrid
and discrete manufacturers maximize production, protect personnel
and the environment while optimizing their energy and operating
costs. Our Commercial & Residential Solutions business helps
ensure human comfort and health, protect food quality and safety,
advance energy efficiency and create sustainable infrastructure.
For more information visit Emerson.com.
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