Phraya Bhirom Bhakdi was over 60 when he founded his brewery in 1933. He was no stranger to hard work, however; he was taught by his father and various monks in keeping with the Thai customs of the day; he earned his keep from a young age as a teacher; he was later a clerk in the wood industry before setting up his own wood business and had his own car dealership before proving very successful in the ferry business. When a new bridge was built, it literally put an end to this source of income in 1929. He then came up with the idea of brewing beer in his own country. At the time people in the kingdom of Siam only drank imported beer. In 1930 he applied for permission to build the first brewery in Thailand and traveled to Europe to learn the art of making beer. On his return his dream came true; in 1933 he was granted his license and immediately began building. In 1934 the first bottles of brand beers Singha (pronounced “sing”) and Golden Kite rolled off the production line at the brewery. He named his Singha beer after the mighty lion of Hindu mythology, the word for which is also found in “Singapore”. Singha was to be a clear symbol for the ambition of its creator, an ambition which – we can safely reveal – has definitely been fulfilled.

Paramix C blender
Paramix C blender: two-stage water deaeration maintains residual oxygen levels that prevent the release of CO2 of highly carbonated water.

The major challenge on site was to master the relatively high filling temperature of the water. The answer was to highly carbonize the water and fill it at an appropriately high pressure. This means that Boon Rawd can do without the usual cooling required during the filling process and the later heating of the bottles to prevent any condensation forming prior to labeling. 

The new glass line handles both refillable and non-refillable containers. They can be filled with either still or soda water. This system can master up to 50,000 bottles per hour. The depalletizer and bottle washer are of course also from KHS. An Innopack PPZ unpacks the bottles at the beginning of the line and a second packs them up again at the other end.

Frank Hollmann
head of Market Zone Asia Pacific
KHS GmbH, Bad Kreuznach, Germany

Phone: +49 671 852-2888
Email: frank.hollmann@khs.com

Detlef Mette
sales engineer
KHS GmbH, Bad Kreuznach, Germany

Phone +49 671 852-2584
Email: detlef.mette@khs.com