Interesting Facts About Buhler

Bread and bakery products.
In the production of bread, bakery products, or breakfast cereals, grain must undergo extensive processing. The related grinding process has been continuously perfected during the 150 years of Buhler’s existence. Today, cast-iron rolls grind the grain to make products such as flour and semolina. Countless grain mills throughout the world use Buhler technology and equipment – from grain reception to cleaning and grinding up to packing and loadout. But Buhler capabilities are vaster, including ship unloading and bulk grain storage systems. Wherever in the world you buy bread, bakery products, or breakfast cereals, you can be quite sure that the flour used in making these products comes from a Buhler plant.

Beer.
Want to quench your thirst or just treat yourself to something fine? A refreshing sip or two of beer is always welcome, no matter on what occasion. And Buhler helps produce it: numerous malthouses and breweries take advantage of the experience and quality offered by Buhler in processing the necessary ingredients such as barley, malt, or wheat to give the beer its unmistakable taste.

Rice.
Rice is consumed the world over, but because of the climatic conditions required to grow it, most rice processing facilities are located in Asia. There, Buhler plants process the different varieties of rice. But even before actual processing, the rice undergoes sophisticated operations: It must be freed from other grain and vegetable seeds on the basis of color. Buhler designs and supplies color sorting systems for this purpose.

Chocolate.
The road from the raw cocoa to the bar of chocolate is long and involves numerous different process operations. Buhler has decades of experience in chocolate production – for the benefit of millions of chocolate lovers around the world.

Pasta.
Italy is its home. But pasta has now also become one of the most popular foods on a global scale. The steady rise in demand is evidenced by the booming industry, which Buhler supplies with entire state-of-the-art pasta production lines.

Animal feeds.
Since animal products are an essential part of human nutrition, animal feeds must be very high in vitamins and healthy. To meet this exacting need, Buhler designs and constructs feed manufacturing plants throughout the world.

Snack foods and such.
What do many snack foods, breakfast cereals, and petfood have in common? They are all made by the extrusion process. Extruders force the raw material through the holes of a die, giving the finished products their characteristic appearance. The design and construction of such extruders is also an important activity of Buhler.

Printing inks & paints, chemicals.
Colors arouse sensations and moods and generate contrasts. Pigments and coloring agents are used in the printing of newspapers, magazines, and bank notes; for making car body paints; and for coloring plastics, for example in the production of toys or coffee machines. Wherever pigments are applied, a relationship with Buhler products exists. Buhler is a global leader in the design and construction of plant and equipment for making all types of printing inks. Over 60 percent of all offset inks and even over 80 percent of all bank note inks in the world are made on the basis of Buhler process technology.

PET bottles, plastics.
In the field of bottled water and soft drinks, PET has all but displaced glass as a container material. Buhler upgrading processes ensure that PET will withstand the stresses that these bottles are exposed to and that undesirable aroma substances are eliminated. Many renowned beverage producers have the PET for their bottles upgraded on Buhler installations.

Engines, cell phone and laptop casings.
Buhler builds die casting systems for making complex metal components which are expected to satisfy precisely defined mechanical requirements, for example engine blocks and gearboxes. But cell phone and laptop casings today are also increasingly being made from metals cast on Buhler die casting installations.

Bio energy.
Buhler makes complete plants, processes, and stand-alone machines for utilizing renewable energy sources. We have the competence and solution whether it is an ethanol process or a plant for making pellets out of wood, straw, peat etc.