Overview
Krusovice Beer was founded in 1517 and is one of the oldest and highly acclaimed breweries in the world. The company was acquired by Heineken in 2007 and their beers are widely available worldwide.
Challenge
The brewery had major scaling issues on their cooling towers and costly water softener expenses for their huge dishwashers to clean the recycled bottles.
Solution
Several old SB-100 ScaleBlaster units were installed on their entire building, the cooling towers and in front of the dishwashers. This was one of the first major commercial installations ever done with ScaleBlaster outside the United States.
Installed
January 1996
Outcome
Within days of installation of the ScaleBlaster units, the cooling towers at Krusovice Brewery were completely free of scale deposits, eliminating the constant chore of cleaning the system with acids and chemicals. A tremendous amount of money was saved on energy costs and downtime on the production of beer. On the dishwashers, less soap was used to clean the recycled bottles and has reduced calcium spotting on the bottles.
Founder and Co-Owner of Clearwater Enviro Technologies
Jeff Conway is the founder and co-owner of Clearwater Enviro Technologies, which opened in 1989 from the city it started from – Clearwater, Florida. The first product line was the Clearwater Pool Systems with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin as it’s company spokesman. In 1995, the electronic water conditioner ScaleBlaster was added to the product line. Jeff was born in Auburn, Indiana but grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut. He is a graduate of Florida Southern College in 1978 and has resided in the Tampa Bay area ever since. Several products have evolved over the years, making the company the largest manufacturer of mineral ionization equipment and electronic water conditioners in the world.