Case Study: a multinational brewing and beverage company avoids harvest-season outages with Aggreko backup power

Staying fully powered during an energy crisis

A multinational brewing and beverage company in South Africa faced significant production losses due to frequent load-shedding power outages, a problem that was worsened by a recent energy crisis. Having already suffered financially from an alcohol ban, the customer needed to prevent any downtime during its critical harvest season to recover profits. To meet this challenge, they turned to Aggreko for a standby power solution.

Aggreko installed four generators with a total capacity of 4,100 kVA, configured to start automatically during a grid power failure. Supported by a 24/7 call center for immediate technical assistance, this flexible solution completely eliminated outages throughout the harvest. As a result, the customer maximized production, protected its profits, and subsequently moved to a longer contract with Aggreko.