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STiR tea & coffee industry international 47 No two of these companies will use the same approach in selecting new equipment. Major brands like Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee and Nestlé, with ready access to capital, can make multi- million dollar investments necessary to design and build entire processing plants. Medium-sized but growing outfits begin by automating one process at a time with- in the plant. For all who are considering it, the aim is the same: to keep production costs low enough to stay competitive on a global scale while increasing production capac- ity beyond current levels. Cost-efficient production Arabica Roasters, a 20-year-old Roaster in Bejing, China, is considerably younger than Gaviña & Sons, Inc., a coffee com- pany with a multigenerational history. Yet, both are keeping close watch on production capacity and market growth. It has been a little more than a decade since Gaviña & Sons opened its new roasting plant on land that once housed a Sears warehouse in Vernon, Calif. Frank Gaviña Jr. said, "This is actually the first facility we haven't had to adapt for our use. It was built for it, so it has a very logical flow in the back." Engineering that logical flow enabled the company to add automation by strategi- cally replacing equipment used for conveyance and packaging. The company also up- ROASTING. PERFECT. COFFEE. www.neuhaus-neotec.de ROASTING SOLUTIONS – FOR EVERY REQUIREMENT See us at COTECA in Hamburg. Hall A4, booth 620. Overview screen green coffee handling