Lion Co. – Panhead Brewery

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CLIENT:  Lion Co.

LOCATION:  Upper Hutt

Apollo Projects have completed an upgrade to the Panhead Brewery in Upper Hutt owned by Lion Co. The expansion has increased capacity from 1.8 million litres a year to 4 million litres a year to meet the growing demand for quality craft beer.

Apollo’s design and build included the expansion and relocation of the brewhouse, bottling line and kegging line. The capacity increase was catered for with eighteen new fermenting tanks, a new chiller, new fluid transfer lines, a 20 tonne CO2 storage vessel, a new CIP system and all associated services including water, air and CO2 lines driven by a new boiler. Amazingly, all this occurred while Panhead continued to brew. The ability to achieve upgrades of this scale without interrupting production is the reason Lion Group involved Apollo Projects in this expansion.

Apollo have considerable experience with cleanroom environments and facilities that are designed to produce food and beverage. The majority of Apollo’s work in this sector is upgrades or refurbishments of existing facilities. Apollo understand operation requirements and work closely with the client to design a facility that meets their needs, without compromising the cashflow.

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We are a nationwide Design and Build company with specialist knowledge and experience across verticals as diverse as cold storage, dairy, wine, food and beverage processing, commercial and retail spaces, and recreation and leisure.

Whatever the project, our focus is simple - listen to our client and deliver absolute trust and certainty from the start.

At Apollo, we've never been afraid to challenge the status quo.

When Craig Waghorn and Paul Lloyd started Apollo in 2001, they were determined to break away from the traditional management process and do things differently. They saw an opportunity to partner with clients from the very start, taking their ideas right from concept all the way through to completion – something that was poorly executed in the industry!

Today, Apollo is a leading New Zealand design and construction company with over 40 professional project delivery and support staff across the country. We regularly work with major national companies including Fonterra, Goodman Fielder, George Weston Foods, Ngai Tahu and Lion Co., as well as private owner-operated businesses, sports organisations and Government/Council entities.

Even though Apollo has grown over eighteen years, we’ve never lost our core value that a ‘client’s trust is everything’. Apollo is different simply because we operate as a partner with our clients – our goal from the very beginning has always been to build strong relationships from which we can deliver successful projects.