Total Brewery and

Beverage Expertise!
Designed for Flexibility and
Engineered for Performance
 Innovate
Integrate
Deliver
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Index
Praj Partnering your Performance 4

Other Business Verticals 5

Pillars of success 8

Brewery Expertise 12

Raw material Section 13

Brew House : Blend of Art & Science 14

Yeast management 17

Fermentation & Bright Beer System 18

Automation for Your comfort 20

Utilities 21

Project Management 22

On-Site fabrication & Installation 23

Partners in Technology 24

Craft Brewery Solutions 30

Technology delivered : References 31

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 Praj
Partnering your
Performance

What started off as an entrepreneurial venture three Brewery at a Glance

decades ago is considered to be India’s most successful
Praj supplies world class Brewery plants capable to
biofuels Company, taking biobased technologies from
produce the best quality of beers at the most optimum
India to the World. Today, Praj offers innovative solutions
cost. The breweries supplied by Praj are environment
for Beverage alcohol and Bioethanol plants, Brewery
friendly utilizing minimum water, energy and with
plants, water & wastewater treatment plants, critical
low carbon foot prints. Right from conceptualization,
process equipment & systems and bioproducts.
technology, design, plant engineering up to project
A globally leading Company with over 750 references installation and commissioning - Praj offers complete
in more than 75 countries across 5 continents, Praj has solutions backed by expertise and experience.
acquired an international repute for responsible and
Providing seamless integration is what the Praj Brewery
reliable solutions.
Technology Solutions has set as its offering principle.
Whether it is a Greenfield or a Brownfield project, Praj
Brewery Technology Solutions provide total brewery
engineering and technology services.
With over 70% of the market share in India and experience
of installing projects in Africa and South East Asia, Praj is
one stop partner for setting up a world class brewery.

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Other Business Verticals

Bioenergy
Solution Provider in ENA/Ethanol plants upto ZLD*
Modernization & upgradation and BioCNG plants

High Purity
High purity applications for pharma, biotech,
cosmetics industryling & ZLD

Engineering Businesses
Critical process equipment & systems and
Modular Process Skids
Effluent Recycling & ZLD

Research & Development

Customized Research Services & Solutions and
Bio-Products

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 Milestones: Corporate
and Brewery Business First Brew taken at Fosters
India (100,000 HLPA
expandable to 450,000 HLPA)
First turnkey brewery in Sri
Lanka. Commercial
production at UB, Lanka
(120,000 HLPA expandable to
200,000 HLPA) commences

1983 1991 1996 20

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1990 1995 2000 20

Established in 1983 Launch of IPO Commissioned Charminar Breweries,

Hyderabad, Largest Lauter Tun brew
One of the first Beginning of Brewery house in India (500 HL)
companies to avail Engineering
Venture Capital Commissioned Tripti Alcobrew,
Funding through Association with Filtrox, Gwalior with 8 brews/day
ICICI Switzerland for Beer
Filtration Equipment
Set up an R&D
Center First order from Fosters
India (Now SAB Miller)

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 Association with Merua for Bagged order for Largest Beverage
supply of Mash Filters plant in India for production of Apple
Budweiser launched in India juice concentrate and allied products
through Praj’s plant with capacity of 200MT per day.

Commissioned Rochees Association with VLS technologies,

Brewery, largest Lauter Tun in Italy for supply of Winery equipment
India and technology.

Commissioned Blossom Installed & commissioned Greenfield

Industries Ltd, first mash filter Brewery project for Carlsberg Group
brewery with 14 brews/day in Karnataka.
Commissioning of ILIOS Brewery
Greenfield Project in Andhra Pradesh

001 2006 2014 2018

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005 2013 2019 2022

Completion of major Brownfield

expansions for United Breweries Ltd.,
Installed and commissioned Greenfield Breweries for at Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka.
SAB Miller and Heineken in Namibia and Myanmar. Commissioned India’s largest
unitanks of 4800 hl net volume.
Installed and commissioned ILIOS Brewery, Andra
Pradesh, India. Installed & commissioned brownfield
brewery project for SOM Brewery at
Commissioned largest site fabricated Unitanks in Bhopal, Wave brewery in
India
Uttar Pradesh and BIRA Group in
Partnered with Allied Brewing Services in Africa. Gwalior.
Contracting order for a new greenfield
project from Tropical Breweries in
Tamil Nadu.

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 Pillars of success

I. One Stop Shop

"One Stop Shop" is the mantra which Praj follows for Critical to the success of a Turnkey Project lies the
offering complete turnkey solutions from conceptual detail planning and execution in a time bound manner,
stage of the project till commissioning. which ensures earliest start of commercial brewing and
When it comes to delivering brewery projects on a bottling.
turnkey basis, Praj becomes customer’s single point
contact for mapping and executing the project needs to
the best of customer's expectations.
Through its engagement with the customer from
the conceptual stage itself, Praj offers a wide range
of equipment, technology and services for building
state-of-the-art brewery to produce some of the finest
beers. Our customized and value for money offerings
are aligned in such a way that it matches with the
customers budgeted investments, timelines and future
expansion plans.

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II. Start to end solutions and Service
Feasibility & Viability Studies : Involving preparation of Detailed Engineering & Design : Involving detailing of
a detailed project report covering plant's design basis, each and every section & equipment in the plant with
capacity calculations, recipes, plant & machinery preparation of executable drawings and documents.
configuration, provision for expansion, brand tie-up
Project Management & Execution : Involving
possibilities & overview on market supply gaps &
preparation of detailed execution charts, mobilizing of
opportunities, project investments, payback
the contractors team, submission of fund flow
calculations and break even analysis.
statements, onsite plant construction & execution, plant
Technical Assistance : Estimating utility requirements & equipment testing and pre-commissioning trials.
of the plant (steam, power, water, electricity etc.), water
Commissioning and Handing over : Commissioning of
balance calculation, ETP scheme & design, Site plot plan
the plant & KPI demonstration, co-ordination with the
selection and plant layout drawing preparation,
utility vendors on performance demonstration, plant
consultation with Architect and Civil designer,
handover, post performance demonstration, trouble
Interacting / meeting on behalf of the customer with
shooting/fine tuning the performance, training of plant
statutory & regulatory bodies (like PCB etc.), Technical
operators, submission of drawings, operating and
presentation and assistance in financial tie-ups.
maintenance manuals, preparation and signing off the
project handover document.

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After sales and service support

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 III. Manufacturing
Praj has well equipped manufacturing facilities suitable
for manufacturing of brewery process equipment
having highest precision and hygienic standards. It
houses all modern machineries such as dish pressing
machine, dish spinning machine, automatic polishing
machine, Plasma Arc Welding machine, shell rolling
machine, facility to do glass bead blasting. Our team of
well qualified and experienced engineers are totally
committed in achieving world class quality resulting in
‘Total Customer Satisfaction’.

Some Highlights:
• Well-equipped manufacturing facilities with automatic
welding and polishing machines
• Total covered area of 2, 00,000 sq. ft. and open area of
3,40,000 sq. ft.
• Accredited with ASME 'U' & 'H' stamp, ISO 9001- 2000
certification & CE marking
• Codes and standards followed include ASME Section Pune
VIII, Div.1, BS 5500, ASNI (SNT-TC-IA 1984 & 1988), Domestic Unit Fabrication capacity 6000 MT/year
TEMA, DIN, IS 2825 and AD Merkblatter Covered shop Area:100,000 sq. ft
• Working in various grades of Stainless Steel, Copper,
Carbon steels, Nickel, Titanium, Hastalloy and other Kandla
exotic materials Manufacturing Facilities SEZ Units 1 & 2
• Large pool of approved vendors Fabrication capacity-5000 MT/year
Covered shop Area:150,000 sq. ft
Stringent raw material testing methods
• Effective supply chain management Wada
• Well laid out Quality System US FDA, UK MHRA and WHO compliant high purity
• HSE practices in line with international standards water systems and hygienic

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 Certificates

ISO 9001:2008
• Ensures consistency in
product quality.
• Ensures customer
satisfaction.
• Ensures continual
Improvement in
output.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Enlisted with inspection agencies like UHDE India, SGS

and TUV, Praj relies on a robust Quality Assurance Plan,
drafted right at the conception of any undertaking and
stringently adhered to, right till the end. This monitors
and controls all aspects of quality right from audit of
engineering drawings, vendors, suppliers, site/shop
fabricated items and all agencies involved in the
process. Raw materials and equipment undergo
stringent chemical and mechanical tests including DP
testing and NDT methods such as radiography, ultra
sonography, magnetic particle testing, penetrate testing
and leak testing.

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 Brewery Expertise

Introduction
Since its inception in 1994, Praj's brewery division has Being a part of the conglomerate which is listed on the
been offering customized plants, equipment & Bombay & National Stock Exchange of India, we have a
technology solutions to its customers in the brewing strong overall background and a totally committed top
Industry. management team.
In the last 33 years, Praj has played a pioneering role in
engineering, design & construction of brewery plants & Some of Our Key Milestones include
process equipment, strongly backed up by latest • First Greenfield Brewery order from Foster's beer in
technologies & solutions in areas of Wort Production, India in 1995- within 1 year since inception
Fermentation & Beer Filtration.
• First Turnkey Brewery order from United Breweries
With the strong technical acumen, engineering base & Lanka Limited (UBLL) in 1998
project execution expertise developed over the years,
brand Praj today is synonymous with Trust & Reliability. • First company to construct & commission India's
Largest Brewery for SAB Miller Group
The long standing & strong association we share with
our technology partners Bucher-Filtrox and Meura
• 4 N Consecutive Greenfield projects from United
Breweries - Heineken in India between 2006 to 2014
further strengthens our credentials of being a reliable
partner.

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Raw material Section
Good beer is a reflection of the raw material used
for Brewing & we make sure that your Beer is best in
quality. Praj supplies state of art Raw material handling
section for adjuncts, barley & sugar which ensures
effective cleaning & storage of raw materials with
utmost efficiency. Entire system is dust proof with dust
collectors installed at various stages which ensures
zero pollution. Equipments & Systems are designed as
per ATEX requirement, entire system is fire proof with
explosion vents provided at various locations.
Praj offered raw material section is designed to cater to
current capacity of plants as well as future envisaged
capacity of plants. Our customized design ensures that
various raw materials can be handled by same system
with minimum change over time.
Praj system comprises of three main sections:
• Raw material loading section with bucket elevators &
silos

• Raw material unloading section with screw conveyors

• Cleaning & Milling section which includes Classifier,
De-stoner, Drum Magnets, Mill and conveyors etc.

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 Brew House : Blend of
Art & Science

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Praj today has a rich experience and strong expertise
in designing & delivering state-of-the-art Brewhouse,
capable of processing different variety of raw materials
& batch sizes. Our Brewhouse delivers the wort clarity,
efficiency, extract yields and productivity (with shorter
brewing cycles) at par with globally acceptable brewing
standards ensuring highest wort quality.
Wort kettle is regarded as the turning point in the brewing
of beer. Any change in boiling practice is to be monitored
carefully and thoroughly to ensure they do not affect the
quality and flavour of the final beer. Generally boiling wort
at or near normal atmospheric pressure gives the most
acceptable results.

The Praj Lauter Tun is uniquely designed to achieve

highest extract yield with different types of grist and
adjuncts. The design provides higher filtration areas,
greater first wort concentration, optimum use of sparging
water and higher bed loading.
The strong automation levels enables defining of
accurate set points & differential pressure logic which
enables achievement of perfect lautering speeds.

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 Unique Features of Praj Wort Kettle
• Options of External as well as Internal wort boiling
system (Praj-e-COMBOILER).

• Variable speed control of wort circulation pump

provides gentle handling of wort & helps in maintaining
hot break together.
• The special design fountain entry of wort provides the
large surface for the volatiles removal.

• Low pressure steam and hence lower temperature

difference reduces the thermal stress exerted on wort.

• Lower heat flux and Optimum heat transfer area

ensures more number of brews between cleaning.

• Less energy consumption

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Yeast management : Because we care
for smallest of the things
Praj Offerings Includes :

• Yeast Propagation systems with 2 stage and 3 stage

propagation facility
• Yeast storage section with hygienic design agitator
• Yeast Drying Plants- double drum / Fluidized Bed dryer
which ensures no spillage of liquid yeast and hence
does not require any yeast recycling system

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 Fermentation and
Bright Beer Section

Praj offers Fermentation & Lagering tank, Bright Beer Embossed type cooling jackets of the
tanks, yeast, CIP tanks, which are fabricated in Praj’s Fermentors :
own hygienic manufacturing facility.
• High heat transfer coefficients
Utmost care is taken during fabrication and inspection
• Parallel Coolant flow and lower pressure drops
to ensure tanks have the best in class internal surface
finish. This is well complimented with Praj’s precision • Low Coolant hold up
engineering and execution capability in installing the • Pulse TIG welding technique for less heat input and
required pipe works, testing & insulating the tank, hence less distortion.
automation of the process cycles along with highest
hygiene levels through customized CIP solutions. • Spot radiography of all weld joints full radiography of
weld joints covered by the jacket and dished end.
Praj's Fermentation system is also characterized by
specially designed fast chilling jackets for varying duties. • Tank design facilitates proper Yeast settlement and
The tanks are designed as per ASME/ AD Merkblatter Yeast cropping
standards. Most optimum and consistent cooling duties
are achieved with both Glycol and Ammonia as cooling
media with Praj designed cooling jackets.

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 Automation for
Your comfort

Automation:
• PRAJBREW’ tailor made automation software
• Recipe controller batch processes
• Data collection and reporting
• Various automation levels available
• Provision for future upgrades
• Siemens - Braumat or Proleit
• Brewmaxx also offered
• Remote troubleshooting assistance

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Utilities
The most critical aspect of any Project is optimum designing for Process block
& Utilities. With solid engineering background and years of experience we make
sure that Process block is completely in sync with Utilities which is a result of
our precise engineering.

Compressor Cooling Tower Refrigeration Plant

PRS CO2 Recovery Boiler

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 Project Management

Total Project Management and timely execution has

been always the key strength of Praj.
The Project Managers are well trained with many of them
Certified as Project Management Associate (CPMA),
who have passed International Project Management
Association - Level D Examination, Switzerland.

Key Highlights
• Strong project management team with global
experience

• Specially focused ‘Task Force’ for the project wherein

Project Manager is given the empowerment to drive
the team of Process Engineers, Designers, Instrument
and Electrical Engineers, Manufacturing and Site
Supervision.

• An exclusive team of various experts work with PMA

and IPMA certified Project Managers.

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On-Site fabrication & installation
Onsite Tank Fabrication
When it comes fabricating tanks having larger
diameter and which possess problems in single piece
transportation (due to road conditions, etc.), Praj prefers
the option of fabricating and installing the tanks onsite
itself.
Praj has its own dedicated teams from the manufacturing
unit who along with our team of certified contractors
undertake the onsite fabrication and installation job. They
are duly supported by the quality control team which is
deputed at the site for stage wise inspection of the tanks
as per the defined quality assurance plan.
The tank components are usually prefabricated at the
manufacturing units, checked for quality and finally
dispatched to the site location.
Praj today has earned a unique distinction of the
constructing and installing India’s largest size Unitanks
– 5000 HL gross volume with 6 mtr internal diameter for
United Breweries at Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The fact
that 8 Nos. of such tanks were constructed and installed
in a record time frame of 6 months itself is a testimony
of Praj’s strong capability and resource base when it
comes to onsite fabrication.

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 Partners in Technology

Meura Mash Filter

PRAJ & Meura inked an exclusive partnership for India & sub-continent in Meura Mash Filter
2006 to supply highly efficient Mash Filters in the Brewhouse. Advantages
Meura is the world leader when it comes to wort separation technology using
• High Productivity (at least 12
Mash Filtration equipment. brews/day & higher)
Since inception, Praj – Meura has successfully commissioned 11 N mash
• High extract yields (practical equal
filters across India. Offering the global best technology at a most competitive to lab yield)
price to the Indian customers has been the partnership’s key to success.
• Low solids content < 5ml/ltr
Through Praj’s local infrastructure base in India & skilled resources, the
partnership has been successful in localizing most of the Mash Filter • High gravity wort: ≥ 17.5°P cold
peripheral equipment. With Meura’s assistance, Praj also has been able wort
to locally develop the electrical and automation hardware /software.
The partnership today is the most successful one in delivering the best
technology to the brewing industry at the most affordable price. 11 Nos. Mash Filter Brew house
commissioned and are in operation
Praj engineers are also well versed with installation and electro-mechanical successfully; Highest so far by any
integration of the mash filter with rest of the Brewhouse equipment. Whether company in India!
it is a new Greenfield or an existing brewery, Praj seamlessly integrates the
mash filter within a least possible time frame. This is accompanied with an 1 No. Mash Filter Brew house Under
on-time performance demonstration . The installations are also well backed Execution
up by Praj’s strong after sales service and support teams who support the
3 Nos. Mash Filter Brewhouse will be
customer by providing round the clock services & spares.
executed within one year.

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Bucher Denwel
Bucher Denwel develops and produces a wide range of association Praj &amp; Bucher Denwel has successfully
specialized equipment and provide engineering solutions commissioned over 56 nos. of filtration plants in India.
dedicated to help brewers to optimize their processes. Today, these reference installations account for more
than 85% of the beer which is produced in India. This
Expertise to build safe and reliable Cold Blocks for your
long and successful association itself is a testimony of
brewery. Scope includes technological design, supply
Praj’s credentials as a trustworthy and reliable business
of the equipment and process automation, installation
partner.
and commissioning. They offer complete new turnkey
projects or upgrades and extensions of existing plants Apart from filtration plant Bucher Denwel develops and
Combining experience and innovation they supply produces a wide range of specialized equipment and
brewing equipment such as Filtration systems, Yeast provide engineering solutions dedicated to help brewers
plants, Water Deaeration, Blending, Carbonation, Dosing to optimize their processes specifically in the areas of
systems, CIP and Flash Pasteurization Yeast plants, Water Deaeration, Blending, Carbonation,
Dosing systems, CIP and Flash Pasteurization
In the inception year itself, Praj inked partnership
with global number one company in beer filtration Bucher Denwel is member of Bucher Unipektin, Swiss
equipment, M/s Filtrox (now Bucher Denwel). Since its leading supplier of process technology for the beverage
and food industry

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 Bucher Unipektin develops, design, manufacture and deliver complete fruit
juice plant (reception areas, grinders and crushers, presses, extractors,
filtration plant and evaporators), vacuum and freeze dryers as well as sludge
presses.
Bucher Unipektin supply complete plants as well as individual components
for the production of fruit, vegetable and citrus juices. As a result of our
technological and technical know-how, they have been the market leader
in the development and manufacture of plants for beverage production for
many decades.
For fruit juices Bucher Unipektin provides complete solution right from
transport &amp; conveying, Grinding &amp; crusher system, Solid liquid
separation, Filtration technology, Thermal process technology with their
Mash heaters, Evaporators & many more.

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Technologies for the wine sector
Designing and producing the line from the vineyard to the bottle: that’s the
advising that VLS Technologies is able to provide in the oenological sector
&amp; have the technical know-how to propose the best solution for any
need in the wine processing.
The core business of VLS Technologies is developing technological solutions
for liquid filtration. This is their area of expertise. They can provide bespoke
filtration solutions according to each customers’ individual needs.
Having almost 60 years of experience in wine processing sector with core
technologies namely for filtration with their famous : Unico Filter, Cross flow
filter, Press filter, Rotary drum vacuum filters, Pressure filters, Sheet filters.
Apart from above more technologies offered by VLS are – Pressurization
unit, Scrap surface refrigerator, Tube in tube heat exchanger, Pneumatic
press, Combined destemmer-crusher and many more.

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 Innovative Solutions
for Beverage Industry

With around four decades of expertise in processing

crops-based juices, Praj has recently developed
its expertise in processing fruit-based beverages.
Optimized colour-values and overall yields along with
hygienic operations are the most important demands in
processing the fruit juices
Praj has partnered with Bucher Unipektin, one of the
global leaders in providing high quality, economical and
resource saving production of fruit- based beverages on
•a complete turnkey basis.

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In India right now Praj is executing a turnkey project
for Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Produce Marketing
and Processing Corporation (A State Government
Undertaking) at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. The
plant can process 200MT of apples per day to produce
Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) of 2.4 tons per day.
The state of art facility is the biggest one in India for
production of AJC along with other allied products
namely –
• Pectin production: Suitable for processing Pomace of
40 tons per day. Its India’s first pectin plant.
• Wine production : 100,000 liters per year
• Vinegar production : 50,000 liters per year
• Ready to Serve Drink : 20,000 liters per hour for 250 ml,
500 ml & 1000 ml pet bottles
The project will be executed on a turnkey basis including,
Process & Utility block, Packaging hall, Civil & Structural
works. Project is under execution & actual production will
start in Oct 2022.

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 Craft Brewery
Solutions

Crafted To Brew Your Perfect Recipe

Praj offers range of customized solutions & process Fermenters:
equipment when it comes to construction of craft • Fermenters/Tanks as per capacity planning
breweries. • Flexible & modular concept with simple design
• Equipment specifications like cooling rates,
Praj offers craft brewers the flexibility to develop & brew
dimensioning and material of construction as per
their own recipes & batch sizes using different varieties
Brewer’s Requirements
of raw materials.
Craft Brewery Solutions- Praj Advantages:
We offer: • Solutions from Brewhouse to Bright Beer Tanks
–Crafted for the Brewers requirement
Brewhouse:
• Simple modular design with vessel configurations-- to
• Customized , modular design enable easy future expansions
• Batch sizes :
• Designed to meet minimum space and installation
- Compact - module : 15 HL to 50 HL
requirements
- Industrial module : 50 HL to 100 HL
• Pre-designed & pre-assembled systems allow
• Annual Capacities upto 250,000 HL/year
optimized site installation & commissioning time
• Upto 12 Brews/day with flexibility
• Highly experienced and professional team for projects
and after sales support

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