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When the Supply Chain Becomes a Competitive Advantage
For a long time, the brewing industry focused primarily on hops, yeast, new recipes, and beer styles. Yet behind every pint lies a much less visible reality: an increasingly complex global supply chain.
How can costs be reduced without compromising quality? How can an aging brewhouse be modernized? How can energy efficiency be improved as margins shrink? And above all, how can a microbrewery gain access to the technologies used by the world’s largest brewing groups?
These are precisely the questions we address in this new episode of “Les Affaires Brassicoles.”
For this episode, we met with Lyman Luan, president and founder of NDLTEK
, a company that, for more than fifteen years, has been quietly helping to transform the global brewing industry. While its name may still be little known to the general public, its equipment is used by some of the world’s largest beer producers, including AB InBev, Carlsberg, Tsingtao Beer Group, and several other major international conglomerates.
But this conversation goes far beyond the issue of equipment.
It focuses on the future of beer production.
On the globalization of the supply chain.
On how innovations developed for large breweries can subsequently benefit craft brewers.
It’s about the arrival of artificial intelligence in brewhouses.
And it’s about a new generation of companies seeking to combine global production with local support.
During this interview, we also explore the evolution of international markets. While many regions are undergoing a period of consolidation, China remains a rapidly growing market for craft beer. Consumption habits are changing, styles are diversifying, and investments are now focused on modernizing existing facilities rather than building new breweries.
For Quebec brewers, this discussion offers a perspective rarely heard: that of a company working simultaneously with the world’s largest brewing groups and independent microbreweries, while keeping an eye on the technological trends that will shape the next decade.
How can we produce more efficiently?
How can we save energy?
How can we improve quality through automation?
How can we build a more resilient supply chain?
These are all questions that concern microbreweries just as much as they do multinationals today.
At Les Affaires Brassicoles, we believe that the future of the industry will not depend solely on new recipes or the next trendy IPAs. It will also depend on companies’ ability to invest wisely, adopt new technologies, and better understand the major shifts transforming the global industry.
Enjoy the episode[entrevue en anglais]
NDLTEK
is a world-class manufacturer of stainless steel process equipment, offering custom solutions for the brewing, food, beverage, and industrial sectors. Backed by two modern production facilities, the company designs and manufactures customized brewing and fermentation solutions for customers around the world.
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Note: We encountered some audio issues that we have now resolved. We apologize for the delay. As a reminder, the interview was conducted in April 2026.