API Heat Transfer

API Heat Transfer (often operating in conjunction with Schmidt-Bretten) is an industrial equipment manufacturer that provides thermal processing systems used in beverage dealcoholization.

They manufacture SIGMATEC systems, which are thermal-dealcoholization units capable of processing 2 to 150 hectoliters per hour at average temperatures of 40-80°C. A key strategic advantage of these systems is their ability to concentrate the extracted byproduct alcohol to 75-80% volume, enabling beverage companies to engage in byproduct-valorization to offset the high operating costs of non-alcoholic beer production.