Esau manufactures plant engineering for brewery, beverages, biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry. The company has been constructing plants for more than half a century. Notably, the company specialises in yeast and fermentation management. It also provides automation services.

Buhler provides plant and equipment-related services too. The company caters to the processing foods industry and is into manufacturing advanced materials. It works with grain and food, as well as consumer food products. The company’s technology proves useful in monitoring product quality with advanced sensors. It also enables factories to automate production processes through digitalisation.

The integration between the two companies will reportedly happen immediately.