Food
We aspire to provide our clients with best-in-class technology advice, project management and service.
Our engineers help production facilities to improve the quality of the end product, as well as the safety and efficiency of the production lines.
We enjoy working for broad area of food production facilities. These include specialised producers of flavours, spices and sauces. But we also work for suppliers of instant drinks, ready made noodles and soups and confectionary and chocolates.
To be able to continue to be an inspring conversation partner for our clients we work closely together with a select network of international partners. We make sure our engineers are periodically trained in the latest process, packaging and automation techniques and we are continuously on the outlook to spot new trends and innovations.
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Bottom-up filling systems with hygiene in mind
February 17, 2012
Chronos BTH R&D brings dust control to hygenic bagging solutions. Producers of babyfood, dairy and bakery ingredients welcome the new benchmark in open mouth bottom-up filling machines.
Continuous drying with minimal energy loss
November 21, 2011
Extensive test results have shown that the DMR continuous flash mill dryer can often replace existing spray drying processes and produce quality end products more efficiently.
With the DMR, the wet material is fed through a series of specially designed feeding systems (1) the grinding section(2) the drying section (3) the main body of the dryer. The impact energy imparted by the grinding rotor disperses the wet material into very fine particles.
A temperature controlled hot gas stream coming from the air heater (4) is drawn by the exhaust fan through the main body and fluidizes the fine particles in the grinding chamber. This condition guarantees optimal heat exchange and instant evaporation of liquid.
Read the full case study to find out whether the DMR is the right continuous drying technology for you:
Imtech Ventilex fluidbed cooperation pays off
October 6, 2011
Imtech Ventilex has made great progress over the past year. For us, their improved capability to work with industry partners helped us make their technology accessible to our clients.
We are proud to announce that we were awarded three fluidbed drying projects in the first half year of our renewed cooperation alone.
As diverse as it may sound, the applications range from the drying of EPS granules, to specialized drying of animal feed additive and a solution for a leading producer of fruits and nuts.
The success story is a great example of what can happen when a leading technology provider decides to make serious work of cooperation with industry experts. Based on the commitment of the Ventilex team and a better understanding of the advantages of their solutions, we found several production facilities that will benefit from their technology and we look forward to deliver more projects in the future.
Ultrasonic sealing for fresh produce
October 6, 2011
The rapid expansion of VikingMasek in the United States could not go unnoticed and we have started to endorse them as our partner for stick packaging and vertical form fill and seal machines. Their unique solution for fresh food produce shows their commitment to innovation.
VIKINGMASEK now offers a special servo-controlled stainless steel VFFS machine with ultrasonic sealing system for packing lettuce (ES-400). With this system, PP / OPP films from 30 microns can be processed offering a great solution for all our clients struggling with packaging fresh produce.
Advantages: almost 0% rejection / no visual check of the bags necessary / to 25% lower film cost. Expected return on investment in two shift production is less than 2 years!
For this development, VikingMasek teamed up with Sonotronic which has in several successful applications in operation in lettuce production. Besides lettuce, the application is suitable for fresh products, cheese, liquids, etc that is difficult to dose but needs PP / OPP sealing to be able to continue to breath to maintain its freshness. If you have a similar challenge, we look forward to working together with you for a market leading packaging solution!