Food & Beverage
DAIRY PLANTS
Dairy plants are Food & Beverage’s core market, and the division is the market leader. Customers in this market segment process milk into the products consumers buy in the supermarket, such as fluid milk, cheese, yogurt and ice cream. During processing, milk products are transported through an extensive pipeline network, from the dairy trucks that deliver raw milk, to pasteurizing, mixing, blending and final packaging. To effectively and efficiently accomplish cleaning
and sanitation in these vast pipeline networks, customers use
Food & Beverage. These fully automated computerized programs and systems,
Food & Beverage, clean and sanitize customers’ production facilities to rid vessels, pipelines and filling equipment of microbiological contaminants
such as Listeria and Salmonella. Another next generation
plants is Exxelerate, which reduces cleaning time, and in turn, increases the plant’s production time – thereby increasing
production capacity. A system of cleaning products and
their wash cycles and extend run time in their whey/lactose process. Exxelerate’s complete cleaning program helps
maximize the daily production outputs by providing customers with a quicker, easier way to clean their equipment.
In addition to detergents and sanitizers, Food & Beverage provides
hygiene program and other products for this market.
As environmental concerns and increased regulations have heightened customers’ needs for water and effluent management, the division provides a comprehensive water
management services program. First, Food & Beverage consults with customers, helping them comply with regulations and minimize their costs by reusing and conserving water wherever possible. The goals are to manage water flow and minimize the amount of wastewater generated. Second, increasingly stringent wastewater discharge standards mean dairy processing plants must be conscious
of wastewater content. For example, Solodigm, a
Care Services Division.
AGRIBUSINESS
Food & Beverage is the market leader in dairy agribusiness. This sector deals with live animals, as opposed to animal
to help ensure delivery of a safe, uncontaminated food product. For instance, with dairy farmers, sanitation begins with the cow. Food & Beverage offers teat dips to help prevent infection, and detergents and sanitizers to clean milking machines. It also provides detergents and sanitizers to clean the pipes, vats, coolers and holding tanks that transport raw milk
at the dairy farm, as well as products to clean milking parlor surfaces.
Food & Beverage employs a highly effective group of knowledgeable, experienced farm specialists to serve customers in this market. The specialists market Food & Beverage’s offerings primarily through farm cooperatives and distributors, which sell the products to the
&Beverage’s support does not end with the sale, however. The specialists also visit farm distributors and cooperatives and their customers, answering technical questions, teaching them how to use products, and helping them identify problems and improve results.
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