Dairy
SPECIALISTS IN PROCESSING ‘WHITE GOLD’
Dairy processing is rising rapidly around the globe to meet the increasing appetite for milk and milk products from an ever-growing population. GEA’s years of experience and comprehensive know-how is leading the way in processing one of the world’s most important and versatile foods.
Expertise on a worldwide scale
GEA excels in building the large-scale facilities that the dairy processing industry needs to satisfy demand for its products, keep on top of new trends and remain competitive.
We design, engineer and supply complete plants, processing lines and equipment for treating raw milk and also for manufacturing, filling and packaging milk and milk-based products – from butter, ice cream, yogurt and cheese, to infant formula, milk powder and whey and its derivatives.
Our expertise covers project management, plant installation, commissioning and after sales service. All GEA dairy processing technology is designed and engineered to meet strict hygiene, food safety and quality standards, while operating efficiently and sustainably.
Products & technologies
- Automation & Control Systems
- Centrifuges & Separation Equipment
- Cleaners & Sterilizers
- Evaporation & Crystallization Systems
- Homogenizers
- Liquid Processing Systems
- Membrane Filtration Systems
- Mixers & Blenders
- Valves & Pumps
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Showing 3 of 28Automation & Control SystemsDiversity is one of nature’s key concepts to cope with changing and variable environments. This strategy is also a strength in automation: different environments and trades need different solutions and individual adaptations. Whether in the brewing, chemical, dairy or pharmaceutical industries, automation and control systems have different requirements and need individualized solutions.
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Showing 3 of 28Centrifuges & Separation EquipmentSince 1893, GEA has been building centrifuges which combine high separating efficiencies, clarifying efficiencies and throughput capacities with maximum savings in terms of energy, water and disposal costs.
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Showing 1 of 28Cleaners & SterilizersIn today's processing industries, from food and beverage to personal care, from dairy to pharmaceutical, integrated clean-in-place (CIP) solutions play a key role. GEA supplies both manual and fully automated CIP and sterilize-in-place (SIP) solutions, ensuring reliable process outcomes with minimal downtime. Whether it's liquid, solid or semi-solid, GEA’s extensive range of cleaning and sterilization solutions — from R&D to full-scale production and from standalone equipment and modules to completely integrated processing lines — are an essential requirement for any quality conscious manufacturer. We also recognize the increasing need to handle highly potent and toxic actives, guarantee both operator and product safety, prevent batch-to-batch cross-contamination and protect the environment.
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Showing 3 of 28Evaporation & Crystallization SystemsEvaporation and crystallization plants are required whenever in a process: water or any other solvent has to be removed, concentration has to be increased or volume reduced, valuable and pure crystals have to be produced, by-products or impurities have to be stripped or precipitated. To meet customer specification in density, purity, particle size, operating time, while minimizing investment and operating costs, the GEA highly skilled process engineers design evaporation and crystallization plants with a full range of all applied technologies. For high standards of quality, recrystallization can be applied to improve the purity of final product. GEA's extensive experience in building continuous evaporation and crystallization plants is essential to satisfy customers’ needs.
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Showing 5 of 28HomogenizersThe equipment needed by the homogenizer includes all the components able to micronize the particles of the fluid and to obtain a homogenous and stable emulsion of the product. Industrial and laboratory high pressure homogenizers are positive displacement pumps equipped with the compression block and the homogenizing valve able to process a wide range of applications and to enhance the organoleptic characteristics and the stability of the product.
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Showing 5 of 28Liquid Processing SystemsGEA specializes in the design of liquid processing systems, providing the highest degree of production safety for a comprehensive range of advanced processing units.
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Showing 2 of 28Membrane Filtration SystemsCross-flow membrane filtration, including nanofiltration, microfiltration, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis, is the technology of choice for many industrial processes that require the separation or concentration of products without the application of heat. There are applications throughout the food, dairy, beverage, chemical, biotechnology, fermentation, as well as starch and sweetener industries in which membrane filtration excels.
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Showing 2 of 28Mixers & BlendersGEA's extensive process knowledge and continuous research delivers the most efficient mixers and blenders. We offer a wide range of technical solutions and process options to ensure the efficient mixing and blending of liquids, powders and granules for a broad scope of industries and applications. Our range of high-performance mixers and wide range of capacity options means you can choose a machine that exactly matches your processing requirements. From food, beverage and dairy applications to chemical, personal care and pharmaceutical ones, whether batch or continuous, GEA not only understands mixing technology, we also have a unique understanding and know-how of the entire process, based on many years of experience and hundreds of successful installations.
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Ensuring Your Peace of Mind
As global dairy producers constantly strive for higher quality, value added products, they often turn to proven technology providers for processing support.
Development of new dairy products can be a costly and labor-intensive investment for many customers. Add to that complex formulation, detailed process design and plant validation, this can become a daunting process for some customers to undertake alone.
GEA understands this very well and this is why we built dedicated test centers designed to help you to confidently trial your products before scaling up production.
Critical process technologies including separation, formulation, mixing, evaporation, and drying are available in our many small-scale test plants enabling you to conveniently prove your product or process before making a large-scale investment.
Working alongside our team of dedicated process experts, you will be able to formulate your products, refine recipes and then produce them at a small scale. We will then help you to evaluate the final product properties and to refine the process design before you scale up.
With decades of process experience gained from food processing plants all over the world, our test centers give you the confidence that the process units we deliver are optimized to suit the local process and environmental conditions. In addition, the ongoing refinements that we make through offline testing will ultimately benefit the final solution for your production facility.
Process design is only part of our offering. With GEA, you have access to the latest technologies, equipment and engineering expertise, which we will combine to deliver your complete end-to-end solution.
Our test centers are:
- Liquid Mixing – Copenhagen (Denmark), Ahaus (Germany)
- Heat treatment – Ahaus (Germany)
- Aseptic Processing – Ahaus (Germany)
- Homogenization – Parma (Italy)
- Separation – Oelde (Germany)
- Powder mixing – Hamilton (New Zealand)
- Spray Drying – Copenhagen (Denmark); Maryland (USA)
- Freeze Drying – Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Evaporation/distillation/membrane filtration – Karlsruhe (Germany)
- Filtration – Hudson (USA)
- Freezing – Vancouver (Canada); Bakel (Netherlands)
- Thermoforming packaging – Wallau (Germany)
- Slicing and loading – Kempten (Germany)
- Vertical packaging – Weert (Netherlands)
- Food processing and packaging – Frisco (TX, USA)
Contact us to find out more about how GEA can ensure your peace of mind.
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