GEA to showcase its technology strengths at FiE

At Fi Europe, GEA will showcase its solutions for the manufacture of food and dairy ingredients, freeze-dried foods and instant coffee at booth 6F141 in hall H6.

GEA experts will be on hand to cover key topics such as hygienic design, product quality, plant efficiency and safety, and how best to achieve the highest quality product results through standalone equipment to integrated solutions.

“Fi Europe is a key event for GEA. We have extensive experience in the food ingredients sector with a significant number of plants installed for processing and drying of ingredients products. It’s a valuable opportunity for us to come together with our customers and discuss their needs and requirements directly. These discussions shape our offering, so every opportunity to engage with them is of paramount importance,” said Christian Rolf Jacobsen, vice president, GEA.

This year, equipment featured at the booth will include a newly developed GEA liquid nitrogen freezer pilot plant and GEA’s Mobile Minor R&D spray dryer:

GEA liquid nitrogen freezer
At the booth, visitors will be able to explore GEA’s newly developed liquid nitrogen freezer pilot plant. Designed for extremely fast freezing, the system optimises the production process and throughput and ensures the ideal conditions for downstream lyophilisation of fermentation-derived ingredients.

With the nitrogen freezer pilot plant, customers are able to rent a unit for small-scale testing at their own location before investing in a full-scale industrial plant.

GEA spray dryer
Also featured will be GEA’s Mobile Minor R&D spray dryer, designed to produce small-volume powder samples that can be scaled up to production volumes with the highest levels of accuracy.

A live presentation will also take place at the event, given by Henrik Stillhoff Nielsen, drying specialist at GEA. He will provide insights into different process technologies for drying diverse fruits, including apples, berries and tomatoes. The freeze drying of fruit and the spray drying of fruit purées and juices, as well as the encapsulation of natural fruit flavours, will also be covered.

The seminar will take place in the Expo FoodTec Hub in hall 7 on Wednesday, December 4, from 11:15-11:45.