Versatile equipment and end-to-end lines for your dairy applications
Here at GEA, we’ve spent 130 years pioneering the development of equipment for processing just about every type of dairy product. We’ve dedicated our expertise to developing components, equipment, services and digital tools that can help you as a dairy manufacturer innovate to develop nutritious, high quality dairy products and ingredients, while staying productive, and reducing environmental footprint. By coupling our expertise in process design with the latest equipment and expertise in automation engineering we can help you to select the best components, digital tools, and integrated equipment for end-to-end lines.
Technology for energy and resource-efficient dairy processing
We really understand the challenges faced by the milk and dairy products sector in today’s fast-moving markets. Dairy manufacturers big and small strive to maximize output, while every area of dairy farming and processing is tasked with improving sustainability. Using GEA systems for processing your dairy products you could significantly reduce energy and resource use for processes such as heat treatment and spray drying. We’ve developed technologies that could let you recycle heat and water, help to cut your reliance on fossil fuels, and reduce waste and emissions. Improving process resource efficiency, could help to reduce your environmental footprint.
Hygienic, reliable systems and support
We offer dairy processing equipment that is designed and engineered to meet strict hygiene, food safety and quality standards, and to give you efficient, reliable operation, for the lifespan of your plants and process lines. Our expertise as a single source supplier covers project management, plant installation, commissioning and after sales service and support. No matter how complex the dairy process, and however big or small your production scale, we will be at your side right from the start. Why not take the time to read about some of our real-world partnerships with dairy companies around the globe?
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Explore real-world success stories from dairy processors around the globe.
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Slovak dairy company expands range and increases capacity.
Test centers for new and existing dairy processes
It’s often a long, and expensive process to convert an idea for a dairy product or process into a high quality, marketed product that your consumers will love. At our dedicated test centers we can offer the equipment and expertise to support testing and optimizing both new and existing recipes and processes at the laboratory and pilot scale, and then demonstrate scale up to commercial production. Our small-scale test plants for critical technologies – including separation, heat treatment, mixing, evaporation, and drying are designed for small batches and are available for you to run tests using a minimum of energy and raw material consumption. We can partner with you to evaluate every stage of your process on individual GEA technologies and optimize entire dairy process lines to maximize quality and resource efficiency.
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Analytical, in-line control & measurement devices
Combining process monitoring using online analyzers, together with solid process engineering principles and advanced process modelling techniques will enable processes to be actively controlled in order to compensate for input variations.
Ancillary Equipment
Ancillary equipment for centrifuges contributes to more sustainable production by making utilities reusable, saving energy and increasing the overall process efficiency.
Aseptic Systems
Here at GEA, we’ve developed a range of aseptic systems for liquid processing that are designed to give you confidence in maintaining sterile conditions throughout the production process and during storage. Relied on by our global customers in food, beverage, dairy and pharmaceuticals manufacturing, GEA aseptic equipment is engineered so you can ...
Aseptic valves & components
Aseptic valves face exceptionally high demands within UltraClean and Aseptic processes. You can be assured that they all provide highest quality in terms of hygienic design and sustainability.
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The breakthrough that changed spray drying
In 1976, NIRO engineers responded to a competitive challenge by rethinking what spray drying could do. Their idea became the multi-stage dryer MSD. Fifty years later, the same fundamental principle helps turn liquids into the powders used in essential nutrition products and important medicines around the world. Refined through decades of engineering expertise, customer insight and continuous development, MSD is a story of innovation with lasting impact.
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How a valve reshapes the way food and drinks are made
In food and beverage plants, valves are commonly operated using compressed air. GEA Hydract® Actuation Technology moves valves with water instead, in a closed, digitally controlled circuit. The result is a valve that can be held exactly in place and steered in fine-tuned steps. This results in lower energy use and greater control.
