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 “clean-in-place” (CIP) technology pioneered by
Food & Beverage. These fully automated computerized
programs and systems, custom-designed by
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 productivity-driven system utilized
in dairy processing and cheese manufacturing
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 food-grade additives,
Exxelerate
allows customers to streamline
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
all-purpose cleaners, lubricants for dairy
processing conveyors, a complete personnel
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
Food & Beverage
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 clean-in-place detergent
system for dairy processors, uses no
chlorine, phosphates or caustic
chemicals. This reduces problem
effluent constituents and helps
customers meet even the strictest
wastewater standards. Food & Beverage
also offers water treatment products
for servicing boilers and cooling water
systems through a cross-divisional
partnership with Ecolab’s Water
Care Services Division.
Food & Beverage is the market leader
in dairy agribusiness. This sector deals
with live animals, as opposed to animal
by-products. Food & Beverage supplies
products that enhance animal health
as well as milking system and
environmental sanitation products
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 end-users. The division works with
distributors and cooperatives on
national, regional and local levels. Food
& 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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