GEA Group is one of the world's largest suppliers of systems and components to the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical sectors. Founded in 1881 and headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, GEA's portfolio includes machinery, plants, process technology, and services that enhance the sustainability and efficiency of production processes globally. The company's solutions are utilized in various industries, including dairy farming, food processing, chemical, marine, and utilities. With a presence in over 50 countries and approximately 18,500 employees, GEA focuses on innovation and digitalization to deliver value to its customers while contributing to a sustainable future.
GEA Refrigeration Technologies, the GEA business unit specializing in industrial refrigeration, has joined the Cool Coalition led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
With its automatic Active Torque Control (ATC) for CF decanter centrifuges, GEA introduces a market innovation that makes production processes not only more reliable but also as profitable as possible under stick-slip conditions.
GEA has installed a new cheese making plant for Madeta in the Czech Republic. The new plant, which has a staff of 150, can process up to 400,000 liters of milk a day – twice the capacity of the former facility. With a holistic approach developed individually for Madeta, from the appropriate process technology and the complex automation solution to the international team of experts, GEA convinced the customer.
In recent months, a major European chemical company has modernized and optimized several existing GEA steam jet vacuum pumps used to extract aggressive gases and vapors.
With the new, advanced vaculiq 100 vacuum spiral filter skid, GEA is setting high standards in industrial juicing for small to medium-sized beverage and food producers.
At the end of 2020, GEA received a multi-million euro equipment order destined for the plant-based beverages growth market. The industrial technology group will build a new production plant for producing oat, rice and soy base for beverages and hand it over to Laiterie de Saint-Denis-de-l’Hôtel (LSDH), one of France’s leading manufacturers of liquid food and vegetable products.
The global beverage industry is changing as consumers place a premium not only on high-quality, green products but also on more user-friendly, practical packaging with improved sustainability credentials.