Steiner-Ukraine at the international trade fair ANUGA FOOD TEC 2015
At the end of March, the international exhibition ANUGA FOOD TEC 2015 took place in Cologne, which we also attended. The main profile of this event was equipment and technologies for the food industry.
We were one of the first to visit the stand of Selo (Netherlands). Selo specialises in processing equipment for the production of various products, such as sauces, fruit fillings, ready meals, baby food, and wet animal feed. One of the know-how presented at the stand was a microwave-heated cooking pot. This approach promises to reduce the heating time by several times compared to a jacket and eliminate the problem of the product sticking to the walls. Microwave is most effective when used for in-line heating in continuous systems, which were also presented at the SELO stand.
Steriflow's stand traditionally featured a 3-basket autoclave. It was possible to get acquainted with the design of the unit and see the principle of the "water cascade" live. Let me remind you that the "water cascade" technology, which was founded by Steriflow, is one of the most energy-efficient and gentle ways to heat treat food. The Steriflow booth was also visited by some of the major players in the Ukrainian dairy market, with whom we were able to talk about promising projects and the production of new products using Steriflow autoclaves.
Another partner of ours, Silverson, also introduced a new product. They presented to the public a new and improved FLashmix model. This is a homogeniser mixer designed for rapid hydration and dispersion of powdered products in the liquid phase. The new design allows for up to 15,000 kg of powder per hour and higher viscosity and temperature. Previously, this was problematic due to evaporation and product sticking to the walls of the feed pipe. In addition, Silverson traditionally exhibited a range of flow, submersible and laboratory mixers.
In addition to our existing partners, we also saw quite a few interesting solutions for specific processes related to food production. We took note of all this for study and further implementation in our projects.
Summing up, I can say that visiting the exhibition gave us a lot of new interesting and innovative ideas that we intend to implement in Ukraine.