Middleton, Wisconsin: Pacific Concentrates selected Specialty Food Process Technologies to provide engineering services and processing equipment for three new greenfield fruit and vegetable processing plants. Pacific Concentrates will produce fruit and vegetable juices, fruit and vegetable powders, and frozen fruit and vegetables for retail sale. Approval of the new plants, which have an expected value exceeding $200 million, is the latest step in Pacific Concentrates push to sustainable manufacturing.
“Sustainability is baked into this project,†said DJ Phillips, Specialty Food Process Technologies Managing Director. “Since the developing world struggles with water security, we will locally re-use most of the waste water the plants produce. Our plants are also engineered to require negligible amounts of electricity from local grids.â€
Specialty Food Process Technologies will supply the systems for raw fruit reception, product washing, extraction/juicing, product standardization, powder handling, product packaging, and water re-use. Additionally, SFPT will select and manage vendors for the concentration and drying systems, as well as building utilities.
Pacific Concentrates Vice President of Operations M. Luis Torres commented: “We selected the best technical solution. Our operating environment and product mix create unique challenges that other suppliers were not able to overcome.â€
The new plants will maximize automation to reduce manual handling while incorporating the latest research on product flow to minimize contamination risk.
Specialty Food Process Technologies manufactures food, beverage, and dairy processing equipment. To learn more about Specialty Food Process Technologies, visit www.go-sfpt.com or contact press@go-sfpt.com. Pacific Concentrates is an ingredient supplier to food and nutraceutical companies. Pacific Concentrates may be reached at info@pacific-concentrates.com