Food and beverage plants straddle a tight, tenuous line.
The sector has always been at the mercy of seasonality, availability and weather patterns. But the modern customer poses a new, big challenge for F&B production:
Consumer demands are more diverse and unpredictable than in generations past. But expectations of how those demands are met are universal. So how can food and beverage plants keep up with a widening array of customer demands and narrowing customer expectations at the same time?
The solution starts with dedicated food grade heat exchangers. Here’s why dedicated food grade heat exchangers are your tool for taking a lead in the state of the food and beverage industry today.
Food and beverage has the most frequent exposure of any industry to the most informed, selective and dynamic consumers in recent memory.
Everything from gourmet CPGs to bulk grains and produce is held to the highest standards. And while on the surface, consumers may splinter by preference, most share a common characteristic: they demand transparency about sourcing and production.
And while this shift is rooted in ethics, this shift emphasizes two aspects of a plant’s everyday processes:
Consumer behavior change is leading to a cascade of challenges and transformations for F&B productions. The modern plant must be able to meet the exacting demands of existing trends while agilely adapting to emerging ones.
And in an industry with steep competition, high risk of failure and slim margins, the modern producer must also be able to do so without disrupting their current production. To lead the market, you must be able to successfully manage the speed of change, the cost and reliability of your production process and the quality of your output simultaneously.
An inability to strike this balance can lead to:
But all’s not lost: implementing the right equipment, such as large node heat exchangers, is your swiftest solution to overcome these challenges.
Here’s how.
With a range of evolving demands comes a range of processing and storing standards.
Therefore, a solution that can accommodate and adapt to an array of preferences — without interfering with continuity or production stability — is key. And in the Food sector, there’s no variable more influential and in your control than temperature.
Food grade heat exchangers allow producers to meet existing market trends and adapt to sudden market changes without expending unnecessary or unwieldy CAPEX or incurring sudden shutdowns. Why?
But not all heat exchangers are created equal. Consider this.
Without due diligence, a heat exchanger can put your production at risk of contamination and issues with customers and regulatory boards. It’s hard enough to win in this market — and mistakes like this are exceedingly difficult to bounce back from.
A sanitary food grade heat exchanger must be:
Unfortunately, this makes suitable food grade heat exchangers scarce. Why?
Your plant can’t rely on subpar food grade heat exchangers to meet market demands, especially in an eagle-eyed generation of food and beverage consumers. One inadequate food grade heat exchanger can create issues in the entire process line, undercut trust in your brand, or worse — harm your customer.
Strategically implementing food grade heat exchangers can help you grow market share while meeting and adapting to the consumer’s evolving palate. And working with a temporary equipment provider allows you to do so without expending excess CAPEX.
Aggreko is the only temporary utilities provider that can guarantee a properly maintained, cleaned, tracked and sanitary food grade heat exchanger with an expert engineering team to work with your production process and design the perfect solution — providing rapid results.
Aggreko’s food grade heat exchangers include:
All of our heat exchangers are thoroughly cleaned and pressure-tested between rentals by a third-party vendor – with cleaning certificates and before/after pictures provided – to keep your processes safe and working smoothly.
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The F&B production industry is more competitive than it has ever been. Shifting and diverging customer needs coalesce with stricter regulations and shorter attention spans. For plants to succeed today, they must be able to implement a customized temperature control solution in times of adaptation and times of necessity.
Food grade heat exchangers help plants adapt to changing demands and immediate issues, with the flexibility to overcome anything that comes the producer’s way. And with a focus on industry-specific, unparalleled standards, Aggreko is the only solution that can provide food grade heat exchangers — quickly, cost-effectively and safely.