Heat and Control Inc. and ScandiNova Systems AB announce partnership
Heat and Control Inc., a world leading manufacturer and supplier of food processing and packing systems and ScandiNova AB, a leading global supplier of pulsed power systems, have announced a strategic partnership. The partnership will combine Heat and Control’s market leading expertise in design of food production equipment systems and automation with ScandiNova’s break-through technology and industry leading Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) solution. Together Heat and Control and ScandiNova are co-innovating with an electroporation solution for the food industry that will bring a new approach to product quality, line efficiency and energy savings.
Initially targeting the consumer potato products sector, namely savoury snack food, French fries and potato products, Heat and Control released the patented E-FLO electroporation system that, integral to its design, features the ScandiNova PEF solution. This system has been designed to address the challenges food manufacturers face such as energy consumption, product quality or minimizing the formation of unfavourable product attributes such as acrylamide.