Manufacturers need versatile equipment to compete in chewy, gummy candy categories.
January 16, 2018
Manufacturers require equipment that can provide them with advanced processing flexibility to create different product types and finishes and achieve optimum productivity.
The event boasts 30,000 attendees, including 5,000 international visitors from more than 125 coutnries, combined with 2,000-plus exhibiting companies spanning 800,000 sq. ft.
And this year, they even have machines talking to themselves. It’s dubbed Industry 4.0. As Wikipedia explains, “Industry 4.0 is the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things and cloud computing.”
In 1992, Peter Tanis officially started Tanis Food Tec after having spent a decade working as a sales manager for Mondomix. By doing so he became a second-generation entrepreneur in continuous food processing.
Thermal management is crucial to processing, storing and delivering several types of snacks and baked goods. The latest systems cover a wide range of functions, including chilling dough, cooling product after exiting the oven, and refrigerating or freezing finished product. Specialized cold storage facilities also are part of the mix.