This year's annual conference featured an impressive exhibition hall. Here is a listing of the 2010 Exhibitors with their contact information and company descriptions
3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc.
3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. (3-A SSI) is an independent, not-for-profit corporation dedicated to advancing hygienic equipment design for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. 3-A SSI leads the development of modern consensus standards for equipment and accepted practices for processing systems, oversees licensing of the 3-A Symbol, provides special ‘knowledge resources’ to promote the understanding of sanitary equipment design, and much more. Stop by to learn more about our new video resources and join us at the 3-A SSI Annual Meeting, May 7-20, 2010 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
C.E. Rogers Company
“Consistently Producing Premium Quality Powders”
The C.E. Rogers Company, a family owned enterprise with over 125 years of experience in the design and supply of dairy Evaporation and Spray Drying equipment is coming off of its third consecutive year of record sales and service to the dairy industry. The successes of the past few years has firmly cemented our place as a leader in the design and supply of dairy based protein and permeate process systems as well as whole whey and milk evaporation and spray drying equipment.
“A Simple Approach to Better Technology”
Cheese Market News
CHEESE MARKET NEWS, positioned as the leading voice of the cheese and dairy/deli business, is a weekly trade newspaper dedicated to serving the cheese business in the domestic and international arenas.
We offer unequalled readership among the industry's top decision makers and comprehensive industry coverage which includes: market trends, daily pricing/futures activity, legislation, news analysis and trends, new products and equipment, emerging opportunities, plant expansions, mergers and acquisitions, personnel changes, industry events and innovative profiles on the industry's processors and marketers - all in a concise, easy-to-read format.
Special features include exclusive columns by "industry experts," our monthly Retail WATCH section, our monthly "State of the Industry" profile, "Key Players," special convention issue coverage and distribution, as well as our exclusive year-end market directory - an annual listing of the industry's key suppliers and manufacturers/marketers.
Complete Filtration Resources, Inc.
When it comes to filtration systems, today’s food, beverage, dairy processors and pharmaceutical manufacturers need a supplier who is experienced in the full spectrum of membrane filtration...one who is already established in your industry, is innovative, yet cost effective...a supplier who can be trusted to handle the entire project. From design, construction, and controls to installation and service, Complete Filtration Resources will deliver for you. We provide process design, equipment fabrication, process controls & field installation followed up by complete field support from our experienced field service engineers.
Dairy.com
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Dairy.com is the leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions provider to the dairy industry. Our suite of supply chain, transportation, and commodity trading solutions are trusted to drive mission-critical activities of diverse participants across the dairy industry. Collectively, our customers represent more than 90% of annual U.S. dairy retail sales.
Since our formation in 2000, we have established a proven track record of delivering cost-effective business solutions that solve real and complex dairy supply chain issues. We view our customers as our innovation partners, and we are committed to developing valuable solutions for the entire dairy manufacturing supply chain. Companies of all sizes can realize operational efficiencies, controlled costs, and bottom-line benefits from our supply chain offerings:
- Milk and Other Raw Materials: Producer Payroll, Dispatch, and Receiving
- Trading Exchange
- Transportation Solutions
Datamonitor, Inc.
Datamonitor is the world’s leading provider of quality data and expert analysis for key vertical sectors. Our offering, The Consumer Markets Knowledge Center, affords clients access to all of our syndicated information, providing in-depth data and analysis on consumers, markets/categories, products, companies and countries within various industries such as Food, Beverage, Personal Care, etc. In short, the service acts as an all encompassing web platform, providing a 360 degree view of your markets of interest. Our syndicated database is used within various departments such as Marketing, Sales and Business Development as well as being valued as a critical source by many Brand Managers, Category Managers, Marketing Directors, NPD Managers, Sales Directors and more!
DCI, Inc.
DCI, Inc., is an employee owned company located in St. Cloud, MN. We are a custom manufacturer of both shop and field-fabricated stainless steel storage and processing tanks, including silos, processors, starter tanks, whey crystallizers, round horizontal tanks, mix/blend tanks.
Proudly serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, cosmetic, food, dairy, beverage and OEM industries, DCI has remained true to our commitment to quality since 1955 through our design and fabrication services. Some highlights of our services include:
- ASME, BPE, CE & CRN design.
- Material selection of austentic stainless steel, super austenitic, duplex and nickel alloys such as AL6XN® & Hastelloy®
- Stainless steel surface finishes ranging from #2B mill finish through 12 Ra finish and electropolishing.
- Agitation systems designed for specific application.
- Heat transfer surface designed to heating/cooling requirements.
- Field Service, maintenance and modification programs.
- Sanitary components.
- Factory testing including CIP sprayball and PMI testing.
Donaldson Membranes
Donaldson Membranes manufactures Tetratex® 2 which is a surface filtration ePTFE membrane that takes Industrial Filtration to a new level. Its unique design consists of small, randomly connected fibers of ePTFE. The result is an incremental increase in air flow versus standard membrane with the same efficiency. The typical dairy customer profile for Tetratex 2 is one who is sold on the benefits of standard membrane in their spray dryer applications, but is proactive in trying to further optimize airflow/powder production.
Specific application examples are non-fat milk, permeate, and WPC spray dryers. Tetratex 2 is readily available from the filter bag manufacturer of your choice, further maximizing your investment in membrane as a more cost-effective alternative to conventional filters. Please visit us at the ADPI exhibition to learn about our various products to solve your specific needs.
Exopack
Exopack is a top-tier provider of flexible packaging materials and solutions, valued by its customers for responsiveness, innovation, quality and reliability. Exopack utilizes the most innovative product enhancements the industry has to offer such as 10-color high-impact graphics, tamper-evident seals, laminated structures and various closure and fitment options. Our attention to service and quality are second to none. Exopack’s facilities are ISO certified and/or AIB inspected.
Our Customer Resource Center can assist you with comprehensive laboratory testing, as well as total graphic design and support services. Additionally, our Field Technical Services Group works closely with customers to ensure the runability of our products on their various packaging lines. Our objective is to provide you with quality, fit-for-purpose packaging which yields positive bottom line results. Although Exopack has been in the packaging business for over 100 years, every day we must work to earn our license to operate in the future. Therefore, Exopack has established its Commitment to Sustainability to focus on preparing its operations and products for tomorrow's world. Exopack… the flexible packaging solution.
FCStone/Downes-O’Neill
FCStone/Downes-O’Neill offers comprehensive risk-management programs and services to dairy producers, processors, and end-users. These services include brokerage and clearing, in-depth market analysis and forecasts, and eDairy, an online resource for dairy market research and analysis ( www.edairy.fcstone.com).
FCStone/Downes-O’Neill also sponsors an annual Outlook Conference, to be held June 6 and 9 this year in Chicago. FCStone is a public company that provides risk-management for a wide range of commodities, including food, energy products, and financial instruments. Downes-O’Neill is part of FCStone’s Food Service Group.
Filtration Engineering Co. Inc.
Filtration Engineering designs and manufactures a complete line of RO, UO, UF and MF membrane equipment for the Food and Dairy Industry. FE also supplies a complete line of replacement membranes and service.
In addition to sanitary membrane systems, FE offers the “ProSpect” protein analyzer and process control system. This unit provides inline, real time control for UF systems and other processes to maximize yield and productivity.
Gavilon, LLC
Gavilon is a premier global commodity management firm, connecting producers and consumers of commodities through our worldwide supply chain network. The company provides distribution, merchandising, trading and risk management services for agricultural, fertilizer and energy products worldwide. Our expertise in sourcing, storage, transportation and risk management, coupled with proprietary information, provides a critical link in the global supply chain. The Gavilon Group, LLC, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, employs more than 950 associates and operates nearly 200 physical facilities on six continents.
GEA Process Engineering Inc.
Your Product. Our Systems Know-How.
Bringing a new product to market? Today's food and dairy lines need modern technology that is innovative, efficient and reliable. GEA Process Engineering has the engineering solutions to help carry you from initial concept through design, installation and training. Whether it is a retrofit of an existing system or developing a complete new plant, our technical expertise and years of engineering solutions can bring your vision to fruition. Specifications tricky? GEA Process Engineering works closely with your product developers to custom engineer the best solution.
- drying and particulate processing systems
- thermal concentration and separation
- liquid processing
- membrane filtration
- powder packaging and handling systems
- aseptic plastic bottle filling lines
- controls and automation
....... complete engineering solutions.
Engineering Excellence
GEA Tuchenhagen North America
GEA Tuchenhagen is a global leader in the manufacturing of a wide range of sanitary flow components for the dairy, food and beverage industries. The range includes the revolutionizing mixproof 24/7 PMO Valve® and 24/7 PMO Tank Valve™,product recovery systems, cleaning equipment, large particulate mixproof valves, CIP mixproof and ASME approved safety relief valves. Other valves – including shut-off, divert, converge, kettle and control – are available with longstroke, aseptic and tangential options and are 3-A compliant.
Other services provided include concept design engineering, manifold prefabrication, plant service and customer training. For our customers’ convenience, in partnership with our nationwide distribution network, spare parts are available overnight or same day to any location in the US and Canada.
Finally, we demand the highest possible quality in every single component. To achieve this, we employ up-to-date production systems and techniques, constant quality monitoring and, of course, a highly qualified, dedicated team.
GEA Westfalia Separator, Inc.
GEA Westfalia Separator is the mechanical separation technology leader supplying separators to dairies since 1893. Innovation is our strength and we view today’s challenges as opportunities. The new, integrated direct drive system represents the ultimate solution for efficiency and simplicity. This forward-looking drive concept, introduced at Anuga FoodTec 2009, eliminates the traditional motor and gear or belt drive, saving energy and reducing the number of parts. GEA Westfalia Separator has also introduced an additional cold milk separator, expanding our range of processing capabilities in this market sector.
Patented Proplus technology significantly reduces milk losses, provides high separation efficiency, boosts skim milk volume and generates more revenue. The system can be retrofitted to existing separators. GEA Westfalia Separator also offers ceramic microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes. Our condition monitoring system, Wewatch, utilizes continuous vibration and process monitoring to identify worn or damaged machine parts. This predictive maintenance can be combined with comprehensive and fixed price maintenance contracts.
Interface Protein Technology, Inc.
Incorporated in 2003 as a technology-driven privately owned company in the USA, Interface Protein Technology, Inc. (IPT) currently is a key dairy product importer in China with six subsidiaries there working together to form a comprehensive business platform to move significant amount of dairy products across the ocean/boarders year-round. Together with its U.S. exporting platform and off-shore banking systems, IPT works with many leading dairy producers in the U.S. to penetrate and occupy Oriental dairy markets. Established for the commercialization of optimized protein supply-chain, IPT system developed technologies for leveraging protein sources worldwide and is managed to promote the exportations of U.S. dairy products with full services on logistic arrangements, documentations, custom cleaning, technical support and more.
Ivarson Inc.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF!
Nearly fifty years ago Ivarson set the standard related to the production and packaging of butter. Today Ivarson continues to lead the butter industry with the latest technology to set a new standard. The new Benhil 8600 with its advanced dosing system and state of the art servo technology will increase your production with the highest sanitary design. Ivarson's own direct feed system can adapt to your existing Benhil equipment to allow CIP cleaning. Stop the manual cleaning and please stop washing butter down the drain! Ivarson also can offer butter blending systems for spreads with a simple adaptation to your existing equipment. The WAL Bulk Filler has taken hold in the US, the current installed capacity is over 150 million pounds per year! In addition, the WAL moisture meter has successfully been installed and gives an accuracy of .01%, which means that a working continuous measurement is now available. Last, let our team of Electrical Engineers develop operator friendly state of the art automated controls solution tailored to your specifications as well as integrating into your existing SCADA network. Let our new standard of excellence and proven past help you increase production, reduce downtime, meet sanitary requirements and improve your bottom line.
John A. Steeer Co.
Importers and Exporters --no matter the size of the company-- know just how important timely shipments, documentation and information are to their bottom line. They need a service provider that places the customer first, that has the experience and knowledge to protect their company's future. Whether your company needs Customs Brokerage, Import/Export Freight Forwarding or other Trade and Transportation services--make Steer part of your strategy for success.
Since our founding in 1905, John A. Steer Co. has been serving importers and exporters with an eye on the future. From our beginnings as Customs Brokers to our development into a world-class, full-service logistics company, Steer's reputation has been built on the values that foster success in international trade and transportation--honesty, urgency, experience, integrity, knowledge and customer service. Today, through our six USA-based offices and worldwide network of agents, we remain committed to our mission to bring exceptional service and value to our customers through personalized service and continual innovation in communications and technology.
Marriott Walker Corporation
The Marriott Walker Corporation continues to refine its evaporator and spray drier product lines. We will enthusiastically help processors modernize and improve the operation of their existing processing equipment when doing so is technically and economically sound.
As energy prices rise we find strong interest in our exhaust air heat recovery systems for existing spray driers. By pre-heating drier inlet air with "waste heat" from the drier's exhaust air stream, energy costs can be reduced by up to 25%. Please stop by our exhibit to hear more.
Marron Foods
Marron Foods, a family owned and operated company, has provided customized ingredient solutions to food and beverage manufacturers around the world for over 30 years. We specialize in agglomeration and toll processing of a variety of powdered systems. We also offer a full line of our own branded ingredients (listed below). Other services include dry blending, trial runs, product development, and various types of packaging. Our facility, formerly owned by Safeway, is located in Durand, Wisconsin (70 miles east of the Minneapolis international airport.) Our corporate offices are located in Harrison, NY (25 miles North of NYC).
Key Products
We offer a full line of branded agglomerated ingredients including: SlimMilk (Nonfat Dry Milk), MaltoPure (10DE Maltodextrin), 90WheyUSA (90% WPI), 80WheyUSA (80% WPC), Florite (all natural anti-caking system), SweetBreeze (Low Calorie Sweetener), Redisperse (Calcium Citrate). We also agglomerate ingredients to your custom specifications to improve functionality of your finished products. Beyond above, we process: Starches, gums, cocoa mixes, soup mixes/bases, meal replacers, breakfast beverages, puddings, and various ingredient systems.
May-Ruben Technologies
May-Ruben Technologies (MRT) focuses on innovations that save energy and improve the quality of life of people around the world. Their commitment is to produce technology with a conscience. MRT is working to develop High Impedance Electroporation as a revolutionary method of milk treatment; a cold alternative to thermal pasteurization. HIE is a device that pasteurizes liquid foods at storage or transport temperatures. It kills bacteria by means of electroporation, a cold electromechanical process which uses a fraction of the energy required for thermal pasteurization. HIE has the potential to significantly reduce processing costs for dairies, breweries, bottled water, juice, and other liquid food processors. HIE cold pasteurization preserves the original flavor, aroma, color, nutrition, and other product qualities that are degraded during high temperature thermal pasteurization, resulting in a less processed, healthier products.
Membrane Systems Specialists, Inc.
Gregory W. Pesko, President & CEO, of Membrane System Specialists, Inc. (MSS), is honored and privileged to have played an integral part in providing a complete turn-key process for the new Wisconsin Specialty Protein, LLC (WISP) whey plant in Reedsburg, WI. WISP is the world’s first organic cow, rBST-free cow, goat and sheep nutritional supplement grade WPC80 facility.
MSS was responsible for the process design, engineering, equipment fabrication, systems installation, and controls integration for the entire wet process, from receiving through drier coordination. This scope of work also included intake, silo storage, CIP separation, HTST, UF, RO, and polisher systems. MSS has the ingenuity and experience to meet all your turn-key and plant needs. Call MSS for your next project.
Nu-Con Equipment
Part of a worldwide organization, Nu-Con Equipment is a market leader in Sanitary Powder Handling Systems for the food, dairy, pharmaceutical and other industries where sanitary equipment is required.
Nu-Con furnishes a complete line of quick disassemble – easy clean component and systems, all USDA accepted for powder handling. Representative equipment includes airlocks, diverters, sifters, bag dumps, bulk bag unloaders, dust collectors, bin vents, blower packages, vibratory conveyors, etc. Nu-Con now manufactures the SmartFil range of 25 kg, bulk bag and bin filling systems that are part of a fully integrated powder handling process.
We offer the revolutionary new BFM® fitting designed to replace cumbersome flex sleeve and hose clamp connectors. USDA accepted/3A certified, the clamp free precision fit BFM® fitting enhances sanitation, safety, and efficiency of plant processing.
Nu-Con Equipment possesses expertise in dense and dilute pneumatic and mechanical conveying, weighing, mixing, dust collection, and vacuum systems. We provide modular systems with proven designs and custom configurations. We proudly present completely American designed solutions.
RELCO
RELCO provides dairy and food plants with customized cheese, whey, soy, and other food processing equipment, systems and automation through engineering, fabrication and installation. RelTronix® process control engineers are recognized as industry leaders because of their application knowledge, understanding of sanitary and regulatory requirements, and focus on customer needs.
KELLER™ whey systems are recognized as the world leader in lactose processing technology providing systems for lactose, permeate, whey, and WPC. SAVEL provides a full range of sanitary bulk powder process conveying equipment and systems. RELCO Cheese Plant Technology provides new innovations for efficient, reliable plant design for total systems and equipment needs.
Separators, Inc.
Separators, Inc. is North America’s leading centrifuge service provider specializing in the remanufacturing of Alfa Laval, Tetra Pak and Westfalia centrifuge equipment. Separators, Inc. offers a full complement of startup, maintenance and repair services and stocks over 10,000 parts with 24/7 availability. Industries served include: dairy, beverage, rendering, edible oils, pharmaceutical, biofuels and industrial fluids.
Servi Doryl USA
Servi Doryl France is a world manufacturer industrial cheese forms for hard and soft cheeses, poly stackable cheese aging shelves, poly racks, drainage pallets, coagulation vats and drainage mats. Since the early 1970’ Servi Doryl remains the out front leader with new technologies in proprietary drainage and texturing unavailable from any other mould maker in the US marketplace.
Our master engineers create forms for any new or existing mechanization in both automated and semi-automated cheese making operations. Europe, being the origin for many appreciated cheeses in the US lets Servi Doryl pass along the “home town advantage” to you by creating new form models fashioned from the very best traditional versions of the old classic cheese moulds. Servi Doryl USA can help your plant operation pioneer new product introductions by focusing on turn-key form shapes, textures and floor equipment for any “artisan-style” cheese launch. We are here for you!
Tetra Pak CPS
Tetra Pak Cheese and Powder Systems (Tetra Pak CPS) is a world leading systems and equipment business supplying the cheese and powder industries. Offering innovative solutions in evaporation and drying technology, our portfolio includes MVR/TVR falling-film evaporators, flash coolers, infusion high-heat systems, degassing systems, spray dryers, fluid bed dryers and agglomerators.
We can enable you to make customized powders with specific functional properties by means of drying, cooling, de-dusting, lecithination, agglomeration and granulation. Our design and project management team can help you find total solutions to meet all your evaporation and drying requirements. Get in touch with one of our sales engineers to see how we can put our expertise to work for you.
The National Institute for Hometown Security
The National Institute for Hometown Security (NIHS) provides an on-going, integrated program dedicated to (1) developing new technologies and devices through qualified academic research that protect community-based critical infrastructure and (2) facilitating the successful deployment of the technologies. By promoting collaboration among a number of institutions, NIHS offers a flexible research platform that matches research requirements with research resources. NIHS also focuses on the application of the product of research and development. Through its commercialization program, NIHS encourages technology transfer and laboratory-to-market processes that support the ultimate adoption of new technology and products.
NIHS’ mission is to discover, develop and deploy solutions that protect and preserve the critical infrastructure of the nation’s communities.
Total Quality Logistics
Total Quality Logistics is the nation’s 6th largest freight brokerage firm. For the past 12 years, TQL has arranged the full truckload transportation for thousands of clients nationwide and has built a reputation for its integrity, reliability and unmatched customer service standards. TQL strives to be the most trusted and reliable freight brokerage in the logistics industry and has been consistently recognized for this commitment as well as its outstanding business practices and performance. In addition to its Cincinnati-based headquarters and support office, the company has satellite offices located in Chicago, Charlotte and Tampa.
USDA, AMS Dairy Programs
2150 Western Ct., Ste. 100
Lisle, IL 60532-3900
Phone: 630-437-5037
Fax: 630-437-5060
World Dairy Summit 2010
New Zealand is honored to host the IDF World Dairy Summit, November 2010. The extensive conference program will cover the full dairying spectrum, including Dairy Farming, Environment, Dairy Policies and Economics, Dairy Science and Technology, Nutrition and Health, Marketing, and the Dairy Leaders Forum.
In addition, the WDS2010 will feature specialized conferences on Bioactives (1 day) and Cheese Science (2 days). The focus will be on practical innovation: demonstrating where science has resulted in better or novel products for the market.
Another important element of the WDS2010 is the focus on sustainability across the business. WDS2010 will strive to demonstrate to the world’s media that the international dairy industry is actively and successfully addressing the economical, social and environmental challenges. Finally, the WDS2010 boasts a series of technical tours to various New Zealand operations including farming, manufacturing (both mega-production and boutique manufacturers), and R&D.
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