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Global IMF market continues growth towards 2025
3A Business Consulting
3A Business Consulting has published a brand new analysis
of the global infant formula (IMF) market:
The IMF market amounts to approx. USD 55 Bn and around
2.6 mio MT in 2020, growing approx. 5% in value annually
from 2015 to 2020. Market value is expected to continue growing
5% annually to reach approx. USD 69 Bn and more than
2.77 mio MT by 2025. Asia is projected to drive growth in the
global IMF market, accounting for 65% of value growth towards
2025. Asia is projected to drive growth in the global IMF
market, accounting for 65% of value growth towards 2025.
The report contains abundance of information on regions,
countries and ingredients as well as on the key players
in the market.
More information: 3A Business Consulting, Marselis Boulevard
1, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark, phone: +45 70 21 00 98,
Web: www.3abc.dk
Safe conveying of instant milk powder granules
Piab
Polmlek Raciaz, a Polish producer of various milk-based products
faced a problem of breaking instant milk powder granules
during the transfer within its process. In Piab’s piFLOW p vacuum
conveyor they found the solution they were searching for.
Equipped with an ejector with a high vacuum flow, they were
able to adjust the speed to maintain the granules as planned.
Facing continuous quality problems during the transport
of granules of instant milk within their process line, Polmlek
Raciaz, a member of the Polmlek Group – Polands largest
100% Polish-owned dairy company,
needed to modernize their system.
The blower, screw and rotary valved
used for this process did not render
the expected result and let to regular
product damage and waste.
“Since we already have two Piab vacuum
conveyors in use at other stations
and considering our satisfaction with
the service experienced so far by Piab’s
Polish entity, we decided to replace the
old system by Piab’s premium product,
the piFLOW p vacuum conveyor,” explains
Bogdan Graczyk, Technical Manager
at Polmlek Raciaz.
Tadeusz Fobke, responsible Product Sales Manager at Piab Poland
adds: “to confirm that the vacuum conveying process would
indeed improve the process and avoid damages of the granules,
we ran test at our inhouse demo unit and established the necessary
parameters to ensure a smooth process at Polmlek.”
In additon to solving the initial problem with product quality,
the deployment of Piab’s piFLOW p vacuum conveyor also
allowed to reduce the manpower required as the process
needed less supervision. Furthermore, due to reduced machine
downtimes and maintenance requirements, the production
output could also be increased.
Piab's piFLOW p conveyors for powders and bulk solids are
perfectly matched to the high standards of operational safety
and hygiene in the food and pharmaceutical industries. They
are made of electropolished stainless steel and materials that
comply with US FDA and EU 1935/2004 regulations. As a conveying
line, a suction hose made of PU is used. An internal
steel spiral helps to minimize the electrostatic charge of the
product or diverts it to equipotential bonding. The filter in
the upper part of the conveyor is cleaned with a filter shock
after each conveying cycle. The device control is located in a
separate control cabinet. The piFLOW p conveyors are ATEX
Dust and Gas certified. Typical applications are powder and
granules transfer, form-fill-seal machines, big bag loading and
unloading, drum/bag filling and emptying, mill/sieve/mixer/
blender filling, tablet/fragile products transfer, applications in
explosive atmosphere, hygienic applications or places where
space is at a premium.
Piab’s piFLOW p conveys instant
milk granules at Polmlek in Poland
(photo: Piab)
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