First fully automatic dairy plant in Chile to be built by GEA TDS in co-operation with Nestlé

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First fully automatic dairy plant in Chile to be built by GEA TDS in co-operation with Nestlé

GEA TDS GmbH, part of GEA Process Engineering, has received an order from Nestlé about 9 Mio. Euro to build the liquid processing part of a Growing-Up Milk plant in Chile. The new plant will be located near Osorno.

GEA TDS will have the project management for this new liquid processing, together with an active support by Nestlé PTC Konolfingen / Switzerland. The plant will be built with the latest available process technology and know-how for achieving trend setting for the
future.

Apart from project management, GEA TDS will be also responsible for the management of the liquid process. Therein is sanitary design, the process automation, installation and commissioning of all liquid processing parts, evaporation system, butter oil plant and the CIP unit.
The project will start in July 2009, installation will begin in spring 2010 and the final plant shall be ready early 2011.