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Food & Beverage
At Agilitech, we understand the diversity and complexities of food and beverage processes and have extensive experience in the handling and processing of a wide variety of products, from raw to finished goods. Our expert team of designers and engineers have designed and fully implemented automated CIP and COP systems for complex processes involving tanks, pumps, pipelines, valves, and the associated process machinery. We have experience with three-stage evaporator systems, aseptic pasteurizing, pumping, and storage. Our team has repeatedly demonstrated success in designing processes in demanding locations, with extreme uptime requirements.
Beverage & Bottling
At Agilitech, we provide beverage mixing and blending systems and high speed bottling line designs to our diverse Food & Beverage clients. Our engineers have helped to build some of the fastest and most complex bottling lines in the U.S. We can design a complete system from the unloading station to the storage silos and drum handling, complex ingredient addition and mixing, pasteurization, filling, bottle handling, packaging, and stretch-wrapping finished products.
Our services include:
- Sanitary system design, including piping systems, flow panels, fully automated valve clusters, CIP systems, filtration systems, Ultra Violet (UV) treatment systems, sanitary steam design, aseptic designs, ingredient mixing and blending
- Cold storage facilities, FIFO storage systems, lot and batch traceability, and supporting refrigeration and utilities
- Packaging lines with bottling, casing and palletizing systems, warehouse automation and finished goods tracking
Dairy
We provide process engineering for milk, cheese, and ice-cream production lines. From FEED engineering, programming and automation, and electrical construction to project management, our solutions prioritize hygiene, safety and efficiency. We are proud to have worked with brands such as Cacique, Nestle, and Froneri.
Our services include:
- Sanitary system design, including piping systems, flow panels, fully automated valve clusters, CIP systems, and ingredient mixing and blending
- Process layout and process flow, food safety protection measures, and lot and batch traceability
- Packaging and end of line processing, warehouse management, and finished goods storage systems
Fresh Produce
At Agilitech, we have extensive experience providing complete fruit and vegetable processing systems, all the way from truck unloading to finished product cooling and storage.
Our services include:
- Plant and process mass balance, equipment sizing and selection, and dry and wet material handling
- Facility layout and design, water and waste water treatment, CIP systems, and utility system design
- Product infeed / truck unloading, and washout and dirt handling systems
- Conveying, pumping, washing, cutting, peeling, screening, sizing, sorting, and grading
- Packaging and palletizing
- Cold storage and refrigeration systems
Prepared Foods
Agilitech supports the instant convenience of the prepared foods industry with everything from process, mechanical, and electrical engineering, programming and automation, and project management to OEM turnkey process lines. For ready-to-eat meals, baked snacks, IQF products, sauces, and soups, our end-to-end solutions are all about safety and quality.
Our services include:
- Facility layout and design, materials flow, RTE tray lines, in-line continuous ovens, retort handling, product sterilization, cooling systems, spiral freezers, and kitchen cooking and batching systems
- Recipe formation, pasteurizing, conveying, pumping, washing, cutting, and portioning
- Retort cooking, can cookers, batch ovens, and continuous cook lines
- Utilities, water, and waste water treatment, CIP systems, and utility system design
- Packaging and palletizing, warehousing, and finished goods cold storage and racking
Tree Nuts
Agilitech has advanced Ag-related food processing solutions for tree nuts and manufactured nut products, from field to table. We have the experience to optimize every aspect of the process, for efficiency, safety, and hygiene.
Our services include:
- Facility layout and design, materials flow, managing product waste streams, RAC products, and RTE products
- Utilities, air treatment and filtration, water and waste water treatment, CIP systems, and utility system design
- Truck unloading and pre-clean systems
- Hulling, shell removal, and raw storage systems
- Sizing, grading, sorting, and dust removal
- Bagging, cup filling, cartoning, casepacking, and palletizing
- Warehousing and finished goods storage, refrigeration systems, and racking systems
Wine & Brewery
Agilitech supports various large winery and brewery clients, including Gallo, Constellation, and The Wine Group, with services such as compliance, safety, refrigeration, utilities upgrades, and processing systems.
Our services include:
- Process piping, evaporators, chillers, cooling towers, product storage, and tank farms
- Facility layout and design, materials flow, truck and operator traffic studies, process pipe routing, equipment installations, and safety and egress studies
- Utilities, water and waste water treatment, CIP systems, and utility system design
- Conveying, pumping, washing, bladder presses, must storage, grain silos, and grain feeding
- Refrigeration systems, automation, and controls
- Aseptic filling, bottling, bagging, and end of line casepacking and palletizing
- Warehousing and finished goods storage and racking systems
Light Manufacturing
Our industry experts have the experience to support many different light manufacturing products and processes, including fertilizer, plastic extrusion, and CBD utility. We provide specialized facility design, materials handling, logistics, and chemical safety needs, including regulatory and compliance services.
Our services include:
- Facility layout and design, materials flow, and inventory management
- OEM machinery and process layout
- Utilities, water and waste water treatment, CIP systems, and utility system design
- Chemical storage and area classification
- Arc flash, mechanical integrity audits, and process hazard analysis
- Safety support – PSM management and training
- Energy efficiency upgrades and optimization
- Packaging and palletizing, warehousing, finished goods storage, and tracking