ENEA-KEP Pilot Plants

Drying — Spray drying · Encapsulation — Spray coating

Spray drying and microencapsulation pilot/contract characterization service.

Rome

Drying — Spray drying · Fermentation — Precision

National agri-food research consortium offering pilot food processing and R&D conto-terzi.

Bologna

Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Butter & cream +4 more

Italy's leading dairy group. Ingredient division produces milk powders, cream powders, whey and dairy ingredients for food manufacturing. Private-label retail capability.

Moretta

Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dry — Dry blending · Drying — Spray drying +1 more

Specialist spray-dried milk powder producer. FCMP, SMP and instant milk powders for confectionery (Ferrero), chocolate and food manufacturing. Private-label and CDMO capability.

Soresina

Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Cheese · Dairy — Butter & cream +3 more

Italy's leading Grana Padano cooperative. Produces butter, milk powder and condensed milk alongside cheese for B2B ingredient and private-label supply.

Drying — Freeze drying / lyophilization · Drying — Spray drying · Separation — Microfiltration +1 more

Lyophilization service with 18 industrial freeze-dryers + 3 pilot, 3 ISO7 clean rooms; up to 6,000 kg fresh/wk lyo capacity.

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Beverages — Dairy drinks · Dairy — Cheese · Dairy — Yoghurt +4 more

Czech Republic's largest dairy processor (founded 1902, 1,500-1,999 staff) operating 4 plants and processing over 400m L milk per year across cheese, yogurt, butter, blue cheese and UHT lines.

Stendal, Germany

Drying — Spray drying · Thermal — UHT · Thermal — Pasteurization +4 more

Strategic spray dryer for Krüger Group (since 1991) plus toll work. Up to 1.2 million litres/day capacity for milk powders, infant nutrition, RTD, sweeteners and coffee whitener.

Bruchkoebel, Germany

Drying — Spray drying · Dry — Sieving & sifting · Dry — Milling +3 more

Lohntrocknung specialist (since 1949) offering spray drying, sieving, milling, mixing, granulation and packaging for food, feed and chemical industries.

Espoo, Finland

Fermentation — Precision · Drying — Spray drying

Aalto University food pilot facility in Espoo.

Cootehill, Ireland

Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 · Drying — Spray drying

Cootehill Cavan Similac infant formula plant supplied 1.45m lbs/week to US during 2022 shortage.

Saint-Lo, France

Thermal — Pasteurization · Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria · Drying — Spray drying

ACTIA multi-site centre (Cécalait, Ploufragan, La Roche-sur-Foron) for dairy, meat and fish pilot trials.