Trade press release
GEA opens North American Technology Center for Food Processing and Packaging
06 Oct 2022
In mid September, GEA celebrated the opening of the new, state-of-the-art food processing and packaging Technology Center in Frisco, Texas. Located in the Dallas suburbs, the 15,000 square foot facility features more than 40 pieces of GEA equipment used to manufacture food products.
GEA opened the doors to its new Technology Center for food processing and packaging located in Frisco, Texas, USA mid September 2022. Source: GEA
Managed by highly qualified food technologists, the flexible facility offers customers from North and South America the opportunity to test individual machines up to a complete processing line and to train employees. Testing results can be carefully analyzed in the Center as well. Customers benefit by evaluating processes for yield, quality, and economic viability without disruption to their production and packaging lines.
Expanded center features recent innovations
GEA recently moved to this new location. “The move allowed us to expand and upgrade our offering to include recent innovations. We are confident that these improvements will provide additional value to current and future customers,” explains Ananta Islam, Vice President Food & Healthcare North America at GEA. “Since its inception in 2014, the goal of the North American location has been to provide partnership opportunities for both GEA and our customers. In addition to welcoming R&D teams, we offer this facility for customer staff training and technical seminars with industry experts.”
Complete lines available for testing
Nine complete processing lines are available in the Technology Center, including a homestyle/flour coated line featuring the GEA MultiDrum and a full slicing line that contains the recently introduced GEA OptiSlicer 6000 and the GEA PowerPak PLUS thermoformer. The center also features GEA mainstays like the GEA CookStar oven with GEA SuperHeatSmoke, GEA MultiJector 2mm and GEA SmartPacker TwinTube.
In addition to the Technology Center, the Frisco facility houses corporate offices, a spare parts warehouse and an 8,000 square foot tool shop that manufactures die sets for GEA’s packaging and forming equipment.
During the event to celebrate the opening of the GEA Technology Center, customers and corporate guests viewed several demonstrations. Here, the GEA CookStar with the GEA SuperHeatSmoke feature was used to produce smoked chicken wings. Source: GEA
Nicole Meierotto
Media Relations
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft
Peter-Müller-Str. 12
40468
Düsseldorf
Germany
+49 211 9136-0
About GEA
GEA is one of the world’s largest suppliers of systems and components to the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The international technology group, founded in 1881, focuses on machinery and plants, as well as advanced process technology, components and comprehensive services.
