GEA supplies world’s largest steam-sterilizable centrifuge for probiotics production

Jiangsu Wecare Biotechnology is a market leading probiotics producer in China, an industry that has grown at a rate of more than 15 percent annually for the last five years in China. Terry Wu, Sales Manager for GEA in China, explains that as the industry develops, Chinese companies are continuously improving their production processes and Jiangsu Wecare Biotechnology wanted to go big from the beginning: "For the most part, probiotics are imported into China. This is something Wecare-bio wants to change. They know the market is growing rapidly and wanted the largest centrifuge and production batch size possible at their new plant."

The cooperation between Jiangsu Wecare Biotechnology and GEA began more than five years ago when they initially talked about the project. Terry Wu explains that while Wecare-bio was always keen to work with GEA, they needed some tests to determine which centrifuge suited their needs best: "Together with our expert for starter cultures and probiotics in Oelde, Germany, we conducted two different trials at a small pilot plant. In the end, our disc centrifuge was convincing thanks to its performance and large capacity. After intensive collaboration between our separation experts and Jiangsu Wecare Biotechnology, we were able to customize the right centrifuge for them."