The Process Engineering Division provides a complete range of services and process systems to the beverage, brewery, chemical, dairy, food, and pharmaceutical industries.

The Process Engineering Division (P-Division) of GEA is a world leader in liquid and solids processing technologies. At its heart are GEA Niro A/S in Copenhagen, Denmark, Niro Inc. in Columbia, Maryland, USA, Tuchenhagen Dairy Systems GmbH and Tuchenhagen Brewery Systems GmbH in Büchen, Germany. The P-Division also includes Niro Pharma Systems (NPS), a group of companies specializing in the design and supply of equipment for the pharmaceutical industry. In total the Division employs 3900 people in 50 countries.
 

SERVICES AND PROCESS SYSTEMS:
Liquid processing: concentration, cooling, evaporation, extraction, heating, membrane filtration. filling & final packaging.
Drying: flash drying, fluid bed drying, freeze drying, microwave drying, ring drying, rotary drying, spray drying, vortex disintegrator drying.
Particulates and solids processing: agglomeration, cooling, de-dusting, granulation, tablet coating and pressing.
Packing: automatic powder packing.

Advanced control systems optimize the efficiency of each process. 

Process integration is a key area, where existing or customer-specified equipment is incorporated in the overall system as well as in the delivery of turnkey installations.


MAIN COMPANIES OF THE P-DIVISION:
Niro A/S - Copenhagen, Denmark: The market leader for the supply of spray dryers, fluid bed dryers, freeze dryers, extractors, heating and cooling plants for processing liquid, particulate and solid materials. www.niro.com - Worldwide leader in spray drying, fluid bed dryers and powder technology.
 
Niro Inc. - Maryland, USA: A full service company serving the range of P-Division products to the USA; Canada and Mexico. www.niroinc.com

Tuchenhagen Dairy Systems GmbH - Büchen, Germany: A company with the core competency required for the hygienic, aseptic and sterile production of dairy, food, and juice products. Whatever the application, Tuchenhagen Dairy Systems will find a matching solution. www.gea-tds.com

Huppmann AG - Kitzingen, Germany: Successful brewers require a reliable partner to expertly support them. Large and small breweries all over the world select Huppmann because we perfectly meet their high requirements on quality, efficiency, functionality and reliability. With our knowledge and mastery of the brewing process, down to the smallest detail, we can find the optimal solution for any need. From brewhouse design, engineering and manufacturing, to refrigeration technology and automation systems or complete turnkey plants – we are always at your service. www.gea-brewery.com

Tuchenhagen Brewery Systems GmbH - Büchen, Germany: Tuchenhagen Brewery Systems is established internationally as a specialist for technically and economically optimised process technology for the brewery industry. We are engineering and suppling complete solutions with a focus on the cold area of the process. Enhanced technical process solutions based on economic principles and local market aspects are our goal. We recognise that your success can often depend on our ability to deliver optimum integration of the complete plant and the careful linking of the process control systems. www.gea-brewery.com

Procomac Spa - Sala Baganza, Italy: A leading company for aseptic filling technology, Procomac Spa specialises in development, manufacture and servicing of advanced bottling and packaging technology for a wide range of products, formats and containers. www.procomac.it

Avalon Engineering - Hamilton, New Zealand: Design and manufacture of hygienic powder packing systems. www.avapac.co.nz

Barr-Rosin - Maidenhead, UK and Quebec, Canada: Column dryers and coolers, flash dryers, fluid bed dryers, coolers and crystallizers, ring dryers, rotary dryers, calciners and coolers. www.barr-rosin.com

Colby Powder Systems - Sydney, Australia: Colby is dedicated to the design and manufacture of powder handling and packing systems. www.colbypowder.com

GEA Diessel GmbH - Hildesheim, Germany: Diessel engineers, designs and manufactures process equipment and plants for the Brewery & Beverage and Pharma & Biotech industries. www.diessel.com

GEA Filtration -  is world renowned for its design of the most advanced cross-flow membrane filtration systems available. To effectively focus on the membrane filtration market, we have established dedicated regional centers in the USA, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and China. GEA Filtration is uniquely positioned to provide both customized membrane filtration plants as well as complete process lines specifically tailored to each customer's specific needs and requirements.  www.geafiltration.com

GEA Jet Pumps GmbH - Ettlingen, Germany: The company supplies steam jet vacuum pumps, jet pumps, vacuum steam jet cooling plants, condensation plants, vacuum degassing plants and jet scrubbers.  www.jetpumps.de

GEA Liquid Processing Scandinavia - Skanderborg, Denmark: Supplies engineering services and complete process plants and machinery to the brewing, beverage, dairy and food industries as well as to the pharmaceuticals, biotech, and personal care products industries. www.gea-liquid.dk

GEA Messo GmbH- Duisburg, Germany: Technology based plant constructor whose strengths include a comprehensive range of know-how in the fields of evaporation, crystallization and – based on these technologies – waste water treatment systems. www.messo.com

GEA Process Engineering France: Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France : Leader in dairy evaporators, market engineering, plants, as well as associated equipment and industrial expertise to the dairy industry worldwide. It is also specialized in the design and supply of spry drying equipment for the food, dairy, chemical and pharmaceutical process industries. Another main activity is the process engineering for evaporation, crystallization and wastes up-grading.
GEA Process Engineering France includes the following divisions: Niro, Scami, Kestner, Wiegand, NPS, Jet Pumps, Avalon, Colby as well as an After Sales Department.
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GEA Wiegand GmbH - Ettlingen, Germany: Evaporation and distillation plants. www.gea-wiegand.de

Niro Process Technology BV - Hertogenbosch, Nederlands: Niro PT is a leader in crystallization and separation technologies. Niro PT is the world's leading supplier of freeze concentration technology for the production of high quality liquid concentrates in the food, pharmaceutical and biochemical industries.
www.niro-pt.nl


NIRO PHARMA SYSTEM group within the P-DIVISION:
GEA Pharma Systems is world leader in providing advanced processing solutions for oral solid dosage forms to the pharmaceutical industry. Based on a dedication to research and durable quality, GEA Pharma Systems offers a wide range of solutions, from individual pieces of equipment to complete integrated plants, by uniting the state-of-the-art technologies of Aeromatic, Buck, Collette, Courtoy, Fielder, Lyophil, Nica and GEA Niro

Aeromatic-Fielder - Eastleigh, UK and Bubendorf, Switzerland: High shear granulators, batch fluid bed processors, NICA pelletizing systems, coaters, integrated plants.

Buck Systems - Birmingham, UK: Contained material handling systems, dispensing systems, blenders, Automation software solutions.

Collette nv - Wommelgem, Belgium: Mixers, high shear granulators, vacuum/microwave dryers, integrated plants.

Courtoy nv - Halle, Belgium: High speed rotary presses, automated visual inspection systems.

Niro GmbH - Müllheim, Germany: High containment interfaces - split valve technology, flexible & disposable containment solutions.

GEA Lyophil GmbH - Cologne, Germany: Freeze Drying Plants.

Niro A/S (pharma division) - Copenhagen, Denmark: Pharma Spray Drying.

www.niropharma.com

Niels Graugaard is the Division President, located at Niro A/S