We will help you overcome safety challenges
Consumers should be able to eat without hesitation. However, according to the WHO, 600 million people fall ill and 420,000 die each year due to contaminated food. This is why ensuring food safety is our top priority.
With a growing world population, it is becoming increasingly challenging for the global food and beverage industry to meet the rising demand for safe and high-quality products. That’s why we provide complete solutions to help you prevent expensive downtimes and mitigate the risk of reputation-damaging recalls.
Our broad product portfolio for process automation in food production is designed with hygienic housing, high ingress protection (IP68/IP69K), and resistance to temperature and aggressive cleaning agents. These systems quickly and reliably detect deviations from standard processes—helping to prevent potential risks and ensure safe, responsible food production.
Maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality also depends on reliable equipment performance. This whitepaper, “Asset Health Monitoring: 5 Steps for an Effective Strategy to Reduce Machine Downtime and Maintenance Costs,” offers actionable insights on how predictive maintenance and smart monitoring can strengthen both operational reliability and food safety compliance.
Success stories
Many customers are already successfully using ifm solutions in food production, thus ensuring greater food safety.
Danone
The Danone food company is converting one of its largest dairies in France to oat drink production. The company is also relying on digitalisation solutions from ifm for the modernisation in order to be able to monitor the entire production process centrally.
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Wildberg
The cheese dairy in the Zurich Oberland uses sophisticated recipes to conjure up an exquisite taste experience from high-quality milk, including maturing processes that take several years. The key to success is sophisticated automation: A wide range of sensors help to ensure that the numerous process parameters are adhered to precisely, thus guaranteeing high product quality.
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Berchtesgadener Land
Berchtesgadener Land is a cooperative dairy that produces a wide range of high-quality dairy products. Among others, they use TCC sensors and long-life valve sensors from ifm.
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