Plant-based Food Manufacturing - Opportunities and Challenges

Matcon has been delivering Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) Systems to companies handling powders, granules and tablets since 1980. Central to our IBC technology is the Cone Valve, offering automatic and controlled discharge of virtually any powder type. Our cone valve has continually proven to overcome the traditional powder handling issues of bridging, rat-holing, segregation and degradation throughout the manufacturing processes of formulation, mixing/blending, packing and cleaning.

Global leading equipment suppliers, Fitzpatrick, Quadro and Steridose, open a new Technology Centre based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada for product testing. Global leading equipment suppliers, Fitzpatrick, Quadro and Steridose, opened their new Technology Centre based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada on 5th May. This new facility, which extends to over 3,600 square feet, is comprised of 3 self-contained and fully equipped Test Labs and an Analysis Area, alongside comfortable meeting rooms in which to discuss test results. The new Technology Centre is set up as a space in which researchers, developers and manufacturers can come and develop customized test matrices, trial batch sizes from small to large quantities using the range of equipment which spans Lab, Pilot, and full Production scale models. Valuable feasibility and scale-up trials with the latest technologies will help customers in reducing integration and commissioning times. Commenting on the launch, Wilf Sanguesa, IDEX Pharma Research & Technology Manager said: The team is excited to apply our collective ingenuity and internationally leading expertise to help