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Focus on sustainable food production

New boiler house and energy center at DMK location Zeven

Sustainability is the focus of all corporate decisions at the DMK Group. DMK sees great potential for increasing efficiency in the optimization of energy-intensive spray drying. The commissioning of the new boiler house is a key step towards achieving energy efficiency goals. In the new boiler house, process measurement technology from Endress+Hauser provides reliable process data and thus helps DMK to improve sustainability.

Spray drying facility at DMK Group ©Endress+Hauser

New spray drying facility at the DMK Group location in Zeven.

New boiler house and energy center at DMK Group in Zeven ©Endress+Hauser

In the new boiler house, where vapor water from the spray drying tower is converted back into steam, numerous instruments from Endress+Hauser monitor the processes.

Results

  • Smooth processes and precise data ensure product quality, process reliability and energy efficiency

  • Partnership-based collaboration guarantees process optimizations that can further improve sustainability

Klaus Landwehr, DMK Group

"In order to take reasonable, effective measures it’s essential that we have reliable figures, data and facts. Endress+Hauser provide us a degree of security with their measurement instrumentation."

Klaus Landwehr, Head of Energy Management
Corporate Strategy, Sustainability and Innovation, DMK Group

Customer challenge

The efficient use of resources, especially in the area of energy, is a huge challenges for many food manufacturers. Considered action and implementation have become essential in order to ensure the profitability of the company. For the energy transition to be a success at DMK too, processes must be optimized and energy used more efficiently.

Realization

DMK has already implemented more than 50 sustainability projects and achieved significant savings in many respects. Endress+Hauser has proven itself as a partner for process improvements over many years. With the right choice of measuring devices in the new boiler house, insights into the process can be gained, process reliability increased and sustainability improved.