SPX FLOW opens innovation center for dairy, beverage producers

US-based global provider of food processing equipment and solutions, SPX FLOW, Inc. has established an innovation center in Shanghai to help producers create healthy and tasty dairy products and beverages. Its customers can test new product formulations to help bring their creations to market faster.

The SPX FLOW Innovation Center offers food and beverage manufacturers state-of-the-art facilities for the trialing and testing of new processes and recipes prior to full scale production. It includes a wide range of pilot thermal processing, mixing, dispersion, separation and other processing technologies for customers to establish optimum process conditions and help ensure their food and beverage products provide the necessary characteristics to meet consumer demands.

“Innovation in food and beverage processing is at the heart of SPX FLOW. The investment we have made in the new Shanghai facility is designed to support the growing nutritional beverage market in this region and give vital, local support to our customers,” said Marc Michael, SPX FLOW President and CEO. “We are not just a technology supplier; we are a partner for growth and will continue to work hard to help define future markets as well as support them.”

SPX FLOW, which is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has a long history in serving the food and beverage market and vast experience in food and beverage industry. Its continued research and development of technologies have enabled its customers to produce premium products more quickly at lower cost. The new center in Shanghai, in addition to SPX FLOW's existing centers in Denmark and France, is supported by local and global food, beverage and technology specialists that can help optimize processes, improve existing products, develop new products and ensure smooth scale-up to full production.