City dairy firm to set up 16th automated plant

HAP manufactures and markets dairy and ice-cream products under various brands including Hatsun, Ibaco, Arun and Arokya. The plant is designed to handle 6,50,000 ltrs of milk per day to produce 3,00,000 ltrs per day market milk in pouches and 1,50,000 ltrs of curd per day. It is expected to be the fourth largest plant and their 16th manufacturing location. The plant is expected to be fully operational by early 2018. HAP has contracted GEA in India to install this dairy on turnkey basis. 

Apart from specialised equipment from GEA like separators, homogenizer and flow components, an interesting feature of GEA’s offering is the RO plant for concentration of skim milk. RO being a cold process ensures natural freshness of milk and curd. GEA has successful references world-wide for milk concentration through RO. The plant is fully automated for processing and packaging of liquid milk and curd. MIS reports can be generated to capture data regarding process parameters, production and packaging making it highly responsive and efficient. 

“HAP is a progressive dairy products company and likes to be ahead of the curve in terms of automation, quality and hygiene standards,” said Abhay Chaudhari, Country MD, GEA India Cluster.