Food Processing Equipment from Hosokawa
Micron Ltd – The Ingredients for Success
Hosokawa Micron is an internationally
renowned designer and manufacturer of
industry-leading processing machinery,
equipment and technology to the food and
beverages sector. With over a century of
innovation experience and a raft of food
industry accreditations – including FSSC
22000 and ISO 9001:2015 – the UKbased
company is justifiably proud of its
continuing success.
Hosokawa Micron manufactures
more than 30 types of machinery and
equipment suitable for high-quality food
production, each capable of effortlessly
and efficiently processing an enormous
variety of dry and wet ingredients and
raw materials, including seaweed, pulses
and seeds, fish, meat, fruit and dairy
products. Freeze dryers, mills, wet and
dry sieves, classifiers, crushers, mixers,
dryers, agglomerators, extruders, size
reducers, optisizers and disintegrators
are augmented by high performance
containment equipment such as filling
and weighing systems, downflow booths
and laminar flow cabinets. In addition,
Hosokawa Micron leads the way in
powder technology and manufactures
pilot and laboratory-scale equipment that
perfectly complements their machinery
portfolio. This compact equipment can be
used for testing, analysing, researching,
mixing and producing ultra-small batches
of expensive powders and products.
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FIT FOR
THE FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE
Hosokawa Micron is at the forefront of
new technology that will drive the food
production of the future. Global food
shortages, waste, energy inefficiencies
and plant downtime are just some of
the challenges facing both the world’s
population and the food industry.
Improving efficiency, yield and consistency
– while reducing downtime to optimise
productivity and profitability – are
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essential for food processing in the years
ahead. Remote monitoring, artificial
intelligence, connectivity, digital twinning
and machine learning will all help to
provide the solutions and facilitate positive
change. Uniquely for a manufacturer of
processing machinery and equipment,
Hosokawa Micron has worked with the
world’s best technology partners to create
and integrate intelligent manufacturing
capabilities into its portfolio of processing
machinery, equipment and services,
providing a complete solution for
manufacturing companies looking to the
future through digital transformation.
The Hosokawa Gen4 intelligent software
brand is a dynamic digital toolkit with
many attributes vital to building a
successful connected smart factory.
Hosokawa’s dedicated Gen4 team
blends the necessary manufacturing
and digitalisation expertise to support
manufacturers through the transition,
providing an important link in the
Hosokawa Micron customer journey,
from concept and manufacture, to
commissioning and lifecycle services.
TRUSTED BY THE WORLD’S LEADING
FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURERS
Hosokawa Micron boasts a wealth
of engineering design expertise and
experience and is well-known for its
processing and technology innovation.
Collaborating with many of the world’s
largest food manufacturers and brands
to develop and bring to market scores of
popular products – from chocolate bars,
instant soups and snacks made from
peas, to nutritional supplements and
flavourings – they are adept at meeting
the variety of challenges that reflect
continual changes in consumer trends
and tastes. Hosokawa Micron is also a
leading contract manufacturer, with an
expert in-house technical team based at
its state-of-the-art laboratory and also
at its contained manufacturing facility.
The company proudly enjoys a long and
successful history of professionally
supporting customers throughout the
product development stage to launch,
working with them to formulate the
products and manufacture some of the
ingredients used.
For more information about Hosokawa
Micron Ltd or to request a quote, please
visit hosokawa.co.uk, email
[email protected] or call +44
(0)1928 755100. To learn more about
Hosokawa Gen4, please email
[email protected]