Food and beverage in the US

The food and beverage industry is under constant pressure to adapt and evolve to meet consumer demand. This means increased production, lower prices, and improved quality and variety, all while maintaining a commitment to sustainability.

ABB understands the challenges you face in bringing quality food and beverage products to market. That is why we design and manufacture products to meet the challenges you face each day.  

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Key challenges in the food and beverage industry

ABB understand the challenges you face in bringing quality food and beverage products to market. That is why we design and manufacture products to meet the challenges you face each day. 

Food and personnel safety

As food and beverage manufacturing becomes more and more automated, the focus on safety continues to be paramount. Variable frequency drives (VFDs) and motors now play an even greater role, from meeting food quality standards to keeping your employees safe.

Productivity

Maximizing uptime drives increased productivity in food and beverage facilities. By integrating solutions, providing increased visibility across operations, and implementing preventative maintenance, facilities can reduce downtime and improve productivity.

Energy efficiency

Applying VFDs to control the speed and torque of motors enables applications to run with high efficiency at a range of different speeds. This eliminates the need for mechanical speed control and oversized motors and greatly improves energy efficiency, leading to lower energy bills.

Maintenance

ABB can help you prepare for success by moving from preventive to predictive maintenance. This means, in addition to regular maintenance, you can evaluate what’s happening in real time to address issues before your system goes down, taking with it your facilities’ productivity.

Reliability

ABB is at the forefront of drive and motor technology and continually performs accelerated life testing (ALT) and ongoing reliability testing (ORT) to offer motor and VFDs solutions designed to perform reliably, even in the most demanding environments.

Profitability

As food and beverage facilities become increasingly automated, having access to expertise to ensure processes are efficient, maintained, and repaired when needed is imperative. ABB is a trusted partner with the industry and application expertise, tools, and resources you need to increase profitability.

Containing costs

It’s not only important to consider the initial purchase price of your equipment, but also things like speed of installation and commissioning, elimination of unplanned downtime, reduced energy costs, and training. All of these affect return on investment and total cost of ownership (TCO).

Regulations and standards

Because the food and beverage industry is heavily regulated to protect consumers, information is paramount. ABB is uniquely positioned to deliver superior, end-to-end, scalable, automation solutions to the food and beverage industry. These solutions include VFDs, motors, programmable automation controllers (PACs), communication capabilities, such as network connectivity and ABB Ability™, and services, that enable your facility to deliver the information you need to meet regulations and standards to perform optimally.

Sub-segments

Agriculture
Bakery
Beverage
Dairy
Ingredients
Meat, poultry, and seafood
Sugar
Aquaculture

ABB offering for the food and beverage industry

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