KUALA LUMPUR: Tetra Pak Malaysia has introduced its 'factory sustainable solutions' offering, a comprehensive factory-wide strategy for optimising energy, water, and cleaning-in-place (CIP) processes.
This approach provides food and beverage (F&B) producers with a combination of advanced technologies and top-tier plant integration capabilities, aimed at enhancing energy and resource efficiency.
"Traditionally reliant on fossil fuels and energy-intensive processes, F&B producers are under increasing pressure to optimise resources and increase energy generation from renewable sources.
"This comes amidst rising operational expenses, including the cost of raw materials, as well as new carbon dioxide (CO2) taxes and fees for wasted water.
"Finding solutions to these challenges will be key, with businesses looking to their supply chains and manufacturing processes to help achieve cost savings," it said.
The factory will feature technologies like nanofiltration, which recycles caustic cleaning liquid used in CIP, and reverse osmosis, employing proprietary membrane filtration technology to enhance resource efficiency in various applications, such as milk separation and water reuse.
Tetra Park director of factory sustainable solutions and OEM components, Nicole Uvenbeck, stated that the company has primarily concentrated on optimising machines and production lines.
"We came to realise the overwhelming benefit of replicating this at a factory level, providing a more holistic approach to optimisation.
"Factory Sustainable Solutions is an evolution of our expertise, spanning water, energy, and CIP recovery. All of this combined will redefine how we support our customers in achieving their sustainability ambitions, while reducing their operational costs," she said.