When it comes to maintaining efficiency, safety, and cleanliness in demanding processing environments, the right ducting solutions make all the difference. That’s why we’re proud to continue strengthening our partnership with KMH, a trusted name in high-quality ducting systems.

Recently, our Managing Director, Nick Willetts, visited KMH HQ to reinforce our relationship further, explore innovations, and review the latest product developments. The visit highlighted KMH’s...

Cross-contamination is one of the biggest and most avoidable risks in hygienic processing.

From dairy and beverages to pharma and home care, preventing product mixing is not just about cleanliness. It is about smart system design.

Mixproof valves play an extremely important role in safely separating incompatible media, even during CIP and changeovers, helping plants maintain uptime without compromising hygiene.

If you are running complex process lines or planning a skid upgrade, this is a must-read.

📖Continue reading this article to see how Mixproof valves protect product integrity and improve operational efficiency: 

Mixing should be simple… but it’s often where production problems start.

At Industrial Trading Solutions (ITS), we work alongside Vak Kimsa, S.A. to help manufacturers improve mixing performance in hygienic industries like food & beverage, brewery, dairy, pharma and home care.

Here are some of the most common mixing issues we help solve 👇

If there is one core idea running through this article, it is that pump energy use in hygienic processing is shaped far more by how the pump is selected, controlled and installed than by motor efficiency alone.

Oversizing, throttling, poor system layout and mismatched pump technologies quietly drive up energy costs every day!

💡By matching pump type to real duty, using speed control where it genuinely adds value, reducing friction in the pipework and choosing designs that stay efficient under real operating conditions, manufacturers can cut energy use without sacrificing hygiene, quality or uptime.

If you are curious where your own biggest losses might be hiding or which pump technologies could realistically pay back in your plant, read on.

For engineers and operations managers, efficiency isn’t just a target – it’s a KPI. Product losses in pipelines, extended CIP cycles, and lengthy changeovers directly impact yield, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, and operating costs.

LIAG® pigging system integrates into your process line to safely recover residual product, pushing it back into production before cleaning begins.

💡The result? 

Ever had a valve start failing and wondered what’s really causing it?

Our ITS Servicing & Maintenance team will be able to tell you after they recently carried out an ad hoc site visit at one of our beverage industry customers to inspect an Alfa Laval Mixproof Valve (MPV) that was experiencing failing seals. The purpose of the visit was to observe the process and identify the root cause of the issue.

🔧 During the inspection, our team found that the plug in the valve body was bent and worn, causing the sealing failure...

This video shows a real-world safety issue caused by uncontrolled pressure release, the kind of moment that happens fast and can lead to serious injury, equipment damage, downtime, and investigation costs.

✅The right protection could have prevented it.

A Pipetite Pre-Sure™ Cap is designed to help control pressure release safely, reducing risk to people and the plant.

💡In pressurised systems, the question isn’t if something can go wrong, it’s whether you’ve put the right safeguards in place before it does.

If you’re working with hygienic flow systems, pipework, or pressurised lines, this is one simple upgrade that can make a major difference.

Fouling doesn’t happen overnight. It builds up quietly, layer by layer… until performance suddenly drops off a cliff.

When people hear “fouling,” they often picture a light coating or a small amount of residue.

In reality, it can look like:

• Thick product build-up restricting flow
• Hard scale deposits choking heat transfer
• Biofilm contamination risks in hygienic processes
• Blocked plates or tubes causing pressure changes and instability

📉 The result?

Reduced heat transfer efficiency, longer heating and cooling times, and more frequent CIP cycles, resulting in increased chemical usage. Over time, this drives up running costs, creates unplanned downtime, and in the worst cases can even lead to hygiene failures and product quality issues.

Ensuring beer clarity, stability, and shelf life demands uncompromising filtration performance, but monitoring filtration systems with conventional dual-angle sensors (90° + 25°) can be a major cost factor.

That’s why a new test carried out in collaboration with a brewery in the Netherlands compared the ITM-4DW turbidity sensor against a competitor’s more expensive dual-angle device.

- Click the button below to discover where this solution can benefit your brewery customers 👇

Choosing the correct filter size is more than picking a number off a chart. It is about matching your filtration solution to the fluid characteristics, flow requirements and contamination level of your process.

HiFlux filters cover a wide range, but real-world conditions determine the best size and configuration. Hygienic applications demand product integrity and cleanability, while industrial processes often face heavier dirt loads and tougher conditions.

Fluids vary in viscosity, and thicker products flow more slowly, which can increase pressure drop and reduce throughput if the filter is undersized. High contamination levels also require a filter that can manage dirt efficiently, reduce cleaning frequency, maintain low differential pressure, and protect equipment further along the production line.

The Alfa Laval Leakage Detection Butterfly Valve has officially landed on ITS Lite and is ready to buy online.

If product safety and process integrity matter to your operation, this is a smart upgrade. Designed for hygienic applications across dairy, food, beverage, and home and personal care, it delivers secure fluid separation with built-in leakage detection in one compact solution.

Designed with process integrity in mind:
• Leak-tight shut-off to protect product quality
• Detect issues early with built-in leakage monitoring
• Compact, efficient design that saves space and reduces maintenance
• Reliable performance that keeps production moving

For even greater control, pair it with an Alfa Laval ThinkTop® control unit for real-time monitoring and simple automation.

No quotes. No waiting. Just straightforward online ordering through ITS Lite.

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