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Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition, producers of baby food
Food and beverages industry, Swizerland

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Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition AG

Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition
Sulgen im Thurgau,
Switzerland
  • Fulfillment of hygiene and quality requirements
  • Traceability of the processing steps
  • Handling of annual full use of capacity (75 million liters milk to 30,000 tons of baby food)
  • Avoidance of dirt accumulation at cables
  • Detection of concealed cable ties
  • Commissioning of the plant
  • Virtual commissioning of complex functions of the overall plant using the Simit software
  • 8 SIMATIC-S7-400, 3 SIMATIC-S7-315F
  • Connected to the central Profinet ring with shared-device function
  Used Products:
  • TIA Portal
  • S7-400
  • SIMATIC ET 200SP
  • SIMATIC WinCC V7
"The composition of baby food is highly regulated, the hygiene and quality requirements are high, and every step of the process must be traceable." 
Michael Riffel, Plant Manager at the Sulgen plant
  • Avoidance of errors and faster commissioning of the plant
  • Flexible and cost-optimized control of the overall system process
  • High availability of the plant
  • The Hochdorf Group is one of the Swiss market leaders in the development, production and marketing of valuable foods and ingredients made from milk, cereals and oilseeds.
  • Nearly 700 employees from the departments Dairy Ingredients, Baby Care and Cereals & Ingredients. Products are sold worldwide in over 90 countries. Customers from the food industry and (retail) trade.
  • Construction of a new production plant for the production of baby food in powder form. Taking into account hygiene and quality requirements as well as traceability of each processing step.
  • Full capacity of the original plant on a yearly basis due to the increased demand from Asia.
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