Food & Beverage Processing
Optimize food and beverage production with hygienic heat transfer, separation and fluid handling technologies.
Alfa Laval
Global engineering and technology company providing heat transfer, separation and fluid handling solutions for food, water, energy, marine and industrial applications.
WHAT WE OFFER
Dairy Processing
Improve dairy yields, hygiene and resource efficiency across milk, whey, casein and lactose processing.
Seafood, Meat & Protein Processing
Support efficient protein processing with advanced separation, heat transfer and hygienic fluid-handling technologies.
Water & Wastewater
Recover water, heat and valuable resources while reducing waste and operating costs across treatment processes.
Energy Efficiency & Heat Recovery
Recover waste heat and optimize thermal processes to reduce energy consumption, costs and emissions.
Clean Energy & Decarbonization
Enable cleaner energy systems with technologies for hydrogen, fuel cells, carbon capture and energy storage.
Marketplace
Alfa Laval ConditionAlert™
Real-time separator monitoring that detects abnormal conditions early and helps prevent costly unplanned production stops.
Reduced unplanned downtime+8Expert analysis from Alfa Laval, Proactive maintenance planning, Web-based performance visibility, Abnormal-pattern detection, Early-warning alerts, Temperature monitoring, Vibration monitoring, Real-time equipment monitoring
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Alfa Laval Food & Beverage Separators
Advanced centrifugal separation for dairy, beverages, protein, edible oils and other food-processing applications.
Global service support+7Liquid-liquid separation, Solid-liquid separation, Gentle product handling, Hygienic processing, Reduced product losses, Energy-efficient operation, Low maintenance requirements
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Alfa Laval Foodec™ Decanter Centrifuges
Continuous solid-liquid separation for food and beverage processing with high yield, efficient cleaning and lower energy use.
Designed for continuous operation+7Continuous solid-liquid separation, Low maintenance requirements, Flexible processing, Energy-efficient drive system, Fast CIP cleaning, Enclosed hygienic design, High product recovery
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TRUSTED BY GLOBAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES
ALFA LAVAL AT A GLANCE
42
LARGE PRODUCTION UNITS
100+
SERVICE CENTRES
23,670+
PEOPLE POWERING INNOVATION
SEK 69.6B
2025 ANNUAL SALES
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Upcoming events & trainings
Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others
Price: Free
Alfa Laval Capital Markets Day 2026
Nov 18, 2026
1:00 pm CET
Online
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Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others
Price: Free
SMM 2026
Sep 1–4, 2026
8:00 am CEST
In person
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Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others
Price: Free
World Water Week 2026
Aug 23–27, 2026
8:00 am CEST
Hybrid
Alfa LavalArticles
Vendor Solutions
Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others
Alfa Laval to deliver pre-treatment solution for groundbreaking €2.7 billion Brazilian biorefinery project
Alfa Laval will supply pre-treatment technology for a major Brazilian biorefinery producing sustainable aviation fuel from vegetable oils, animal fats and used cooking oil, demonstrating advanced processing of renewable feedstocks.
14 August 2026 · 1 min read
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Research & Publications
Dairy+3Seafood & Aquaculture, Meat, Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others
Alfa Laval deepens its commitment to the global food industry with new Food & Pharma Division
Alfa Laval strengthens its focus on the global food industry through its newly established Food & Pharma Division, increasing its focus on innovation, customer alignment and next-generation food production technologies.
14 August 2026 · 1 min read
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Case Studies
Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others
Ecovado and Alfa Laval Partner to drive economic growth in underdeveloped communities in South Africa
Alfa Laval partners with Ecovado to support a new avocado oil processing plant in South Africa, combining advanced food-processing technology with local agriculture, job creation and sustainable community development.
14 August 2026 · 1 min read
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Reports
Annual Report
Seafood & Aquaculture+4Dairy, Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others, Beverage, Meat
Annual & Sustainability Report 2025
Alfa Laval’s Annual & Sustainability Report 2025 provides an overview of the company’s financial performance, strategic priorities, sustainability progress and contribution to global challenges across energy, food and water, and marine industries. The report combines business and sustainability reporting to provide stakeholders with a comprehensive view of Alfa Laval’s performance and long-term direction.
14 August 2026
Alfa Laval
Whitepaper
Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others
A New Era of Olive Oil Profitability — Olive Oil Booster
This whitepaper examines how Alfa Laval’s Olive Oil Booster technology can improve olive oil extraction yield, oil quality and production efficiency. It explains how vacuum processing, mixing, heat transfer and centrifugal separation work together to increase the amount of high-quality oil extracted from olives while reducing water consumption and improving overall mill profitability.
14 August 2026
Alfa Laval
Whitepaper
Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others
Contherm Max — Small Footprint, Great Performance
This whitepaper explores Alfa Laval’s Contherm Max double-wall scraped-surface heat exchanger and its role in improving thermal processing efficiency, production capacity and product quality. It explains how the technology can help food manufacturers process viscous, heat-sensitive and particulate-containing products while reducing energy use, maintenance requirements and operational costs.
14 August 2026
Alfa Laval
About Us
Alfa Laval is a global engineering and technology company specializing in heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. Its technologies help customers optimize processes, improve resource efficiency and create more sustainable operations across food, water, energy, marine & industrial applications.
Industries served
Meat
Dairy
Beverage
Seafood & Aquaculture
Grain & Cereals
Retail Processing & Manufacturing
Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others
Capabilities
Industrial Service & Lifecycle Support
Process Optimization
Food Processing
Fluid Handling
Separation
Heat Transfer
Trust & compliance
ISO 55001 Asset Management
ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems
ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety
ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
Recognition
Sustainability Actions Award 2025Spain · 2025
Data-Driven Impact & Continuous Improvement AwardSwedish Chambers of Commerce · 2025
WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY
“Planned maintenance with an Alfa Laval Service Agreement and genuine spare parts reduced our total maintenance costs by 65% and optimized plant uptime.”
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