GEA, Chr. Hansen finalize world’s largest fermentation plant for cultures
GEA supplied one of the big fermentation lines to Chr. Hansen’s production facility.
GEA, Düsseldorf, Germany, collaborated with customer Chr. Hansen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark, to complete the inauguration of the world’s largest fermentation plant for bacterial cultures at the customer’s site in Copenhagen, Denmark in November.
Chr. Hansen’s production site features the latest highly complex AIR17-fermentation project four production lines; two lines with 45 cubic meter fermenters each and two lines with 100 cubic meter fermenters each. This makes it the largest production site of its kind worldwide, according to GEA. GEA delivered one of these big fermentation lines to the customer’s production facility – with installation taking place while existing production lines were running.