Once viewed mainly as a processing efficiency tool, membrane technologies are now helping producers recover more value from existing streams, develop new ingredients to meet rising consumer demand and extend product portfolios into adjacent categories.
Dairy producers are evaluating membrane systems differently, looking beyond throughput to understand how those systems can help recover more value from existing streams.
Dairy processors are focusing on utility reduction, water recovery, and efficiency due to rising energy costs and sustainability pressures. Membranes are key for lowering thermal demand, recovering water, and enhancing product yield in these operations.
Educational track at the Membrane Technology Forum explores cleaning, sanitation and monitoring strategies designed to improve membrane performance, reduce resource consumption and extend membrane life.
Educational track at the Membrane Technology Forum explores how membrane technologies support dairy ingredient optimization, processing capacity and value-added dairy production.
Drawing on operational experience at High Desert Milk, the educational session explores how membrane system expansion and process optimization efforts can influence plant efficiency, ingredient production and long-term growth strategies within dairy processing operations.
Educational session at the Membrane Technology Forum examines how dairy processors are using membrane technologies to support production optimization and expand higher-value ingredient opportunities across dairy streams.
Membrane Technology Forum elevates coverage of filtration and purification strategies for treating food and beverage processing wastewater.
May 29, 2026
For 2026, the Membrane Technology Forum agenda will include more speakers identifying promising beverage market opportunities, a strategic area for membrane technology.
Membrane filtration is taking a more central role in dairy processing as suppliers continue to refine systems that impact not only separation efficiency, but also water use, energy consumption and plant efficiency.
Rather than serving as a standalone processing step, membrane filtration is increasingly functioning as a tool to optimize multiple aspects of plant performance, from yield and ingredient quality to water and energy use.
GEA Group's Shanti Bhushan says processors utilizing membrane filtration typically see benefits across three key areas: yield improvement, waste reduction and resource efficiency.
Membrane filtration is moving beyond its traditional role as a wastewater treatment tool across the meat, poultry and seafood industries, as processors look to recover value from underutilized streams while reducing water, energy and raw material consumption.
Educational session on day one of the Membrane Technology Forum showcases how membrane filtration and other advanced extraction technologies enable recovery of premium bioactives from plant and animal materials, including byproducts.
Educational session at the 2026 Membrane Technology Forum explores the global cosmetics market shift toward natural bioactive ingredients, driven by advanced extraction technologies such as membrane filtration.
As meat and poultry processors face rising water, energy and production costs, efficient wastewater management is becoming more vital to overall plant efficiency.
Membrane technology may not be top of mind for meat and poultry operations, but it is becoming increasingly relevant as facilities look for innovative ways to improve water management, optimize byproduct valorization and streamline overall process efficiency.