Food lines: keeping pace without sacrificing traceability.
Automation reinforcement for Swiss dairy, meat, beverage and ready-meal manufacturers. New line commissioning, retrofit, MES integration, batch/serialization traceability. Siemens, Rockwell expertise, hygienic environments.
Field reality
Food & beverage challenges
Cycle-time pressure: tight margins, volume growth, few intervention windows. Any intervention on a production line must be planned to the minute.
IFS / BRC traceability: every logic change must be traced for food quality and safety certifications. Rigorous documentation required.
Hygienic environment: interventions in washdown areas, stainless steel/IP69K constraints, limited access. Specific material preparation and procedures.
Serialization and regulation: barcodes, GS1, supplier-to-consumer batch traceability. Non-trivial MES/ERP integration.
Our method
Our food & beverage approach
We adapt our method to production constraints: intervention during maintenance windows, precise runbooks, simulator testing when possible. For new projects (new line, extension), we operate as a design office with turnkey delivery up to ramp-up.
Technical stack used
Technologies we master in this sector
- Siemens TIA Portal
- Rockwell ControlLogix
- FactoryTalk View
- Wonderware AVEVA
- Ignition
- OPC UA
- Profinet
- MES SAP / Werum
- ISA-95
- GS1 sérialisation
- Vision industrielle
Project evidence
Food & beverage customer profile
Sun Chemicals
Material flow automation, -60% new material introduction time, 6-month ROI
Industriels romands lait / viande / boissons
New line commissioning, existing machine retrofit, traceability integration
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