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IDF Dairy Innovation Awards announced 18/10/2011

 

 

Trustwater has scooped another prestigious award in recognition of its’ unrivalled ECA technology.


 

This year’s International Dairy Federation (IDF) awards attracted over 100 entries from 25 countries in 14 categories ranging from products to packaging, marketing and environmental sustainability.

The Irish-founded company based in Tipperary, Trustwater, has won a major sustainability award at the IDF Innovation Awards at the Dairy World Summit in Parma, Italy for its water and energy-limiting chemical technologies that help companies save money. One of Trustwater's largest customers is Coca-Cola.

The hygiene-technology company, which pioneers cleaning and disinfection technology for the global dairy processing industry, was awarded for ‘Best Environmental Sustainability Initiative' at the dairy summit in Parma, itself famous for its ham and dairy products with dairy producing specialists such as Parmalat.

Trustwater has developed an alternative cleaning and disinfection technology that replaces traditional chemicals in a wide variety of cleaning and disinfection applications. 

Trustwater was awarded the IDF accolade after showing that it could eliminate the costs associated with the use of traditional chemicals, it could reduce cleaning water by up to 50% and hot-water energy savings of up to 60% whilst reducing cleaning cycle times by up to 75% - overall leading to a significant increase in factory productivity.

Applications for Trustwater solutions in food manufacturing are wide ranging but include low-temperature clean-in-place, process system cleaning and aseptic disinfection. 

 

Following the win, CEO Edmond O'Reilly said: "We are delighted with this recognition from the biggest innovation event in the dairy industry. Our success is due to a great team, who are highly talented and prepared to work hard for the business both at home and abroad."

In 2010, Trustwater was the winner of the ‘Irish Manufacturing Exporter of the Year 2010’ at the IEA Export Industry Awards and was also awarded the ‘Best New Bottling, Manufacturing or Production Technology Innovation’ at the 2010 InterBev Awards in Florida.