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Your process is stalling.

Let's fix it.

Engineering judgment, not slideware. Independent food process engineering for manufacturers, R&D teams, and founders — scoped, fixed-fee, documented.

→Fixed-fee. Not hourly.
→On the floor, not in slides.
→No junior staff. Direct access.
→Documentation you actually own.
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At a Glance
10+
Years on the floor
€20M+
CAPEX delivered
3
Continents
NL · CM
Based / Active
Sectors
DairyPlant-BasedFermentationBeverageReady MealsBakery
60-minute discovery call. No fee, no obligation. We'll tell you in the call if we're a fit.
Trusted by manufacturers across
DAIRY GROUP · NLBEVERAGE STARTUP · DEREADY-MEAL · CMFERMENTATION · US
Why Not a Big Firm?

What you get that you won't from a consultancy.

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No junior staff.

Your project is worked by the engineer you hired — not delegated to a graduate six months into their career.

02
Fixed-fee, always.

Scope agreed in writing before work starts. No hourly creep, no change-order surprises. You know the number.

03
On-site when it matters.

Commissioning failures don't happen on Zoom. When the process needs eyes, we're on the floor.

04
Documentation you own.

Every engagement closes with protocols and SOPs written so your team can maintain them without us.

What We Solve

Six ways we remove the block.

From a failed commissioning run to a €4M CAPEX programme — each service maps to a specific problem manufacturers actually face.

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CAPEX Project Management

End-to-end management of capital investment projects. If you're commissioning a new line, expanding capacity, or standing up a facility and need a single point of technical accountability — this is the engagement.

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02
Process Design

Detailed process design for new and existing food manufacturing lines. If you're designing from scratch or retrofitting an existing process and need P&IDs, mass balances, and equipment specifications done properly — this is the engagement.

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03
Cleaning Validation System Design

Design and documentation of CIP and manual cleaning validation programs. If your swab results are inconsistent, your protocols are inherited from a previous regime, or you're preparing for a regulatory audit — this is the engagement.

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Process Validation

IQ/OQ/PQ validation programs for process equipment and critical utilities. If you're commissioning new equipment or your current validation records wouldn't survive a GFSI or FDA review — this is the engagement.

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05
Process Audit

Independent assessment of manufacturing processes, identifying efficiency losses, food safety gaps, and scale-up risks. If you want an honest outside view — not a report written to please management — this is the engagement.

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06
Scale-Up Support

Technical support for R&D-to-production scale-up projects. If your commissioning trials are failing, your pilot results aren't transferring, or your launch window is closing — this is the engagement.

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Results

Selected work.
Documented outcomes.

Anonymised at the client's request. Sector and outcome data are accurate; figures rounded. References available under NDA.

Case · 012024
Dairy Processing
Netherlands
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Cleaning ValidationDairy Processing · Netherlands

CIP redesign cut water consumption by a third.

Challenge

A mid-sized dairy plant was running CIP cycles inherited from a 2008 retrofit. Water and chemical use had crept up; cycles overran shift handovers; QA was flagging recurring swab failures on a yogurt line.

Approach

Audited 14 CIP circuits, rebuilt the design from flow-velocity first principles, redesigned spray geometry on three vessels, and rewrote validation protocols against current EHEDG guidance.

−34%
Water Use
−28%
Cycle Time
0
Swab Failures (12mo)
Case · 022025
Plant-Based Beverage
EU + USA
02
Scale-Up SupportPlant-Based Beverage · EU + USA

Pilot-to-production scale-up for a fermented oat base.

Challenge

Series-B startup hit yield and texture variability when moving from a 200L pilot to a 12,000L production fermenter. Three commissioning runs failed on viscosity spec; launch window was closing.

Approach

Reframed the scale-up around mixing geometry and shear, not volume. Built a parameter-transfer matrix, ran a structured 4-trial DOE on the production tank, and embedded with the QA team for first commercial batch.

+22%
Yield Recovery
4
Trials to Spec
On time
Launch
Case · 032023
Ready-Meal Manufacturer
Cameroon
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CAPEXReady-Meal Manufacturer · Cameroon

CAPEX programme for a new 8,000 m² facility.

Challenge

Family-owned manufacturer commissioning their first export-grade facility. No prior CAPEX framework; vendor pool spread across three continents; tight 14-month timeline to FSSC 22000 readiness.

Approach

Stood up a project management office, wrote scope and budget framework from scratch, ran vendor selection across utilities and process equipment, and led FAT/SAT for critical lines through to handover.

€4.2M
CAPEX Managed
−6 wks
vs. Plan
FSSC
Certified
How We Work

A four-step engagement model.

What Clients Say

Engineering credibility, measured.

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We'd been through two consultants who produced reports. This engagement produced a working process. The difference was someone who stayed on-site until the line ran to spec.
Head of Operations
Mid-size dairy cooperative, Netherlands
CIP Redesign
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Fixed-fee mattered enormously for our board. We knew exactly what we were committing to. The CAPEX programme came in under budget and we got FSSC certification on the first audit.
Founder & CEO
Ready-meal manufacturer, Cameroon
CAPEX Project Management
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