Because food safety is customer’s first priority.

IMECA Process has developed a food department dedicated to the processing of fruit juice, concentrate and other fruit products such as pastes, jams and others.

IMECA Process supplies turn key installation or part of the process, according to customer need.

IMECA PROCESS AND AGRI-FOOD PRODUCTION

IMECA Process has diversified through the development of its agricultural business department focusing on the processing of fruit juices, concentrates and associated products (jellies, jams, etc).

Today, these are the two principle areas of operation for the company and continue to be the focus of its ongoing development.

IMECA Process has a policy of researching new technologies in partnership with numerous research institutions such as INRA CIRAD etc. (INRA: Institut national de la recherche agronomique, CIRAD : Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement....).

IMECA Process manages a project from the drawing board to the factory floor and ensures a rapid and complete service tailored to the client’s individual needs.

IMECA PROCESS AND FRUIT PROCESSING

GRAPES

Imeca Process control the processing of grapes for :

 extraction of grape juice and grape concentrate
 grape sugars, dematerialized pure glucose and fructose
 grape based fruit jellies
 reconstituted fruit drinks
 all processes for wine production, red and white wines, still or sparkling (closed vat method, methode champenoise).

IMECA Process can supply complete production lines or individual components according to the client’s individual requirements.

APPLES, DATES AND TROPICAL FRUITS

Through perfecting its work with grapes, IMECA Process has been able to develop production processes for the processing of juice, concentrates etc for a wide variety of fruits from both temperate and tropical growing areas. These are mainly apple, pineapple, dates mango, azerole etc. Extracts from these fruits include :

 100% natural fruit juice
 fruit concentrates
 fruit sugars
 reconstituted fruit drinks made from concentrates.

OTHER PRODUCTS

Fruit based drinks
Manufactured by mixing juice or concentrate with processed water, acidification, carbonation etc.

Recovering of flavorings
Where large quantities of fruit are processed, it is possible to add a component to recuperate the natural fruit flavors ( these have a value on their own or when added back into concentrates).

Extraction of aromatics and essential oils
Development of equipment for the extraction of aromatics and essential oils for the agri-food industry as well as cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies. (AROMA PROCESSING method).

IMECA PROCESS AND THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY

The cutting edge abilities of IMECA Process within the agricultural sphere are :

FILTRATION TECHNIQUES AND PROCESSES

 Kieselguhr filters
 Rotary vacuum filters
 Plate filters
 Organic membrane filters
 Tangential mineral membrane and micro filtration units

EVAPORATION TECHNIQUES AND PROCESSES

 Single and multiple effect evaporators
 Rising film/falling film evaporators
 with or without flavor retrieval
 with or without thermal compressors or mechanical vapor recompression
 Demineralization units over anionic and cationic resins

TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE PACKAGING OF DRINKS

 Mixers
 Dosers
 Desaeration
 Dilution
 Conditioning
 Cleaning techniques (cleaning in place)

THERMAL TECHNIQUES AND PROCESSES

 Ice water production units of between 100 000 and 1000 000 frigories an hour
 Management of liquid refrigerants
 Small mobile refrigeration units equipped with heat pumps
 Heat exchangers (co-axial, single and multi duct, scraped surface, plate exchangers
 Pasteurization units
 Crystallization units

COMPLETE MECHANICAL PRODUCTION LINES FOR PROCESSING AND PACKAGING

 Complete command of processing techniques
 Turnkey production lines
 Full control of machinery