Interpack beckons for Caotech’s cocoa and chocolate systems
Caotech will be making a key return to interpack next week. Pic: Neill Barston
With an established global reputation for the confectionery and snacks industry, Netherlands equipment firm Caotech, based in Wormerveer, has continued to expand the export of its ball mills and conches for cocoa and chocolate sector.
The business is primed for this year’s interpack (exhibiting in Hall 3, stand E36), and is expected to expand upon its strong showing at the last iteration of interpack at 2023, discussing the latest developments for industry processing, with its team able to draw upon decades of experience operating within the category.
As the company’s sales director, Olaf Schepel (pictured), explained recently to Confectionery Production, the business has spent considerable time preparing for this year’s iteration of the key packaging and processing event which opens next week in Dusseldorf (between May 7-13), with plenty of machinery options available to its customers.
The business enjoyed a notably successful recent appearance at Chocoa in Amsterdam, and is fully primed for this year’s major interpack event, which is anticipated to exceed its previous visitor total of more than 140,000 visitors from around the world (see our video exclusive interview with Thomas Dohse, event director below).
Traditionally, the Caotech scope of supply covers a wide variety of installations, varying from a small lab size ball mill type CAO B5 + lab conche CWC 5, the well-known CAO B3000 batch installation and the CAO 4000 as a component in a continuous production line for both cocoa and chocolate to complete turnkey projects.
Its series includes its CAO 4000-CHOC[3] In-line installation, a fully automated processing line for the production of chocolate and compound with capacities of up to 2.000kg per hour. Upon customer’s requirements the line can be completed with ingredients feeding section.
This system has been developed for chocolate, compound, bread spreads and fat crèmes, and its continuous operation been devised for these heat sensitive masses. Furthermore, it has a unique configuration using a horizontal mixer, (water-cooled) grinding shaft, grinding tank, grinding media and tube heat exchangers, resulting in an optimum use of the grinding/cooling efficiency.
