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The DLG (German Agricultural Society) has announced the winners of the 2018 International FoodTec Award. This year, the renowned prize will be awarded to 17 innovations from the international food manufacturing and supply industry. Five innovations receive the International FoodTec Award in gold, while a further 12 receive the silver award.

The winners this year include companies from Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Russia, Switzerland and Germany. The award ceremony will take place on 20 March 2018 at Anuga FoodTec, the leading global trade fair for food and beverage technology, which takes place in Cologne.

The International FoodTec Awards are presented every three years. They are awarded by the DLG in cooperation with the following trade and media partners: the European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST); Anuga FoodTec; the specialist magazines “Fleischwirtschaft” (Meat Industry) and “Fleischwirtschaft International”, produced by German publisher Th. Mann; the trade journals “European Dairy Magazine” and “Deutsche Milchwirtschaft” (German Dairy Farming); the journal “FOOD Lab – Qualitätsmanagement, Analytik und Nachhaltigkeit” (FOOD Lab – Quality Management, Analytics and Sustainability), published by Bücker-Fachverlag; the professional journal “DLG-Lebensmittel” (DLG-Foods), published by the DLG; and the magazine “Lebensmitteltechnik” (Food Technology), published by LT Food Medien-Verlag.

Gold International FoodTec Award Winners:

• Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG (Biberach, Riss, Germany):
  “Formsystem”
• Linde AG (Unterschleißheim, Germany):
  “ACCU-CHILL^® Sauce Cooling”
• TREIF Maschinenbau GmbH (Oberlahr, Germany):
  “AVITOS – Frozen meat cube cutter”
• Danish Meat Research Institute (Taastrup, Denmark):
  “DynaCQ – multispectral visual surface inspection”
• MULTIVAC (Wolfertschwenden, Germany):
  “MULTIVAC X-line”

Silver International FoodTec Award Winners:

• «Absolut-Soft» OOO (Moscow, Russia):
  “1C:MESbyMEAT – Software industry solution for the meat industry”
• BEHN + BATES Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG (Münster, Germany):
  “ROTO-PACKER ADAMS CARE-LINE EDITION”
• Brabender GmbH & Co. KG (Duisburg, Germany):
  “Rapid Flour Check”
• CSB-Automation AG (Kestenholz, Switzerland):
  “ProMessa 2020”
• DIL e.V. (Quakenbrück, Germany):
  “SmoothCut ONE”
• KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany):
  “Express Pasteurization Beer”
• Minerva Omega Group (Bologna, Italy):
  “NeMoSy^® (Nexus Monitoring System)”
• Pfeffer Filtertechnik, Inh. Ulrich Pfeffer (Gingen, Germany):
  “System for cleaning frying fat in deep fryer”
• Stephan Machinery GmbH (Hamelin, Germany):
  “SAM^® – Stephan Aseptic Multitherm”
• TOMRA Sorting Solutions Food (Leuven, Belgium):
  “TOMRA ACT”
• ViscoTec pump- u. Dosiertechnik GmbH (Töging, Germany):
  “Hygienic Dispenser”
• Zeppelin Systems GmbH (Rödermark, Germany):
  “DymoMix”

Short descriptions of these outstanding innovations can be found at: www.foodtecaward.com.