Your

3 dimensional partner
in
advanced
food technology
 Our scope
covers all three main area’s of food processing:

• Fresh Chilled
Our • Frozen
• Ambient Stable

Food Technology enabling a high degree of cross fertilization of knowledge

Noord-Oost Nederland 3 and ideas from both proven and developing technologies.

we work with collaborative research partners from different

industries to stimulate future orientated thinking and to
develop real innovative step change solutions.

dimensions we work globally and are familiar with all international

requirements and best practices as well as complying with
the most stringent standards of health and safety.

we manufacture a wide range of equipment for a number

of different product groups from individual machines to
fully integrated lines.

Our history We offer We strive

This was the first phase of
transition in FTNON, developing
tailor made solutions to different
market segments and individual
standard equipment as well as specialist engineering to deliver not just fine engineered equipment, but also
The history of Food Technology Noord-Oost Nederland customer requirements.
applications tailored to individual customer needs. processes that optimise consistent quality outputs in
B.V. (FTNON), formerly known as Noord-Oost Nederland NOORD - OOST
NEDERLAND BV the most cost effective manner.
B.V. (N.O.N.), goes back over 40 years as a food That transition has become a core
FOOD MACHINERY
complete commissioning and installation services
engineering company focused on the local Dutch market. process which is now embodied
including full project management where required. to provide genuine and measurable efficiency improve-
in the spirit of the company,
ments that enhance economic returns on investment.
Holland being the heart of European intensive vegetable constantly seeking better ways
feasibility and research & development studies for special
cultivation and supply, demanded equipment that was both of doing things and delivering
project applications. to focus on the important issues of energy efficiency, food
practical in its application and innovative in its design to increased added value to its
safety and ecological matters.
enable the industry to develop and extend its market reach. customers, and to the consumers
full service back up including local training programmes.
of their products alike.
to provide complete customer satisfaction and to
Throughout the 70’s and 80’s the quest for added value
sometimes even exceed expectations.
became more of an imperative, which focused FTNON’s Today FTNON is much more than
attention more than ever, not just on excellence in machine a food machinery company, as it
manufacturing but in providing creative solutions to meet now incorporates enhanced added
developing market trends. value, smart technical applications,
project management and real
innovative thinking in all that it does.
 Fresh-Cut salads Grapes Pineapples
Carrots
Rice Peppers
Mushrooms
Herbs Pasta
Baby leaf salads Cabbage
Ready meals
Cauliflower Citrus Potatoes
Beetroots
Fresh Chilled
Broccoli
Melons
Apples
Fresh fruit salads Beans

Fruit
Vegetables
Herbs
Mushrooms
Potato puree
French fries

Pasta
Ready meals Frozen
Vegetables Flakes
Granules

Preserves Mushrooms
Fruit
Beetroots Ready meals

Ambient Stable Gherkins Potatoes

Salads Handled with care
• Pre-preparation bin dumpers and infeeds
• Manual & automated preparation
• Belt weighers & blending systems
• Batch centrifuges
• Suction dry systems
• STIR® dry systems

& herbs
• PLC weight, yield & traceability control systems • Uplift conveyors & multihead infeed systems
• Transport flumes & sediment removal • Complete packing, gantries & crate washers
Most salads are fragile and delicate and need to be handled with
• Various wash systems & foreign body removal • Special machinery and complete production lines
the utmost care.
• Various particulate removal & dewatering systems of various capacities
• Automatic centrifuges
Retention of every natural characteristic without damage or stress
is critical to maintaining freshness up to the point of consumption.

Our innovative processes are specifically designed to ensure

perfectly prepared, washed and dried products that are presented
in the optimum way and will remain both visually attractive and
in perfect condition with enhanced shelf life.

“Hygienic design is high on my list and FTNON are industry leaders where this is concerned.” “Showed remarkable inventiveness in finding a solution to lack of space whilst maintaining good flexibility.”
Catering processor USA Salad processor Europe

Long lasting
• Manual & automated preparation • Brining and syruping installations
• Production of citrus fruit in whole segments • Blanching and cooling installations
• De-coring and segmenting lines for apples • Energy efficient steaming with the Dynamic Cloud Control

superb taste • Coating systems for various products

• Belt weighers
• PLC weight, yield & traceability control systems
- DCC system®
• Pasteurising systems
• Uplift conveyors & multihead infeed systems
• Transport flumes & sediment removal • Complete packing, gantries & crate washers
We have considerable experience and expertise when it comes
• Various wash systems & foreign body removal • Automatic loading/unloading systems for autoclaves
to fruit.

Fruit
• Various particulate removal & dewatering systems • Complete systems for preserved, dried and frozen fruit
• Various decontamination and sterilisation systems • Special machinery and complete production lines
Ensuring there is no loss of colour, moisture or juice is critical to (by steam) of various capacities
end product eating quality. • Suction dry systems

Good lasting cut fruit requires optimum hygienic preparation

conditions and processes.

Our preparation applications have been designed to ensure that

the product's natural characteristics are maintained with a high
degree of control.
 Consistent quality
• Pre-preparation bin dumpers and infeeds • Energy efficient steaming with the Dynamic Cloud Control
• De-coring systems - DCC system®
• Manual & automated preparation • Cooling systems
• Belt weighers & blending systems • Defrosting systems
• PLC weight, yield & traceability control systems • Pasteurising systems
Highly flexible lines designed to handle the many different
• Transport flumes & sediment removal • Dosing systems

Vegetables
aspects and features of hard and tuberous vegetables.
• Grading systems
• Various wash systems & foreign body removal
Core characteristics of equipment include high volume through- • Various particulate removal & dewatering systems
put rates coupled with ease of product changeovers. • Suction dry systems
• STIR® dry systems
Our steamers, blanchers and coolers use the minimum amount • NPT TM
tunnels
• Soaking installations
of energy and water ensuring lowest cost of production possible.
• Steaming, blanching and cooking systems
• Brining and syruping systems
• Filling systems
• Uplift conveyors & multihead infeed systems
• Complete packing, gantries & crate washers
• Automatic loading/unloading systems for autoclaves
• Complete systems for preserved, dried and frozen vegetables
• Special machinery and complete production lines
of various capacities

Durability and consistency are high priorities where we pay

particular attention to provide absolute reliability.

Simple maintenance features are also critical to maximise

and optimise continuous outputs.

“FTNON's technical competence and optimum process controls combined with our very high “FTNON's pasteurising plants lead the market and their control systems and cooling zones are world class”
quality raw materials allow us to produce exceptionally high quality end product.” Potato processor Europe Ready meals manufacturer Asia

Constant
• Pre-preparation bin dumpers and infeeds • Energy efficient steaming with the Dynamic Cloud Control
• Manual & automated preparation - DCC system®
• Belt weighers • Pasteurising systems

performance • PLC weight, yield & traceability control systems

• Transport flumes & sediment removal
• Dry-deskinners
• Cooling systems
• Uplift conveyors & multihead infeed systems
• Complete packing, gantries & crate washers
• Various de-stoning systems • Automatic loading/unloading systems for autoclaves

Potatoes
The versatile potato requires versatile solutions and FTNON have
• Grading systems • Complete systems for preserved, dried and frozen potatoes
been acclaimed as knowing all the in’s and out’s when it comes
• Various wash systems & foreign body removal • Complete production lines for fresh potatoes, French fries, puree,
to potatoes. • Various particulate removal & dewatering systems flakes and granules
• Pre-heating, steaming, blanching and cooking • Special machinery and complete production lines
We aim to provide absolute constant process performance to systems of various capacities
ensure consistent high quality end product.

Our in depth knowledge and experience focus particularly

on improved yield, less waste and cost efficiency in all aspects
of process.

Whatever you want to do with potatoes, we supply the

appropriate equipment for it.
 White gold
• Pre-preparation bin dumpers and infeeds • Wet slicers for fresh mushrooms
• Manual & automated preparation • Slicers for blanched mushrooms
• Belt weighers • Portabella slicers
• PLC weight, yield & traceability control systems • Brining systems
• Transport flumes & sediment removal • Drum filling systems
Mushrooms require great care and attention being both
• Hydration systems • Packing systems for semi-preserves

Mushrooms
delicate and of high value.
Many years of experience and installations worldwide have
given good insight into what is important in this high growth
product group.
Complete systems covering simple cleaning to cutting-
slicing and blanching have been developed to suit specific
customer needs.
• Various wash systems & foreign body removal • Uplift conveyors & multihead infeed systems
• Various particulate removal & dewatering systems • Transport and storage techniques
• Suction dry systems • Complete packing, gantries & crate washers
• STIR® dry systems • Automatic loading/unloading systems for autoclaves
• Grading systems • Complete production lines for (semi)preserves and pillow packs
• Blanching systems • Installations for preserved, dried and deep-frozen mushrooms
• Pasteurising systems • Special machinery and complete production lines
• Cooling systems of various capacities
• Dry slicers for fresh mushrooms

Let all mushrooms be the same, but not all the processes!

“The design of the cooling belt is of the highest possible standard from the point of view of hygiene.” “Some people have food processing technology in their blood.”
Mushroom processor India Equipment partner UK

Reliable partner
• Pre-preparation bin dumpers and infeeds • Logistic systems
• Extruders • Automated preparation
• A wide range of steam tunnels for cooking • Belt weighers
various products • PLC weight, yield & traceability control systems
Much of our knowledge is derived from experience making us • Blanching systems • Pasteurising systems
like our four legged friends reliable partners! • Cooling systems • Belt conveyors
• Colour injection systems • Buffer belts and complete buffer systems

Petfood
• Cutting machines (cutting under an edge of 0-45°) • Pipework
We know that speed, flexibility, ease of cleaning and hygiene
• Hoppers of 2,000 – 10,000 litres • Complete packing, gantries & crate washers
and low energy consumption are critical to cost effective
• Dosing, mixing and weighing systems • Automatic loading/unloading systems for autoclaves
performance. • Transport and buffer screw conveyors • Complete production lines for petfood
• Hoisting and tipping devices • Special machinery and complete production lines
Colour, texture and taste are preserved due to the speed of of various capacities
the heating and cooling phases of our petfood technology that
contribute a genuine difference to better end product at lower
unit cost.

We work hard to be considered trustworthy partners with

all of our clients.
 Innovation
"At FTNON we encourage and support new ways of thinking and different ways of doing things, together with collaborative research partners." "This approach has evolved several new innovative applications in recent years; providing high added value creative solutions to many of
our products and processes."

Dynamic Cloud Control

- DCC system®
By virtue of the patented steam control system we are able to
steam, blanch, cook and disinfect with the lowest possible
consumption of energy. When steaming or cooking with steam

STIR drying system®
STIR employs a new approach to the use of Infra Red, bringing a completely new application to the
®
drying of salad leaves and vegetables for the high growth Fresh-Cut industry. In combination with our
highly acclaimed suction dry system, STIR® adds an extra dimension for eliminating product damage
and delivering precise residual humidity with minimal contact and no stress what so ever, these points
being particularly relevant for such delicate products as baby leaf salads, vegetables and mushrooms.
The whole system is fully automated and programmable, requires little supervision and is very cost
effective to run. Together these combined processes provide elevated quality to the point of consumption
with prolonging freshness.
it is important that the product is treated uniformly and at a
consistent temperature. We attain these conditions by creating
a pure, airless steam atmosphere, as air interferes with this.
This has a positive effect on the quality of the product and in the
case of some applications, wastage is also reduced. In many
TNO Quality of Life,
research partner of FTNON.
cases the homogenous atmosphere also reduces cooking time.
Because we operate at a temperature and steam pressure which
are constant, the process can be continuously replicated, and in
the process there is only one variable, namely; the process time.
The system can be used for preparing vegetables, fruit, pota-
toes, white meat or fish. Practical experience shows that by
using the FTNON DCC system® energy savings of between
30% and 90% are achieved.

Rotating pasteuriser-cooler ®
The development of our patented rotating pasteuriser-cooler®

FTNON In-line moisture measuring
unit for French fries.
represents a significant step forward when it comes to heat
pro­cessing products of irregular shapes and sizes. By employing
continuous rotation as a fundamental principle throughout the
integrated process, the homogeneity of heat penetration is
greatly improved and prevents uneven heat patterns occurring

NPT TM
tunnel
and limits flavour loss, these elements often encountered in more
conventional methods. The benefits from our new innovative
pasteuriser are extremely wide ranging:
The NPTTM tunnel is a good example of a collaborative project run over several years, between two diverse manufacturing companies - guaranteed consistency of quality
and an R&D provider. Using UV light in a quite different way the NPTTM tunnel may be used on many different food groups (such as - reduced manpower (can be fully automated as well)
cheese, par baked bread, vegetables etc.) where microbiological levels and mould spore growth can limit the shelf life of the finished - significantly shorter process times and
product. The light technology is different and very innovative in its flexible application. It is clearly differentiated from other UV reduced footprint / space saving
technologies, providing end users with a very efficacious method of improving fresh keeping qualities and extending shelf life. to name but a few.
 Application
"Knowledge and understanding can provide intuitive insight, but often the real skill of exploitation is how you go about it." "Much of our knowledge is derived from experience, making FTNON a proven trustworthy partner."

• Centralised department of specialists covering all the key areas,

from software development to CAD modelling, feasibility studies
and simulation programmes.
• Smart IT control systems and applications to both extend
functionality and deliver real economic benefits.
• Process control systems for every need, from stand alone manual ... and finally We will do
operations to semi-automated interfaces up to fully integrated lines.
• Speed, flexibility, consistent quality and low energy consumption are
all important aspects of efficient cost effective processing.
we make you everything we
That is what we provide. can to help
• Internal customer focus groups across the whole organisation
3 define your
ensuring an integrated approach to defining and meeting customer
needs. promises.
• Qualitative and quantitative evaluation programmes at each phase
of production.
needs.
• Creative solutions for ease of maintenance, cleaning and all
aspects of hygiene.
• Our search for improvements and refinements of the production
process never stops.

That is our promise.

We will design We will deliver

• Recognised best practice in build such as bead welds and glass
blasted finishes, guaranteeing fit for purpose and durability.
• Particular attention paid to food safety and operational safety.

your process and install to

• Measureable quality standards such as ISO 9001:2000.
• Many years of experience.

That is your guarantee.

with precision. your complete
satisfaction.
"We never loose sight of what matters to you our customer
because that is what really matters to us FTNON."
Operating worldwide

Food Technology
Noord-Oost Nederland B.V. (FTNON)
Bedrijvenpark Twente 20 • 7602 KA Almelo - Holland
P.O. Box 299 • 7600 AG Almelo - Holland
Tel. (+31) 546 574 222 • Fax (+31) 546 574 875
E-mail info@ftnon.com • Web site www.ftnon.com