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Engineers secure curd table contract

blackmorevaleFebruary 17, 20210 Comment0

A Sparkford firm has secured a deal to build processing equipment for a cheese manufacturer in India.

The order of four open curd tables secured by Sycamore Process Engineering is believed to be just the start of a very productive relationship with a leading food packaging and processing company.

The company’s growth plans include expanding manufacturing and sales internationally. Sycamore has designed, built, and delivered numerous open curd tables already. The tables perform curd conditioning, whey drainage, curd salting and mellowing for milled cheddar and stirred curd type cheeses. The tables currently being built at Sycamore headquarters will be shipped to India in March 2021.

Paul Manning, project director at Sycamore Process Engineering, said: “International expansion was the natural next step for Sycamore and this deal really helps establish us in the global market. We have a really robust and competitive offering; we’re absolutely thrilled to get the global agreement signed and look forward to delivering these great open curd tables worldwide and continue to support the cheese industry as we have done for many years.

“The team have been working hard on the design updates and improvements over the past few months and have landed on a superior offering, that now puts us ahead of our competition andgives us a competitive advantage in the market which we can now share and benefit our clients with.”

The tables are available in a range of different sizes and options, producing up to 2,450 KG of cheese on the largest model. You can watch a video of them in operation at youtu.be/bhFRy7GML-g. Made in Britain members Sycamore were winners in the 2019 Somerset Business Awards. The firm is a trusted provider of process solutions in dairy, food and drink industries. With over 30 years’ experience, they pride themselves on delivering quality to every customer, regardless of complexity, size, or location.