Food Sector

Facility design – Product Processing – Filling Systems and Packaging – Plant Utilities

Lorien Engineering Solutions have specialist people who are experienced in the handling and processing of a wide variety of physical food forms, including large solids, small solids, granules, powders and liquids and pastes of varying viscosities.

The in-house team at Lorien Engineering Solutions deal with all aspects of facility development: architectural; civil; environmental; processing, packaging; utilities; process automation; manufacturing improvements and training.

Our extensive sector knowledge is derived from working within the following food product categories for over 15 years:
  • Confectionery and ice cream
  • Oils and fats; sauces and dressings
  • Dairy and desserts
  • Baked products and snack foods
  • Flavours/seasonings/additives
  • Hot beverages
  • Chilled and frozen foods
  • Meat based products
  • Vegetable based products
  • Canned foods
  • Pet foods
Track Record
Our engineers and project managers are experienced in projects throughout the food industry. Past work covers the spectrum of food product categories from ambient to frozen, and from rigid to flexible packaging materials. Our track record illustrates our capability in handling a variety of technically challenging projects:
  • Site redevelopment for a major UK bakery with construction responsibilities and process interface management
  • Relocation and upgrade of a dry food ingredients plant (now the largest such plant in Europe)
  • Potato handling, preparation and frying for a new snack foods factory
  • Automation and upgrade of chilled and frozen ready meals factory (processing and packaging)
  • New milk evaporation plant and interface with existing process
  • Process plant relocation and refurbishment for a chilled foods manufacturer
  • Powder process and blending facility for food additive/coatings plant
  • Plant and pipework together with automation for primary processing of confectionery
  • Design and construction of aseptic filling and packaging line
  • Technical studies on waste and effluent handling for a meat plant and ready meals plant
  • Modifications to a sauces filling line to increase capacity
  • New and relocation / upgrading of high-volume snack foods production and packaging lines