Heat and Control’s New Food Equipment Production Facility, Mexico

Heat and Control, a global food equipment manufacturer based in the US, is constructing a new food equipment production facility in Mexico to expand its manufacturing capabilities for serving existing and new customers.

The facility is located in the San Jorge Industrial Park on the Guadalajara-Lake Chapala highway in Tlajomulco, Jalisco. The ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the facility was held in April 2021.

Details of new food equipment production facility

The new facility is being built on 728,554ft² (67,685m²) comprising a warehouse, research and development (R&D) and demonstration centre, manufacturing facilities, and administrative buildings.

The 36,812ft² (3,420m²) demonstration centre will include access to inspection, packaging and six production lines that include Masa Maker^™, and equipment to produce taco and tostadas, and other foods. The centre will provide an opportunity for food companies across the world to test the company’s equipment.

The 246,041ft² (22,858m²) manufacturing area will expand the total footprint of the company’s global manufacturing and warehouse capacity to more than one million ft².

The facility will incorporate new technologies that include the latest material automation machinery with fibre laser for cutting flat and tube material, water jet cutting equipment, deburring machines and an 80ft (24.38m) powder coating processing booth.

The new facility will improve the manufacturing processes, increase the company’s productivity, and provide a competitive advantage in the market. It will also provide additional support to the customers globally.

Heat and Control’s product portfolio

The company offers diverse products for food processing, conveying, weighing, packaging, inspection, seasoning application, control and information.

It designs specialised solutions to improve yield, efficiency and safety across industries such as bakery food, cereals, corn chips, tortilla chips, cheese, fabricated chips, fruit snacks, pasta, nuts, pet foods, prepared foods, taco and tostada shells, meat, poultry and seafood.

The food processing product OilSaver Filtration System within the oil management solutions range extends the life of frying oil with continuous high-efficiency filtration down to ten microns. The system reportedly preserves frying oil quality by removing solids such as coating and crumbs.

Other industrial solutions in the food processing segment include batter and breading applications such as SureCoat^® Breading Applicator, Micro Breader Breading Applicator, and SureCoat^® Batter Applicator.

Heat and Control also offers industrial solutions for corn products processing, including Tortilla Toaster Oven, Taco-Form^® Frying System, Corn Products Fryer, Masa Maker^™. The systems produce the finest corn and tortilla chips, taco shells, tostadas and tortillas.

The company’s processing machinery includes fryers, ovens, coating applicators and other patented equipment and processes that prepare and cook foods to unique customer specifications.

Further, the company’s other product offerings include Rotary Dryer Roaster, AirForce^® Impingement Oven, Spiral Oven, and MPO Cooking System^®.

Sustainability features of Heat and Control

Heat and Control has developed sustainable processes to reduce polluting emissions, manage oil usage, and conserve water.

The company is dedicated to reduce carbon emissions and make the food system more resilient and sustainable with more research and development.

The KleenHeat^® Pollution Control Heat Exchanger incinerates and eliminates almost all odours, oil, and particulates from fryer exhaust that would otherwise pollute the air and the area around a manufacturing facility.

By eliminating solid particles through a bank of cyclones, the Oil Sweep De-Oiling System recovers fryer oil and the reusable oil is then returned to the frying system via a pump.

Marketing commentary on Heat and Control

Founded in 1950, Heat and Control delivers complete processing, product distribution, packaging and control systems for snacks, meat, poultry, seafood, and vegetables or other food products.

The company commenced operations in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1985 to manage the operations in Latin America. It has more than 1,600 employees in over 30 offices worldwide.