{"id":522,"date":"2022-09-23T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T13:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/en\/?post_type=case_studies&#038;p=522"},"modified":"2022-09-23T13:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T13:46:43","slug":"columbia-frutco","status":"publish","type":"case_studies","link":"https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/en\/case_studies\/columbia-frutco\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia: Frutco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-30dd45e8 alignwide\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-759330-2797667.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frutco-1024x493.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-914\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e779482a\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-5e7c2c0a\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-07e3c6b6\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-07e3c6b6\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-82ebc03f\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-frutco-banana-processing-plant\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">frutco &#8211; banana processing plant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffbf0d;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Case Study<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ab6d843b alignwide\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"493\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/frutco-1.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/frutco-1.png 1144w, https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/frutco-1.png?resize=300,144 300w, https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/frutco-1.png?resize=768,370 768w, https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/frutco-1.png?resize=1024,493 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-780360c9 alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-c523cb1a\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-8fd66299\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8fd66299\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a92b9fbb\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-frutco-banana-processing-plant-1\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">frutco &#8211; banana processing plant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffbf0d;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Case Study<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-0919db89\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-0919db89\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8dc45f85\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-02cdce13\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-7ada50d2\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7ada50d2\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">We first met Frutco\u2019s management during the 2015 IFU conference. Their goal was to find a reliable partner to help them enter the South American market with a banana processing plant, a business of which CFT could already boast several references and a long-standing local presence.<br><br>Frutco is a company that has been active in the tropical fruit processing market for almost 30 years. From the very first meetings it became clear that their attention to the quality of the finished product was perfectly in line with the spirit of CFT Group. With these conditions in mind, we designed a banana processing plant for Frutco to be installed in Colombia, in the new plant of their sister company FruBaTec.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-94a0f54b\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-94a0f54b\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-759330-2797667.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/banana-05-1024x395.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-918\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f25f2517\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-2146da61\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-08ec7d31\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-08ec7d31\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">We first met Frutco\u2019s management during the 2015 IFU conference. Their goal was to find a reliable partner to help them enter the South American market with a banana processing plant, a business of which CFT could already boast several references and a long-standing local presence.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-bee9f856\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-bee9f856\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">We first met Frutco\u2019s management during the 2015 IFU conference. Their goal was to find a reliable partner to help them enter the South American market with a banana processing plant, a business of which CFT could already boast several references and a long-standing local presence.<br><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-759330-2797667.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/banana-05-1024x395.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-918\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-46f34b2c\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-c554e3d6\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-16b812ed\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-16b812ed\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">We first met Frutco\u2019s management during the 2015 IFU conference. Their goal was to find a reliable partner to help them enter the South American market with a banana processing plant, a business of which CFT could already boast several references and a long-standing local presence.<br><br>Frutco is a company that has been active in the tropical fruit processing market for almost 30 years. From the very first meetings it became clear that their attention to the quality of the finished product was perfectly in line with the spirit of CFT Group. With these conditions in mind, we designed a banana processing plant for Frutco to be installed in Colombia, in the new plant of their sister company FruBaTec.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-76f49fe0\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-76f49fe0\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"395\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/banana-05.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/banana-05.png 1997w, https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/banana-05.png?resize=300,116 300w, https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/banana-05.png?resize=768,297 768w, https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/banana-05.png?resize=1024,395 1024w, https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/banana-05.png?resize=1536,593 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8ce948b1\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-complete-banana-processing-line\" style=\"font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;text-transform:uppercase\">The complete banana processing line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px\">The plant created is a turnkey line that includes all the equipment necessary for the reception, washing, peeling, sorting, heating, extraction, sterilization and aseptic filling phases.<br><br>Among the many machines that make up the line, at least three are worthy of special attention:<br>Giubileo extractor and refiner<br><br>Giubileo is CFT Group\u2019s extraction \/ refining unit designed to ensure high performance, maximum flexibility, and state-of-the-art functionality. Thanks to its versatility, the machine is able to process a wide range of products, including, but not limited to, whole fruits, with or without stones and various types of vegetables, obtaining finished products that meet the highest quality standards. Some of its main features are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><li>Elimination of pre-peeling in the processing of fruit without stones by means of cold extraction, which allows a significant reduction in the amount of waste and in oxidation of the products.<\/li><li>Constant yield: for Mediterranean fruits such as pears and apples, Giubileo can obtain 97% of the finished product with only 3% waste.<\/li><li>Possibility of de-stoning products with stones using a \u201crubber free\u201d system in which the fruits never come into contact with parts that are not in stainless steel.<\/li><li>Integrity of the seeds, stones and stalks, to avoid the alteration of the taste during heating and the presence of foreign bodies in the final pur\u00e9e.<\/li><li>Possibility of inclination of the rotor blades, which allows fine adjustments of the machine according to product specifications.<\/li><li>Reduction in waste moisture.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a489c522 alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-tishonator-tab-item-block\"><h3 class=\"tish-tab-item\">Olimpic TC + SR sterilizer<\/h3><div class=\"tish-tab-content\">High performance and maximum reliability characterize the Olimpic sterilization system, designed for processing products with high consistency and viscosity values, intended for subsequent aseptic filling. Some of its main features are:<br><br>\u2022 Patented heat exchanger technology, with hygienic design, no stress due to thermal expansion, fully drainable.<br>\u2022 Quick and easy maintenance, without the need for complete extraction of the internal bundle.<br>\u2022 Capacity from 1,000 up to 18,000 kg \/ hour.<br>\u2022 Maximum heat exchange efficiency and process uniformity.<br>\u2022 Viscosity of the product up to 10,000 cp.<br>\u2022 Reduced washing times thanks to the counter-current included in the cycle.<br><br>For this particular project, the Olimpic TC sterilizer was equipped with 5 scraped surface heat exchangers, to raise the temperature of the product by means of boiler steam.<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-tishonator-tab-item-block\"><h3 class=\"tish-tab-item\">FDA certified Macropak aseptic filler<\/h3><div class=\"tish-tab-content\">Macropak AF\/2 is an innovative aseptic filler, capable of handling up to 3 different packaging formats.<br>Some of the key features of the machine are as follows:<br><br>\u2022 Designed for packing semi-finished or finished products, liquid or semi-liquid fluids, highly viscous products or products containing particulates.<br>\u2022 Products are aseptically filled into 200 litre or 1000 litre, pre-sterilized bags.<br>\u2022 Aseptic filling of 5 litre, 10 litre or 20 litre bags (pouches) is possible with the optional web fed kit, which can be easily mounted on the AF\/2 when this format is necessary.<br><br>We requested and obtained the FDA certification for Macropak precisely with this project in mind, which has allowed the customer to obtain even more assurances regarding the quality and safety of the processing offered by CFT Group.<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5966339a alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-most-difficult-challenge-the-colour-ofthe-finished-product\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase\">\u201cThe most difficult challenge: The colour of<br>the finished product\u201d<\/h2>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-eff0c03d\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The final product obtained from this line is aseptic banana pur\u00e9e and pulp, which the customer then supplies to producers of fruit juices, baby food or other finished products.<br><br>Banana processing is a particularly challenging process from a quality point of view. For microbiological reasons, this fruit actually needs be treated at high temperatures, but at the same time it is necessary to maintain high standards for all the organoleptic properties.<br><br>Consequently, the characteristics of the finished product such as colour, taste and flavour must be as close as possible to the original ones, while at the same time<br>guaranteeing a perfectly aseptic product.<br><br>Among these characteristics, colour is undoubtedly the most difficult to guarantee when dealing with this type of fruit: all the companies that process bananas actually know perfectly well that maintaining a natural colour is one of the key elements, and at the same time one of the most complicated of the whole process. One of our main challenges in this case was therefore obtaining an excellent result also from the point of view of colour.<br><br>The reference system to which we refer for the measurement of colours is the HunterLab standard, composed of the three main values L (brightness), A (red gradient) and B (green gradient).<br><br>In general, each fruit, juice or pur\u00e9e is assigned ranges of values for each of the three HunterLab parameters, and the quality of the finished product is evaluated according to the range in which the measurement falls.<br><br>Although bananas have a tendency to easily turn pink with heat, thus moving away from their natural white \/ yellow colouring, the finished product made with our plant has been placed in the highest quality range for each of the three parameters L, A and B. Our customer was completely satisfied with this result, once again confirming the value of CFT Group design and technologies.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4eb8d8a5\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-f429983b\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-0a4187a0\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-0a4187a0\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The final product obtained from this line is aseptic banana pur\u00e9e and pulp, which the customer then supplies to producers of fruit juices, baby food or other finished products.<br><br>Banana processing is a particularly challenging process from a quality point of view. For microbiological reasons, this fruit actually needs be treated at high temperatures, but at the same time it is necessary to maintain high standards for all the organoleptic properties.<br><br>Consequently, the characteristics of the finished product such as colour, taste and flavour must be as close as possible to the original ones, while at the same time guaranteeing a perfectly aseptic product.<br><br>Among these characteristics, colour is undoubtedly the most difficult to guarantee when dealing with this type of fruit: all the companies that process bananas actually know perfectly well that maintaining a natural colour is one of the key elements, and at the same time one of the most complicated of the whole process. One of our main challenges in this case was therefore obtaining an excellent result also from the point of view of colour.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-81b6dee9\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-81b6dee9\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The reference system to which we refer for the measurement of colours is the HunterLab standard, composed of the three main values L (brightness), A (red gradient) and B (green gradient).<br><br>In general, each fruit, juice or pur\u00e9e is assigned ranges of values for each of the three HunterLab parameters, and the quality of the finished product is evaluated according to the range in which the measurement falls.<br><br>Although bananas have a tendency to easily turn pink with heat, thus moving away from their natural white \/ yellow colouring, the finished product made with our plant has been placed in the highest quality range for each of the three parameters L, A and B. Our customer was completely satisfied with this result, once again confirming the value of CFT Group design and technologies.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d7e39c0b\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-540658d4\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-a20fbad4\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a20fbad4\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The final product obtained from this line is aseptic banana pur\u00e9e and pulp, which the customer then supplies to producers of fruit juices, baby food or other finished products.<br><br>Banana processing is a particularly challenging process from a quality point of view. For microbiological reasons, this fruit actually needs be treated at high temperatures, but at the same time it is necessary to maintain high standards for all the organoleptic properties.<br><br>Consequently, the characteristics of the finished product such as colour, taste and flavour must be as close as possible to the original ones, while at the same time guaranteeing a perfectly aseptic product.<br><br>Among these characteristics, colour is undoubtedly the most difficult to guarantee when dealing with this type of fruit: all the companies that process bananas actually know perfectly well that maintaining a natural colour is one of the key elements, and at the same time one of the most complicated of the whole process. One of our main challenges in this case was therefore obtaining an excellent result also from the point of view of colour.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-c341461e\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c341461e\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The reference system to which we refer for the measurement of colours is the HunterLab standard, composed of the three main values L (brightness), A (red gradient) and B (green gradient).<br><br>In general, each fruit, juice or pur\u00e9e is assigned ranges of values for each of the three HunterLab parameters, and the quality of the finished product is evaluated according to the range in which the measurement falls.<br><br>Although bananas have a tendency to easily turn pink with heat, thus moving away from their natural white \/ yellow colouring, the finished product made with our plant has been placed in the highest quality range for each of the three parameters L, A and B. Our customer was completely satisfied with this result, once again confirming the value of CFT Group design and technologies.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b84e2dfb\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-next-steps-lines-for-processing-tropical-fruits\" style=\"color:#0083bf;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;text-transform:uppercase\">NEXT STEPS: LINES FOR PROCESSING TROPICAL FRUITS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Given the success of this project and the growing presence of CFT Group in the South American market, very favourable opportunities will be opening up in the coming years. The plant that is already installed will soon be expanded and dedicated to the processing of other tropical fruits such as passion fruit and mangoes, whose market is rapidly expanding.<br><br>In fact, according to a Reportlinker study, the global tropical fruit pur\u00e9e market will grow steadily over the next few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0083bf;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">&#8220;In 2020, during the pandemic crisis due to COVID-19, it was estimated at $3.8 billion, and is expected to reach a size of $5 billion by 2027, with a CAGR of 4% over the 2020- 2027 period.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e826c347\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-next-steps-lines-for-processing-tropical-fruits-1\" style=\"color:#0083bf;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;text-transform:uppercase\">NEXT STEPS: LINES FOR PROCESSING TROPICAL FRUITS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Given the success of this project and the growing presence of CFT Group in the South American market, very favourable opportunities will be opening up in the coming years. The plant that is already installed will soon be expanded and dedicated to the processing of other tropical fruits such as passion fruit and mangoes, whose market is rapidly expanding.<br><br>In fact, according to a Reportlinker study, the global tropical fruit pur\u00e9e market will grow steadily over the next few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0083bf;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">&#8220;In 2020, during the pandemic crisis due to COVID-19, it was estimated at $3.8 billion, and is expected to reach a size of $5 billion by 2027, with a CAGR of 4% over the 2020- 2027 period.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  <!-- Featured Case Studies Section -->\n  <div class=\"ats-featured-case-studies-section\">\n\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n      <div class=\"title-part\">\n\n        <h2>Case Study<\/h2>\n\n        <div class=\"view-all-btn-wrp\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/en\/\/case-studies\/\">View all \u2192<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        \n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"posts-wrp\">\n\n        \n          <div class=\"row\"> \n\n            \n              <div class=\"col-md-4 each\">\n\n                <div class=\"each-wrp\">\n\n                  <div class=\"img-wrp\">\n\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/en\/case_studies\/mexico-kraft-heinz\/\">\n                                              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/09\/ketchup2.png?w=640\">\n                                          <\/a>\n\n                  <\/div>\n\n                  <div class=\"post-info\">\n                    <p>Case Study<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n\n                  <div class=\"post-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/foodtech.atsautomation.com\/en\/case_studies\/mexico-kraft-heinz\/\"><h3>Mexico: Kraft Heinz<\/h3><\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n\n                  <div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n                    <p>Heinz and CFT: together for ketchup processing CFT and Heinz have worked together since the beginning of CFT\u2019s history, in the 1950s. 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