As we are an independent company free of influence of interests by equipment and material suppliers, we can guide you to choose the best solution at competitive prices. World-leading execution With more than 40 years of successful project imple-mentation, we are dedicated to meeting the demands of our clients. Our cross-disciplinary design integrates functionality and efficiency with long-term expansion. This approach secures you the most modern, future- proof manufacturing facility.
Based on world-leading European standards in quality and hygiene for food manufacturing, we combine innovation, sustainable solutions and the best practices. Combined with our drive to optimise the value chain at every step, this enables you to improve performance, capacity and reliability, while also lowering your production costs. Specialist services Across the food and beverage industries, NIRAS provides a complete range of services. In addition to defining, designing and delivering new facilities and equipment, we advise on production optimisation, environmental issues, management decision support, and logistics.
As food and beverage process specialists, we provide expert consultancy across all areas of your investment process, project execution and strategic production optimisation. Our services cover the full range of decision support, project services and operations services. Working closely with your team, our aim is to help you achieve your business goals. We transform your visions and challenges into sustainable solutions from the first idea through to full operation. Your key to success is the specific industry knowledge of our staff with their hands-on experience in the challenges you face. Our consulting engineers bring in-depth knowledge and expertise directly from process industries advising not only on all aspects of dairy production, but also on beer and beverages, red meat, pork, poultry, fish and FMCG products.
We help dairy brand owners improve all areas of investments, projectexecution and productionoptimisation
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ensure your future supply chain can meet these changing demands. We provide a wide range of services from preparing robust strategies, assessing potential risks to executing projects ultimately to secure food safety.
Supply chain optimisation and logistics As the supply chain becomes increasingly complex, it can lead to bottlenecks, sub-optimal utilisation of assets and costly delays. We help you avoid these inefficien-cies, improving productivity and boosting competitive advantage. Using advanced planning, design and simulation tools, we can advise on all aspects of the supply chain and logistics from concept, design of single plants and warehouse design to production layout, internal transportation, automation and distribution network design.
Definition and design of production facilities When you have made the decision to invest in new facilities, it is important to adopt a structured approach and avoid costly mistakes. We provide a solid technical and management methodology for your project, encompassing design of the technical solution, investment and operational cost, and we manage the project timeline to your expectations. Together with you, we define the project scope, identifying and addressing all the specifications, technological solu- tions, ideas, alternatives and risks that will lead to project success. Delivery of production facilities Our unique combination of specialist engineers and site managers provides essential advice and specific project services related to building your production facility. Whether it is a greenfield project, a major upgrade of your existing plants, or merging sites, we work with you to ensure smooth project execution. We adopt a project execution methodology and tools to guide you safely through all project phases from tendering and contracting, engineering follow-up and design coordina-tion to construction management, test and commis- sioning. Operational excellence and sustaining capital Our experienced consultants provide 360-degree advice to help you make the best-informed decisions. We identify opportunities to improve your production footprint, evaluate feasibility for business cases or help you optimise productivity, cost efficiency and sustaina-bility through the supply chain or the acquisition of new assets or sites. We provide a variety of optimisation services in current operations, from debottlenecking or troubleshooting specific parts of a plant such as a single packaging line to large-scale lean projects aimed at gaining durable, step-by-step performance improve-ments. Sustainability and food safety With ever-increasing global demands for sustainability and food safety, it is important to define a strategy to
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Dairy Our dairy engineers have in-depth knowledge of liquid and powder processing and packaging handling across all dairy products, including milk, cheese, butter, yoghurt, cream, ice cream, milk powder, whey powder and ingredients.
Beer and beverage NIRAS has an impressive track record with the worlds most well-known and successful beer and beverage producers, delivering more than 3,000 projects across all continents. Our consulting engineers have hands-on expertise in beer, spirits and cider, as well as soft drinks and juices.
Food NIRAS provides comprehensive cross-disciplinary consultancy services to food production compa-nies supplying to the meat, fish and other FMCG markets. We advise on all aspects of production within red meat, pork, poultry, fish and FMCG products.
Wide range of specialised services
When time is of the essenceIn a dynamic, competitive environment driven by rapidly changing consumer preferences and short product life-cycles, dairy producers continuously need to innovate and bring new products to market.
Our highly skilled dairy professionals have in-depth knowledge of all dairy products. They look for ways to bring your dairy brands quickly to market through optimised technical solutions and processes.
Passion for innovationWith a genuine passion for taking the dairy industry forward, NIRAS specialists work with you to improve not just
production effectiveness, but also commercial performance. Whether upgrading an existing or developing a new plant, we apply the latest layout process techniques to help achieve operational excellence, meeting all food safety requirements, while developing sustainable solutions for energy and waste reduction.
NIRAS offices and selected projects
NIRAS has successfully delivered more than 700 dairy projects globally
Greeneld Brewery DesignAnonymous ClientCentral America
New bottling hall and line project forNew Belgium Brewing CompanyColorado
Masterplan formeat processing plantEcuador
Sustainable cheese factoryfor Colun DairyChile
State-of-the-artIbhayi BrewerySouth Africa
Modernisationof the Lion breweryAustralia
New greeneld brewery for Tibet Tiandi Green Beverage Development CO., Ltd.Tibet
Asset valuation of 20+ breweries Anonymous clientP.R. of China
Conceptual designChongqing Brewery GroupP.R. of China
Mineral water servicesTibet Glacier Mineral Water Co. Ltd.Tibet
Masterplan, basic design, tendering & site management of brewery expansions Anonymous clientAfrica
New peoductionfacility for CarlsbergMalawi
Site expansion ofCarlsberg UK, NorthamptonUnited Kingdom
Expansion and reconstructionof Unicer BreweryPortugal
Brewery consultancy forCarlsberg Supply CompanySwitzerland
Masterplanfor MillerCoorsWisconsin
Masterplan forAmerican Browneld BreweryPennsylvania
Brewery consultancyfor Carib Brewery Ltd.Trinidad
Operational Excellence project for Cervecera Nacional DominicanaDominican Repulic
Ecient and eco-friendlybrewery for GrolschThe Netherlands
Nuuk Imeq: Unique packagingplant for beer and sodt drinksGreenland
Planning of a new food plant for Kungurski AgroholdingSiberia
Increased productionat Derbes BreweryKazakhstan
Waste water management consultancy for Trk TuborgTurkey
Business analysis andMasterplan for Ice Cream FactoryUkraine
Reconstruction ofMiratorgs food factoriesRussia
Alaskan Brewing CompanyPackaging line - design and tenderingAlaska
Extension of Rosslyn BrewerySABMiller (ABInBev)South Africa
Dynamic masterplanning, nationwide beverage production & distributionAnonymous ClientSoutheast Asia
Packing line implementation for Arrow Juice FactorySaudi Arabia
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Selected NIRAS projects
Feasibility study, instant for-mula, Anonymous clientRomania/Bulgaria
Masterplan for new dairy factoryJuhayna/Egyption Food IndustriesEgypt
Concept design for milk powder packagingGhana
Due diligence for anonymous dairy plant Pakistan
Factory auditBangladesh
Masterplan, White cheese factoryAnonymous customerAfrica
Feasibility study for anonymous dairy processing facilityJapan
Conceptual Design & Tendering support for Seoul Dairy CoopSouth Korea
Masterplan & conceptual design of multi dairy product plant for Estrella Azul Panama
Masterplan for upgrade of dairy facility for Burra Foods Australia
Conceptual Design, Nutritional Milk Products, Murray Goulburn Australia
Technical support for Kalleh Dairy Iran
Masterplan for greeneld dairy factory for Molvest Russia
Technical audit for MolvestSiberia
Masterplan for ice cream factoryTurkey
Feasibility analysis & conceptual design for ice cream factory U
