The dairy industry is under pressure in many ways. The consumption of liquid dairy products is stagnant in the Nordic countries although we see a small growth globally. The competitive situation is intense which sets new demands to continuously reduce the production cost. Also, there is a strong and increasing demand from society to improve the environmental footprint on  products in the marketplace.

The good news is that over the recent years, several new ways to improve the performance of liquid milk production lines have been introduced. These range from recovery solutions on plant level to optimised setup of specific production lines to new or improved features on dairy unit operations. This can be combined with the latest technology findings to make the production solutions even more efficient. Several examples on how energy consumption, food waste, water usage and cleaning demands can be significantly reduced will be given, without compromising production flexibility or final product quality.