Handtmann USA
Handtmann, Inc.
Lake Forest, IL, United States
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Founded in 1873, Handtmann USA is a dairy industry distributor based in Lake Forest, United States selling processing equipment, automation & controls, engineering & services.
Handtmann USA is the U.S. sales and service subsidiary of the Handtmann Group, a family-led German technology company founded in Biberach in 1873. It supplies food processing systems and solutions covering preparation, forming, portioning, filling and packaging, serving meat, dairy, bakery, pet food and alternative protein producers. For dairy, it offers mixing technology for industrial soft cheese production with integrated cooling, salting and particle-size control. The company provides parts, training and technical support from locations in Lake Forest, Illinois and Cypress, California, the latter opened in October 2024. Its hPredict predictive maintenance system monitors rotating components on Handtmann and other brands of equipment. The Handtmann Group reports around 4,500 employees worldwide and sales of about 1.2 billion euros.
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Advanced cheese mixing system
Cheese mixer
Mixer for soft cheese with independently moving shaftless spirals, adjustable speed and direction, integrated salting, and direct injection of liquid nitrogen or CO2 for cooling during mixing.
hPredict
Predictive maintenance system
Digital sensors and cloud-based AI monitoring of rotating components such as gearboxes, motors and pumps, using temperature, vibration and ultrasound data to flag developing failures without shutdowns.
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International FoodTec Award gold medal (ConProSachet)
