Hydrolock

Hydrolock

Le Bignon, France

Processing EquipmentEngineering & Services
Founded 1967ManufacturerSells to Processors
Profile last updated: July 11, 2026

About

Founded in 1967, Hydrolock is a dairy industry manufacturer based in Le Bignon, France selling processing equipment, engineering & services.

Hydrolock is a French manufacturer of continuous rotary retort sterilizers and pasteurizers for packaged food and beverages, as well as pharmaceutical products. Its machines process cans, glass jars, PP and HDPE bottles, pouches and trays. Dairy applications include evaporated milk, flavored milk, cream, soya and rice milk, and coffee milk. Hydrolock was founded in 1967, was part of ACB and later Alstom's food department, and has been privately owned since 2005. The company is based in Le Bignon near Nantes and provides installation, retrofits, maintenance and spare parts from a storage site in Nantes, with remote diagnosis and a network of agents and distributors on all continents. It also operates a laboratory and pilot sterilizer for process development and an in-house engineering and automation team.

Location

Le Bignon, France

Founded

1967

Company type

Private company

Focus areas

continuous sterilizerretortUHTpasteurisationcanningprocess engineeringevaporated milk

Languages

ENFR

Products & capabilities

Supply categories

Processing EquipmentEngineering & Services

Supplier role

Manufacturer

Sells to

Processors

Customer scale

Industrial

Dairy products served

Liquid MilkButter & CreamPlant-based

Equipment

Pasteurisers & UHT

Services

InstallationRetrofitMaintenance ContractsSpare PartsField Service

Products

Hydrolock Continuous Sterilizer

Continuous retort sterilizer

Continuous rotary pressure sterilizer for cans, bottles, pouches and trays, including high-capacity models for up to 1200 cans per minute, used for products such as evaporated milk, flavored milk, cream and soya milk.

Steripilot Multiprocess Lab Sterilizer

Laboratory sterilizer

Pilot-scale sterilizer used to develop recipes and determine sterilization parameters before full-scale production.

Service regions

Worldwide

Standards, references & customers

Sustainability claims

Reduced energy consumption from steam cooking in continuous sterilizers

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