GEA, Germany, launched a new nitrogen freezing pilot plant for bacteria, giving food and dairy processors the opportunity to trial new technology in their own plants before investing in production-scale equipment.

The global commercial food refrigeration equipment market is estimated to expand at a CAGR of ~6% during the forecast period, according to a report released by Transparency Market Research, Albany, N.Y.

Linde LLC, Bridgewater, N.J., redesigned its impingement freezer to help improve yields and maintain product weight.

JBT Corp., Chicago, launched a revolutionary new system for fast drying of industrial spiral freezers after cleaning.

Cooler Screens, Chicago, debuted Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled freezer doors.

Praxair, Burr Ridge, Ill., opened the Praxair Food Technologies Laboratory, which was established to assist food manufacturers in optimizing their cryogenic freezing processes.

Clean Seas Seafood Ltd., Australia, developed SensoryFresh, which combines a range of rapid freeze technology and logistics protocols to deliver its Spencer Gulf Hiramasa Kingfish in a new premium frozen format.

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of TES in a typical grocery storage freezer environment.

Colmac Coil, Colville, Wash., and president Bruce Nelson received a new patent for its plate freezer innovations.

Snow formation inside the IQF tunnel freezer is directly linked to the process of product dehydration, a natural physical and chemical process that consists in water loss through the product’s cell walls when it makes contact with the cold air flow during freezing.