Innovation Centre & Trials

By investing in engineering technology and process knowledge, our skilled engineers together with food technologists, have created a technical centre of food expertise at BCH.

Investing In The Future

BCH have over 180 years of experience in food and confectionery processing systems. In 2000 we opened our Innovation Centre to assist our worldwide customers with meeting the many challenges faced in today’s fast changing food industry. Our unique Innovation Centre is available for assistance with new product and process development, as well as equipment evaluation before initial investment.

Specialised Equipment

The Centre houses a wide range of equipment, services and facilities, all of which are supported by in-house personnel with a wealth of knowledge to provide support in process design, food science, engineering and software. You can also draw on additional research through our established connections with local and regional universities.

Utilise our experience and resources

We have expertise in the control of factors which influence the ultimate profitability of your product such as lifetime cost analysis, weight and portion control, hygiene, flavour loss minimisation, electronic management, maintenance and optimal running.

BCH know-how enables all of our clients to develop new and exciting products, to test feasibility, then up-scale production – ultimately enabling the end product to reach the wider marketplace at a much faster pace.

Test and develop new products and processing methods without interfering with your plant production.
Refine and develop existing products and assess the implication of line modifications.
Resolve problems in areas such as safety and hygiene, food reclamation and waste, health, food quality, process management, control systems and microbiological safety.
Examine the suitability of various methods of production and equipment e.g. for productivity and product quality.

Conference & Training Facilities

Within the innovation centre is an 8m x 4m conference room, which incorporates all conference facilities. This can be used for customers to meet and discuss the trials undertaken with the help of our supportive staff.

General and specialised training is available on all BCH plant, software and control systems with a dedicated SCADA system available in the conference room.