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A new high-speed separator from Alfa Laval’s PureFerm portfolio, which has been specifically designed to tackle challenging fluids, has delivered such outstanding results in trials with an alternative protein food producer that it has amazed even the team behind its development.

April 21, 2026

By processing whole stillage using Prodec Oil Plus, Dakota Spirit Ethanol in North Dakota now extracts up to 30% more valuable distillers’ corn oil from ethanol production. This innovative method captures oil that would otherwise be lost, maximizing yield and efficiency for producer.

March 31, 2026

With demand for bottled Oxygen increasing rapidly in hospitals and care centers over the Covid pandemic, bottled industrial producers like Chemgas S.R.L. had to find a way to meet their new capacity requirements. Their existing solution, while sufficient for pre-pandemic demand rates, was not the most energy efficient option, as it consumes a huge amount of potted water to cool the compressed air that is used in production. But, with the support of Alfa Laval Italy’s Energy Hunter, Franco Tavani, they could reach their goal with Alfa Laval gasketed plate heat exchangers, saving water, electricity, and costs at the same time.

March 12, 2026