Emmi: The preferred supplier

GRUNDFOS CASE STORYEmmi: The preferred supplierThe SituationIn order to maintain its role as innovation leader andmanufacturer of high-quality products, Emmi dairy plantwants only state-of-the-art process technology within thedairy plant. Over the years, Emmi has learned that settlingfor second best is not an option if their production has torun smooth and efficiently.Accordingly, reliability and efficiency are vital to thesuccess of the dairy company. Therefore, avoidingunnecessary energy waste, excessive maintenance cost,and costly downtime are essential factors, when choosingtheir pump solution – which is why Emmi always contactsGrundfos.The Grundfos SolutionFor some years, Grundfos has been the Emmi group’spreferred sanitary pump supplier. Because hygiene andconsumer health are vital to Emmi, all sanitary pumps indirect contact with the product are Grundfos pumps – notjust because they are easy to clean, but also becausethe technical department at Emmi knows that Grundfossanitary pumps guarantee years of trouble free operation.Emmi’s Dagmersellen site in Lucerne, Switzerland hasapproximately 250 pumps installed. These are employed invarious aspects of the site’s production including heating,water-cooling and sanitary processes. And because thesepumps are expected to perform reliably and efficiently dayin and day out, approximately 95 per cent of them arestandard Grundfos industry pumps or Grundfos sanitarypumps designed by Hilge.The Outcome

Technical department head at Emmi in Dagmersellen’s,Gunter Zimmerman, is very happy with the Grundfospump solution. According to him it is no coincidencethat Grundfos pumps are installed in all the key sanitaryapplications, where production equipment comes in directcontact with the product.He feels the major benefit afforded by Grundfos pumpsis their “outstanding quality” and extreme robustness. Infact, he says that while pumps of up to 25 years of ageare not unusual at the site, there have been no significantbreakdowns.