August 2008
Energy savings for VPG

Annual savings for petfood producer VPG after installing a new Geelen Counterflow dryer add up to € 270.000 per year (US$ 400.000).

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August 2008
Hybrid technology for dryers

A new article in the magazine "Petfood Industry" explains the parallels that can be drawn between modern cars with hybrid drive technology and the latest generation of Geelen Counterflow dryers.

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May 2008
Counterflow Dryer and Cooler training

Geelen Counterflow have held their first Counterflow Dryer and Cooler training in April 2008.

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November 2007
Extension of facilities

Geelen Counterflow have embarked upon a major investment program in its main location in Haelen, The Netherlands, to increase its manufacturing capacity.

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October 2007
Service Engineer Latin America

Geelen Counterflow Argentina has appointed Mr. Pablo Sanucci from Chacabuco, Argentina as its new service engineer for all Geelen Counterflow dryers and coolers in Latin America.

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May 2007
Geelen Counterflow wins Victam Innovation Gold Award

An energy efficiency indicator for dryer/cooler systems was the winner of the Victam International 2007 Innovation Gold Award at Victam held in the Jaarbeurs Exhibition Centre in Utrecht, the Netherlands from 8-10 May.

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October 2006
Dryer support contracts

All Geelen Counterflow dryers now come with a 3 year worldwide support contract which ensures that one of the company's experienced commissioning engineers visits the dryer once a year to check its condition, optimise energy efficiency, upgrade process control software and train the dryer's operators.
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September 2006
Sales Manager Latin America

Geelen Counterflow has appointed Diego Clivio from Argentina as its new Sales Manager for Latin America per September 4th, 2006.
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July 2006
Insulated coolers

Geelen Counterflow have started to deliver coolers with insulated hood and bin walls. Rather than relying on insulation to be added after installation, more and more customers want the insulation to be integrated into the design of the machine.
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April 2006
New Sales Manager North America

Geelen Counterflow USA Inc. has recruited Tom Strong as our new Sales Manager North America. He will be based in East Peoria, Illinois.
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April 2006
Dryer optimisation

Geelen Counterflow have recently performed a complete analysis of all dryers installed at a major European private label petfood producer.
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December 2005
New design Intermediate Gate

Geelen Counterflow has made significant improvements to the design of its Intermediate Gate discharger system.
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November 2005
First batch dryer in USA

The first Geelen Counterflow Batch Dryer in the USA was succesfully commissioned at Rangen Aquaculture in Buhl, Idaho, in October 2005.
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November 2005
Extension to manufacturing facilities

Geelen Counterflow has recently finished a new extension to its manufacturing facilities in Haelen, the Netherlands.
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June 2005
Even larger Cooler!

An even larger cooler has been developed. The first two coolers VK52x38KL have been running succesfully since early 2005, in Idaho, USA on 60 tons per hour of steam flaked corn.
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News
Continuous dryers

The latest generation Continuous Dryers (1, 2 or 3 drying decks) are now available with following options...
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News
New: Air Recirculation Unit

Following 2 years of development and extensive testing, these are the first pictures of the new Air Recirculation Unit.
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News
Steam Flaked Grain

Higher flake quality and gelatinization levels demand increased moisture, heat and retention time during conditioning, making sound cooler-dryer choices essential.
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August 2002
BatchDryer MkII 50% smaller

Geelen Counterflow is finalising the development of the second generation Batch Dryer, called Batch Dryer MkII, which follows the overwhelming success of the Batch Dryer MkI for high capacity drying of extruded petfood, fish feed and food products.
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May 2002
New product distributor

Geelen Counterflow has recently developed a new type of product distributor for accurate product distribution in big coolers and dryers for feed as well as petfood and fishfeed.
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February 2001
Implementation Moisture Control System (MCS)

Geelen Counterflow successfully implemented the new patented Moisture Control System at a petfood manufacturer's plant in Europe.
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News
Modems in control systems

Early 2000, we have started to build modems into our dryer control systems, which, together with the correct software and a spare telephone line, allow us to look into installed control systems worldwide from our office in the Netherlands.
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