Food and beverage manufacturers need lines that can run consistently, handle changeovers, protect product quality, and recover quickly from stoppages. CISH supports new line projects, upgrades, sourcing, commissioning, and practical field execution for manufacturers building or improving production capacity in Africa.
Plants adding a new line, extending a process area, or replacing aging equipment that can no longer keep pace with demand.
Operations trying to reduce unplanned downtime, stabilise filling accuracy, and improve packaging consistency across shifts.
Factories where changeovers, product mix, operator training, and quality consistency matter as much as installed nameplate speed.
Manufacturers bringing in equipment from offshore and needing local support for integration, commissioning, and long-term support.
Still & sparkling water, juice, dairy drinks, RTD tea, beer, spirits, energy drinks. PET / glass / cans. 2 000–36 000 bph.
Pasteurisation, UHT, homogenisation. Yoghurt, maas, sour cream. Cheese (cottage, mozzarella, gouda), butter, ice cream.
Maize milling 30–600 t/day. Wheat milling. Sorghum, millet, cassava. Composite flour blending and fortification.
Extruded snacks, frying lines with oil management, coating, biscuit lines, chocolate moulding, sweets, gummies.
Bread plant (mixers, provers, tunnel ovens), pasta extrusion, breakfast cereal lines (flakes, puffed grains).
Oilseed crushing, refining, bottling. Sauces, pastes — kettle to bottle. Pickle and brine lines.
Minor faults, weak startup discipline, and poor spares planning hurt hardest when production windows are tight and orders are time-sensitive.
In filling, dosing, and packaging environments, small accuracy problems quickly become real margin loss across a full production month.
Multi-SKU factories need packaging and process equipment that can change reliably without quality drift, long resets, or dependence on a single “expert” operator.
| Element | What we deliver |
|---|---|
| Process design | Mass balance, recipe management, CIP architecture |
| Hygienic design | 3-A / EHEDG finishes, drains, slopes, washdown zones |
| Utilities | Steam, chilled water, RO/UV water, compressed air |
| Filling & packaging | Filler, capper, labeller, case packer, palletiser |
| Automation | PLC, recipe storage, batch genealogy, OPC-UA to MES |
| Quality | In-line CCP measurement, vision systems, metal detection |
| Documentation | FSSC 22000-ready file structure, validation protocols |
We design and document lines to support compliance with:
We don't certify your factory. We give you a line whose design and documentation will pass the audit.
We support greenfield lines, line extensions, and targeted upgrades where the challenge is not just buying equipment, but getting it to work with the process, utilities, packaging format, and team already in place.
Food and beverage factories often combine new imported machines with existing conveyors, utilities, and controls. That interface work is where many projects succeed or fail.
We help close the gap between “the line is installed” and “the line can run stable output with the shift team we actually have.” See Commissioning & Maintenance.
Some clients need a full Turnkey Production Line. Others need a sourcing-led project or a digital upgrade. We structure around the operating problem, not a fixed sales package.
USD 600K – 1.2M
6 000 bph, 500 ml PET, blow-fill-cap-label-pack-palletise
USD 1.5M – 3M
10 t/h pasteurised milk + 2 t/h yoghurt
USD 350K – 700K
60 t/day, roller mill, sifter, packing
Site, building, utilities, and brand of automation move these ranges by 20–40%. We will give you a defensible ROM inside two weeks of a discovery call.
These are usually the practical questions behind a live project: how to fit a new package into an existing plant, how to avoid startup pain, and how much existing equipment can realistically be kept.
If the next question is about controls visibility or OEE, start with what it costs to digitalise an existing production line.
Choosing a package? Start with our in-depth guide on choosing between PET, glass, and can lines for African beverages.
A 12 000 bph PET water line — specialist Chinese equipment, locally fabricated steel and panels, ~42% local content.
Adding shelf-stable UHT to a chilled line without losing the production window. 18 weeks PO to SAT.
The decision framework behind a sensible sourcing split for a beverage line.
Tell us your product, target throughput, packaging format, and whether the main challenge is capacity, reliability, or a new project. We will come back with the right next step, not a generic brochure.