Branche
Food, production/processing of frozen vegetables, herbs and fruit
Location
Belgium
Advantages
– Increase production speed
– Comply with HACCP regulations
– Improve and monitor product quality
– Reduce maintenance costs
Temperature & humidity
5°C and less than 60% RH
Solution by means of
– AFIM® Dry 5000-R (stainless steel)
– AFIM® Dry 3500-R (stainless steel)
– AFIM® Dry 1000-R (stainless steel)
About Ardo - Your partner for frozen vegetables, herbs and fruit!
Ardo is present in all market segments, and we are always on the lookout for new products and trends. This ongoing search helps us continue to offer our customers unique, innovative, and delicious products. Our diverse product range meets market demands, and all our products are grown, harvested, and processed with the utmost care and dedication.
People need fruits and vegetables
We want to meet the growing demand for nutritious, plant-based foods, both now and in the future.
We believe in preserving nature's best gifts for future generations by providing fresh-frozen plant-based foods while minimizing our impact on the planet.
- 16 Units in 7 countries
- 1.4 billion in revenue
- Global exports to more than 100 countries
- 3,300 employees
- 3,500 growers with 50,000 hectares of land
Source: https://www.ardo.com
Ardo continues to invest in dehumidifiers from Air In Motion
After an initial successful collaboration in 2018, Belgian Ardo invested further in various industrial dehumidifier solutions from Air In Motion in 2025.
Description of operation of various Ardo dehumidifiers
To comply with HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) regulations, it is important to frequently clean production areas where food products such as vegetables are processed. This cleaning is typically done with warm water combined with cleaning agents.
After cleaning, using high-pressure cleaners and 65ºC water, Ardo wants to restart production as quickly as possible. Evaporators are installed to quickly cool the "clean production area" back down to the desired 5ºC. This 5ºC is essential for maintaining product quality.
Due to the high moisture load during these cleaning activities and the desired speed of production restart, Ardo began looking for industrial dehumidifiers in 2017 to dry its production areas more quickly. In 2018, Air In Motion realised the solution that allowed production to restart faster and, above all, food-safely using its industrial stainless steel desiccant dehumidifiers.
Following a major renovation in 2024, which added two production areas of approximately 5,000 m3, a total of three additional stainless steel desiccant dehumidifiers were installed above the cooling ceiling.
- Time savings: Thanks to these three desiccant dehumidifiers, production areas remain fog-free during cleaning, allowing production to restart several hours earlier after the daily cleaning.
- Food safety HACCP: This not only creates a (food) safe environment but also allows production to continue for several hours longer within the same timeframe. Furthermore, moisture droplets under the cooling ceiling are prevented, which, in the worst-case scenario, could end up in the products.
