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📏How to Choose the Right Filter Size with HiFlux Filtration
Choosing the correct filter size is more than picking a number off a chart. It is about matching your filtration solution to the fluid characteristics, flow requirements and contamination level of your process. HiFlux filters cover a wide range, but real-world conditions determine the best size and configuration. Hygienic applications...
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See It. Stop It. Seal It. The New Standard in Leak Detection
The Alfa Laval Leakage Detection Butterfly Valve has officially landed on ITS Lite and is ready to buy online. If product safety and process integrity matter to your operation, this is a smart upgrade. Designed for hygienic applications across dairy, food, beverage, and home and personal care, it delivers secure...
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Energy-Efficient Pump Technologies for Hygienic Processing Lines
Energy costs have become one of the most visible line items in hygienic manufacturing – and pumps are often quietly doing a lot of the spending. In food & beverage, dairy, brewery, pharmaceutical and home-care production, pumps run for long hours, handle frequent product changeovers, and support CIP/SIP routines that...
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🛠ITS Servicing Showcase🛠
Ever had a valve start failing and wondered what’s really causing it? Our ITS Servicing & Maintenance team will be able to tell you after they recently carried out an ad hoc site visit at one of our beverage industry customers to inspect an Alfa Laval Mixproof Valve (MPV) that...
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KMH Products Can Lend a Hand in Your Processing Environment
When it comes to maintaining efficiency, safety, and cleanliness in demanding processing environments, the right ducting solutions make all the difference. That’s why we’re proud to continue strengthening our partnership with KMH, a trusted name in high-quality ducting systems. Recently, our Managing Director, Nick Willetts, visited KMH HQ to reinforce...
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Heat Exchanger Health: What Fouling Really Looks Like 🔎
Fouling doesn’t happen overnight. It builds up quietly, layer by layer… until performance suddenly drops off a cliff. When people hear “fouling,” they often picture a light coating or a small amount of residue. In reality, it can look like: • Thick product build-up restricting flow • Hard scale deposits...
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The Role of Mixproof Valves in Preventing Cross-Contamination
In hygienic manufacturing environments, few risks are more costly – or more avoidable – than cross-contamination. Whether you’re producing dairy products, brewing beverages, manufacturing pharmaceuticals, or handling home care liquids, protecting product integrity is non-negotiable. One of the most effective safeguards against contamination is the Mixproof valve. Often hidden...
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⚠️ Don’t Let Uncontrolled Pressure Put Your Team at Risk – Pipetite Pre-Sure™ Cap Can Help
[video width="720" height="1280" mp4="https://www.industrialtradingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Pre-sure-cap-pipetite-short-reel.mp4" loop="true" autoplay="true"][/video] 🚨 Safety incident – and it didn’t need to happen. 🚨 This video shows a real-world safety issue caused by uncontrolled pressure release, the kind of moment that happens fast and can lead to serious injury, equipment damage, downtime, and investigation costs. ✅ The...
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💷Don’t Let Product Loss Break the Piggy Bank🪙
For engineers and operations managers, efficiency isn’t just a target – it’s a KPI. Product losses in pipelines, extended CIP cycles, and lengthy changeovers directly impact yield, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, and operating costs. LIAG® LÄUFER International AG pigging system integrates into your process line to safely recover residual product, pushing...
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🍺NEW Case Study: Efficient & cost-effective beer filtration monitoring with the ITM-4DW
Ensuring beer clarity, stability, and shelf life demands uncompromising filtration performance, but monitoring filtration systems with conventional dual-angle sensors (90° + 25°) can be a major cost factor. That’s why a new test carried out in collaboration with a brewery in the Netherlands compared the ITM-4DW turbidity sensor against a...
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Common Mixing Problem ITS Can Help Solve – with Vak Kimsa
Mixing should be simple… but it’s often where production problems start. At Industrial Trading Solutions (ITS), we work alongside Vak Kimsa to help manufacturers improve mixing performance in hygienic industries like food & beverage, brewery, dairy, pharma and home care. Here are some of the most common mixing issues we...
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ITS Flow Time Newsletter – January 2026
We hope everyone has had a fantastic start to the year and that 2026 brings many more exciting opportunities! ✨ Check out how we’ve hit the ground running at ITS in our ITS Flow Time Newsletter – January 2026. From the latest updates to insights on fluid handling & hygienic...
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Get to Know Your Particles
Did you know that choosing the right filtration solution starts with your particles? Selecting a filter isn’t just a hardware choice – it’s a process decision. Hard, soft, gel-like, fibrous and abrasive particles all behave differently under flow, pressure and shear. Misread that behaviour, and the results are familiar: Clogging...
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How to Extend the Life of Your Pipework – Practical Tips 📝
Well-maintained pipework doesn’t just support hygiene and performance, it saves money by reducing failures, downtime and premature replacement. A few smart habits can make a big difference. Correct cleaning Use CIP regimes that are effective without being excessive. Over-cleaning or incorrect parameters can accelerate wear just as much as under-cleaning....
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No IBC Left Behind – 📸Show Us the Grime!
Send us your worst 😈 Got an IBC that’s seen better days? Stained, sticky, grimy or downright shocking? 📸Drop your dirtiest IBC pics in the comments 👈 or attach a photo in an email. “We’ll show how ITSClean IBC Cleaning Kits could help tackle even the toughest build-up and improve...
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How to Build a Maintenance Schedule for a High-Throughput Production Line
In high-throughput production environments, efficiency is everything. Lines are pushed hard to meet demand, downtime is costly, and there’s little room for error — particularly in hygienic industries such as food, beverage and pharmaceuticals. A well-structured maintenance schedule helps protect uptime, product quality and compliance, without slowing production. 💡Why maintenance...
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Rewriting the Rules of Dairy Processing: Alfa Laval Extend 🥛
[video width="640" height="360" mp4="https://www.industrialtradingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Alfa-Laval-Extend-Vid-ITS-Logo-incl.mp4" autoplay="true"][/video] Boost uptime. Cut waste. Transform your dairy operations. At Industrial Trading Solutions Ltd. (ITS), as the UK Master Distributor for Alfa Laval, we’re excited to introduce Alfa Laval Extend™ – a revolutionary, plug-and-play accessory for plate heat exchangers. 🔹 What is it? Alfa Laval Extend™...
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Maximise food safety. Minimise compliance headaches.
When it comes to pasteurisation, meeting food safety standards isn’t optional – it’s critical. A wide range of legal and normative requirements apply across food and beverage production, including: PMO (Pasteurised Milk Ordinance) HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) EU food safety regulations DIN EN...
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Servicing & Maintenance: Start the Year with an Equipment Check
Servicing & Maintenance: Start the Year with an Equipment Check A new year is the perfect time to ensure your hygienic flow equipment is functioning as it should. Regular servicing and preventative maintenance help protect product quality, reduce unplanned downtime and keep you audit-ready. 🔧Valves, pumps, seals and connections all...
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Future-Proofing Production: How Manufacturers Can Prepare for Rising Hygiene Regulations
Hygiene regulations across food, beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturing are becoming more demanding year on year. What was once considered “good practice” is now the minimum requirement, and manufacturers are under increasing pressure to demonstrate not just compliance, but long-term control of hygiene risks. Future-proofing production is no longer about reacting...
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