INSTITUTIONAL
Tropical Food Machinery is a private equity company; it was established in 1993, in Italy with the purpose of providing complete facilities for processing fruits and tomatoes. Tropical Food Machinery – Brazil was established in 1999, in Pouso Alegre – Minas Gerais State.
All directors members and technical staff have great professional experience in companies of equipment and process for industries of tomatoes and fruits, covering all stages of processing till the final products.
The founder of Tropical Food Machinery, Mr. Romano Orsi collaborated with the major Italian companies in the branch, before that, he had founded in 1975, Tecnifood, in Pouso Alegre – MG which was later sold to SASIB Group in 1988.
Tecnifood was a pioneer in some technologies in Brazil as pasteurizers for sauces and tomato puree, continuous concentrators, the first aseptic filling machines and a new system of extraction of tropical fruits.
Tropical Food Machinery has already undertaken great challenges for special customers, making customer service and quality the main features to assure a performance turned to the efficiency and competitiveness.
Currently the plant for the production of equipment in Brazil is located in the Industrial District in Pouso Alegre and the Italian plant is located in the province of Parma.
Apis Flora - Concentrated Propolis Line
In 2019, we completed the delivery of a concentrated propolis production line through alcoholic extraction and subsequent vacuum evaporation. The process involves the propolis, initially in the form of wax from the apiary, being added to grain alcohol within a process tank specifically designed for this purpose. In the mixing tank, the product is kept constantly stirred, undergoing successive heating and cooling operations over many hours. After this period, the propolis will be diluted. The settled sediment is discarded, and the product is sent to the concentrator for alcohol evaporation and propolis concentration. The concentration pot facilitates vacuum evaporation, and the evaporated alcohol is recovered in an indirect condenser and sent back to the alcohol accumulation tank. The final product is pure and concentrated propolis. All equipment was constructed following safety standards for explosive atmospheres and ATEX certification. Currently, the line is in perfect operation, adding value to our customer.