Partner in the Green Transition of the Food System
Sweco offers comprehensive design and project management services to food industry operators in nearly 30 locations around Finland. Our experts specialize in food safety and quality systems for food establishments.
Our clients include the food and beverage industry, manufacturers of food contact materials, the dairy industry, cellular agriculture and by-product processors, as well as operators in the feed and fertilizer industries. We also serve equipment suppliers and the retail sector.
We act as a strategic partner for the food industry in the green transition of the food system. As part of the developing food system, our goal is to reduce emissions from food production by utilizing production side streams and domestic protein production innovations.
Our sustainability services include carbon footprint calculations, investment subsidy and EIA procedures. We help combine biodiversity with production activities and support planning and change management through energy reviews and material surveys.
Strategic partner for the food industry
We offer comprehensive engineering services for food plants, from conceptualization to implementation and process design. Compliant but cost- and energy-efficient designs improve the productivity and production reliability of food plants throughout their life cycle.
As part of our operating model, our experts are supported by specialists in the food industry who supervise the implementation of guidelines in the field. We also offer food lawyer services.
Hygienic design
Our designers are familiar with the hygiene requirements of food establishments and the hygiene instructions of the food industry. In hygienic design, we emphasize risk management. We ensure that food establishments are designed according to European standards to support uncompromising product safety and quality. We follow well-known European design practices and are a member of the European Hygienic Engineering Design Group (EHEDG).
Hygiene areas
We combine the facility-specific hygiene classes and hygiene areas with other area solutions, such as ATEX safety, fire safety and HACCP inspections. We help to create a functional overall concept that emphasizes food safety, but takes all risk areas into account.
Cleanability
Cleanability is taken into account in the design of both structures and processes. The chemical resistance and cleanability of materials guide equipment choices, purchases and structural design. We are familiar with both steam sterilization (SIP) and cleaning-in-place (CIP) methods.
Our services
- Project, concept, and pre-design
- Area and geotechnical design
- Layout design
- Plant design
- Structural design
- Civil engineering
- Piping design
- Equipment design
- Process design
- HVAC, electrical and automation design
- Fire safety design, e.g., sprinkler systems
- Design of auxiliary systems, e.g., gas, compressed air, condensate, UV hygiene and chemicals
- Logistics planning
Food Safety and Quality Schemes
We ensure that consideration of food legislation and food safety requirements guides plant and process design as well as the development of new foodstuffs and contact materials. We support the food industry in meeting legislative requirements.
Quality Systems
We help food industry operators create new quality management systems in accordance with international standards, such as BRC and ISO 22000 FSSC. We also draw up self-monitoring systems and HACCP programmes and carry out compliance reviews.
Safety Planning
Food safety should be examined together with machinery, cyber, process and chemical safety. We ensure the safe handling and storage of hazardous chemicals in accordance with safety requirements.
Compliance
We are a partner for the food industry in chemical permit applications, the preparation of safety data sheets and the fulfillment of REACH obligations.
Contact Materials
We provide comprehensive services to companies manufacturing food packaging and contact materials (FCM) in meeting the requirements of the Finnish Food Act (297/2021) and food contact material legislation. Among other things, we carry out conformity checks.
Project Management Services for the Food Industry
We offer comprehensive project management, construction management and supervision services for food industry projects. The plant can be designed and built from a clean slate (Greenfield) or in an existing industrial environment (Brownfield), for example, using the EPCM project management model.
Jukka Nykyri
Food & Pharma Lead