Established in 1983 by brothers Philip and John Tomlinson, Tomlinson’s Dairies is Wales’ largest liquid milk processor following significant growth over the past years. Having recently secured a contract with a supermarket giant.
As part of the investment programme, Gemak was chosen to manufacture and install “The Cream Room” in 2017
Philip Tomlinson said “Having worked with Gemak on previous projects we had first hand experience on their quality, manufacturing, level of engineering and their experience in turnkey lines. Gemak offered us the most flexible solution, excellent quality and most competitive prices in the market.”
The supply scope of Gemak was manufacture and install a Cream Room capable of receiving raw cream from 3 separate separator/standardisation units, send raw cream back to 3 pasteurisation lines, receive pasteurised cream back into ageing tanks and transfer these to 4 separate filling areas. It is a fully automated plant controlled through a central Scada. The plant is capable of handling approx. 200,000 lt of cream/day making it one of the largest cream rooms in the UK.
About Gemak
Gemak is an engineering-led food processing engineering company specialising in dairy processing systems and tailor-made process solutions for the dairy and food industries. As an experienced dairy process equipment manufacturer and industrial dairy equipment supplier, Gemak designs and delivers turnkey dairy plants and turnkey food processing plants, supporting customers from dairy processing plant design through to commissioning. The company’s portfolio includes pasteurisation systems for dairy, UHT milk processing systems, CIP systems for dairy plants and automatic CIP systems for the food industry, as well as inline blending systems for dairy, liquid and powder mixing systems, membrane filtration solutions for dairy processing, heat exchangers for food applications, plate heat exchangers for dairy processing, and process tanks for the dairy industry manufactured in hygienic stainless steel. With full in-house engineering, manufacturing, automation and installation capabilities, Gemak delivers bespoke dairy processing solutions focused on efficiency, hygienic design, process reliability and long-term sustainability.