Food & Drink Manufacturing

Hygienic Drainage

Watch how ACO's Hygienic design principles work for drainage channels.

As one of the world’s leading commercial drainage specialists, ACO understands the critical role that drainage plays in a successful commercial food preparation business. We appreciate that food safety, hygiene and cost control are all vital factors yet we also understand that for many, drainage is out of sight and therefore out of mind.

We are familiar with HACCP and the prerequisites that underpin it, working closely with industry experts to better understand the risks of sub-optimal drainage and, to support further product development, we are conducting ongoing research with global research body Campden BRI.

As the first drainage company to become a member of the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG), we also play an active role in the development of future best practice guidelines helping to raise standards and reduce business risk for the food processing companies.

Providing engineered as well as standard drainage solutions, we can help you optimise hygiene whether you're a poultry processor who is concerned about listeria, a dairy products manufacturer who wants to minimise bacterial contamination or a brewer who needs to deal with high flow rates.

Download our Food and Drink Brochure to learn how you can implement the highest hygiene standards for drainage in you production facilities and how ACO can help.

Specification

Good design starts with understanding the materials available, their performance and how they can be optimised for maximum effect at best value to the customer. Taking time to work with the ACO specification team can ensure we join all the dots from the beginning, throughout the whole project offering you a single point warranty.

Design and Calculation

In house design teams then carry out design work on your behalf to ensure water is managed on your site in a hygienic and sustainable way

Drainage System Assessment

Experts from our European competence centre can provide a complete report of your existing drainage systems, measure its impact on potential risks within processing areas and make recommendations. Read More

Providing Materials

Having carried out the specification & design the next step is to provide quality materials either from stock or manufactured especially for your project, to the highest standards.

Project Supervision

Experts from our European competence centre can also aid your preferred contractor by returning to offer project supervision. We check levels, component connections, quality of finishing and provide peace of mind to our clients

Featured Downloads

ACO Food and Drink Brochure

Learn how we can help you assess your current and upcoming projects to ensure you get the optimal drainage system for your needs.

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Food & Beverage Manufacturing

ACO's guide to Drainage Management for the Food & Beverage Industry.

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HygieneFirst Catalogue

Hygienic Drainage for Food Processing & Commercial Kitchen Applications

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Hygienic Drainage White Paper 2018

This White Paper from 2018 featured in Food Manufacturing magazine.

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HygieneFirst Philosophy

HygieneFirst philosophy -
The ultimate hygienic performance

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Food & Drink Manufacturing Sector

A guide to ACO's product ranges for use in the food & drink sector.

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Our HygieneFirst Channels

Through extensive research and development, we have become the first company to incorporate the latest hygienic design principles normally used for food production machinery into commercial drainage.

Our Hygiene First drainage channels when compared to normal channels provide increased cleanability and prevents bacteria build up. The profile of the channel edges provides increased durable and stable transmission from traffic over the channel to prevent cracking and the chance of bacteria growth.

To view the tests of our Hygiene First channels watch the videos below. To learn more about how we've helped organisations throughout the food sector, click the case studies on the right of this page.

To view our other food production drainage products including stainless steel kerbs click the related products section at the bottom of the page

Watch how our Hygiene first channels can help in your production floor and how they outperfom other channels in cleaning tests.