QC plan
Our quality experts can help you to establish the product quality control plan and schedule which is the most suited to your production and its specificities. This plan can be also adapted and optimized according to the observed results.
Hygienic rules
Respecting hygienic rules is capital for best practices implementation. A hygienic design (i.e. an installation that can be cleaned in each and every point) is not only limited to the design of the system but must also work in conjunction with good manufacturing practices, optimized maintenance, and quality control. ICE can bring this global approach [...]
Hydrogeology expertise
In order to reduce the risk of contamination and its impact on the production, it's important to characterize the resource availability. This prevents over-exploitation. Up to which flow rate is my resource sustainable? What are the effects of season on the resource availability ...
Well equipment
Two of the key aspects of the well equipment design is the cleanability of the installation and the management of the water flow variations. A rapid variation of the water pumping drastically increases the risk of contamination with heavy consequences on the access to the resource. The seasonality and the type of water (deep well [...]
Regulatory compliance
It is a key stake for bottlers. Being non-compliance with regulations, which are often complex, may impact the reputation of the brand and the presence on the market. ICE takes into account regulation aspects from the technology choice and process design until the operations.
Protecting my water resources
The well equipment must be designed in a way to keep the water resources sustainable (available quantities, quality): physical protection of the deep well or of the catchment area in order to avoid external and internal contaminations which can be chemical or bacteriological. ICE supplies and installs well equipment that allows the cleaning of a [...]
Quality control
The cost of a non-quality issue can outweigh the cost of quality management. ICE quality experts can help you to define or improve your QC schedule, train your QC team, or improve their skills. This is necessary to detect and to anticipate any type of quality issue before it develops.
Chemical & mineral content (mineralization, bromates, …)
The presence of undesirable chemical elements is very common in raw water. ICE has the knowledge and experience to remove pesticides, nitrates, iron, manganese, fluoride, As, chlorides, etc ... The issues linked to ozone disinfection and bromates creation is something that ICE understands and manages very well.
Cleaning protocol & CIP optimization
Cleaning a water treatment installation and the filling lines is a key task for the bottlers. It is crucial to determine optimal cleaning operations to achieve the expected security level while maximizing the production time. ICE experts can advise you regarding your cleaning program and CIP protocol.
Auditing & problem solving
Often, a recurrent quality issue does not depend on a unique parameter. A complete analysis of the global process is necessary to understand the cause and apply corrective actions. ICE experts have performed more than 450 of these types of missions all over the world.