Aseptic line commissioning completed in Sadat City.

Commissioning of the aseptic processing line at Sadat City is complete. The line, supplied by CFT of Italy, has passed its water trials, sterilisation cycles and product runs, and is now cleared for commercial production ahead of the first tomato campaign.

What was commissioned

The installation covers the full path from raw intake to aseptic filling: washing and sorting, crushing, the break section, evaporation, sterilisation and the aseptic filler itself. Each stage was signed off in sequence rather than as a single handover, so that faults could be isolated to one section at a time.

• Intake, washing and optical sorting

• Cold Break and Hot Break sections on a shared line

• Multi-effect evaporation to target Brix

• Steriliser, aseptic tank and bag-in-drum filler

Validation and testing

Validation ran across three stages — water trials to prove flow and temperature control, sterilisation cycles to prove the aseptic envelope, and product runs to prove that Brix, colour and viscosity hold within specification across a full shift.

A new facility does not inherit a track record. Every parameter on this line has been proven here, on this equipment, before we offer a single tonne to a customer.

What happens next

The first commercial campaign follows the local tomato harvest. In parallel, the facility continues through its certification programme, with HACCP and ISO 22000 audits scheduled and BRCGS and FSSC to follow.

Technical data sheets and specifications for each line are available on request from the export team.