This year Geelen Counterflow supplied its 10,000th counterflow system.

When the company started in 1980, it specialized exclusively in the counterflow cooler as invented by its founder Pierre Geelen. The efficient counterflow heat exchange between product and ambient air offers more than 30% savings in energy consumption, floor-space and investment cost compared to the incumbent horizontal belt coolers.

Over the years the company has become a market leader for coolers in feed, aquafeed, petfood and oilseeds, partially by supplying coolers to nearly all of the major producers of pelletmills and extruders worldwide.

Since the late 1980’s the company has also been building counterflow dryers for aquafeed, food, and petfood using the counterflow heat exchange principle. The flagship multi-deck batch dryer has become the standard for many producers of extruded petfood and aquafeed, because of its high hygienic standards and fast change-overs between production runs. Dryers typically consume 40-60% of an extrusion line’s total energy consumption, but counterflow dryers consume 20-50% less energy than belt dryers.

The company produces all of its steel and stainless steel components in-house.  A workforce of 100 in Haelen, the Netherlands designs and builds coolers and dryers for customers worldwide. A Field Service Team of 15 in Europe, Asia and Latin America supports customers with installation, commissioning, training and service.