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GEA Celebrates Grand Opening of $20M Tech Hub for Precision Fermentation and Cultivated Foods

On July 17, 2025, GEA inaugurated its new Food Application and Technology Center (ATC) in Janesville, Wisconsin. The $20 million facility is the company’s second global center focused on alternative proteins and sustainable food production technologies. It follows the opening of GEA’s first ATC in Hildesheim, Germany, in 2023. The Janesville facility is located at GEA’s existing campus, which has been operational since 2024, supporting production, repair, logistics, and training. …

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GEA Opens New Food Application and Technology Center in Wisconsin to Support Cellular Agriculture Innovation

GEA has launched its New Food Application and Technology Center (ATC) in Janesville, Wisconsin, designed to support the development and scaling of cellular agriculture processes. Construction of the ATC began in May 2024, and the facility features advanced bioreactors and precision fermentation systems that enable companies to test and optimize processes for producing alternative proteins and other novel food products. Customizable infrastructure for alt-protein production The 10,000-square-meter center is equipped …

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Israel's Believer Meats has announced a strategic partnership with GEA Group to make cultivated meat more affordable, accessible, and sustainable

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Believer Meats & GEA Partner to “Produce Cultivated Meat Products at the Right Cost”

Israel’s Believer Meats and GEA Group, one of the world’s technology and equipment suppliers for food manufacturers, have announced a strategic partnership to make cultivated meat more affordable, accessible, and sustainable. The collaboration will focus on co-developing technologies and processes to improve the unit economics and sustainability of cultivated meat production, starting with chicken and potentially expanding to other products. The collaboration follows Believer Meats’ recent MOU with AGWA, Abu Dhabi’s new food …

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GEA alternative protein tech center

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GEA to Open New Facility for Plant-Based and Cell-Cultured Food Production

GEA, a global supplier of technology and equipment for food manufacturers, has initiated the construction of a new technology center in Janesville, Wisconsin. The center, which is planned to open in 2025, will focus on alternative proteins and be designed to enhance the production capabilities of plant-based, microbial, and cell-based foods. This facility will focus on the development of alternative solutions to traditional animal-derived products such as meat, dairy, seafood, …

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GEA unveils a new technology called perfusion, which includes the use of pilot scale bioreactors and a machine for rejuvenating the grown media.

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GEA Unveils “Technological Milestone” for Food Biomanufacturing, Cutting Production Costs of Alt Proteins

GEA, a global leader in engineering systems for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, is unveiling what it claims to be a “technological milestone” — the perfusion platform — at the Anuga FoodTec trade show in Cologne, Germany. The perfusion platform consists of the GEA Axenic-line bioreactors and the GEA kytero single-use separator, designed to enhance productivity and cost efficiency in cell cultivation and precision fermentation. The technology promises to level …

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