Bucher Merk Process GmbH produces innovative vacuum drying systems of the highest quality. Our brand Bucher Merk represents a long tradition in drying expertise. Starting with the first vacuum belt dryer from Sulzer in 1955, passing a row of companies, including Zschokke, Wartmann, ZWAG, Meprotec (Schneider), Zedrys, Terotech (Teropam) and Ecken. Since 2021, Merk Process GmbH founded in 1994 joined and became the hub for drying technology within Bucher Unipektin AG. Today, Bucher Merk designs, engineers, manufactures and commissions state-of-the-art drying systems worldwide. At our Competence Centre for Drying Technology in Laufenburg, we develop drying processes and innovative technologies for our clients. Our team of engineers supports improvements or retrofits for optimum performance of existing equipment. Our customers include leading global corporations and medium-sized companies in the food and pharmaceutical industries.

We can perform individual, detailed protocoled trials and analyses in vacuum-drying of fluids or granular products. We can then further develop and optimise your specific process on our laboratory and pilot plant dryers. Our laboratory pilot plants can use a range of many options such as different energy sources (contact-heating, radiation-heating, microwave-heating) and a variety of feeding systems and product entries. Engineering and development services (plant components, plant design, etc.) are done using 3D-CAD and specific calculation programs. We would be glad to provide you with more detailed information about Merk Process and invite you to contact us at your earliest convenience.