Market
Pet Food
In the U.S., the pet food market is seeing strong growth and evolving consumer expectations. Demand is increasing for premium, natural, and high-quality products tailored to specific animal needs, alongside a heightened focus on environmental and social responsibility.
To meet this growing demand, manufacturers are scaling up production and diversifying their product lines. This often requires building new plants or modernizing existing facilities, both in the United States and internationally.
Against this backdrop, Clauger supports pet food production sites with specialized expertise, designing processes that fit each facility’s unique requirements while also targeting current environmental challenges.
How Clauger Helps Pet Food Producers
Clauger offers a holistic approach, taking into account:
- Energy Production & Recovery
We optimize energy usage for production by recovering and repurposing waste heat and other byproducts, reducing overall energy consumption. - Process Air Management
In mixing, extrusion, and other production areas, we focus on airflow control, ventilation, dust removal, and limiting airborne contamination risks. - Emission & Environmental Compliance
We help ensure facilities meet regulations and limits for air and water discharge, working to reduce environmental impact.
For each of these areas, Clauger brings together a dedicated team of specialists who collaborate with plant personnel to deliver customized, site-specific solutions.
Our Commitments
Ensuring every pet food product meets the highest quality and safety standards.
Minimize manufacturers’ environmental footprint through efficiency measures and decarbonization strategies.
Work closely with local communities to maintain a respectful, mutually beneficial relationship between industrial sites and their neighbors.
Odor Management
Pet food manufacturing can generate odors that affect surrounding communities. As awareness grows around social impacts, manufacturers increasingly integrate “good neighbor” practices alongside regulatory compliance.
Drawing on extensive experience with odor control and monitoring systems, Clauger has developed solutions that allow pet food producers to maintain local operations without compromising community well-being. Our offerings include:
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Odor Emission Treatments
Reducing or neutralizing odors to help meet regulatory requirements. -
Energy or Byproduct Recovery
Converting odor-causing emissions into usable energy or byproducts when feasible. -
Community Mediation
Leveraging our Expoll by Clauger platform to maintain transparent communication with neighbors and facilitate positive community relations.
Energy Efficiency & Decarbonization
Many U.S. manufacturing sites are pursuing strategies to reduce environmental impact—such as energy, water, and carbon reduction plans. Clauger has been a long-standing partner in guiding facilities through these sustainability transitions.
We adopt a comprehensive approach to evaluating a site’s full energy landscape:
- Energy Audits
Identifying all potential energy savings or recovery opportunities within the plant. - Action Plans & Prioritization
Developing and ranking improvement initiatives with all site stakeholders, then implementing these projects on the ground. - Performance Guarantees & Financing
We offer an energy performance commitment, considering both capital and operational costs (CAPEX and OPEX). Where needed, we can also assist with financing to avoid straining the plant’s investment capacity.
Process Air Control
Quality control of process air is essential in pet food manufacturing. The top priority is ensuring the safety and integrity of the final product:
Product Safety
Clauger’s expertise helps maintain stable temperature and humidity conditions, along with proper airflow, to reduce the risk of contamination.
Employee Comfort & Compliance
Our specialists in dust removal and industrial ventilation design solutions that protect personnel and equipment, keeping facilities aligned with safety standards and regulations.
From initial concept through day-to-day operations, Clauger provides end-to-end support for air treatment systems that meet the exact needs of each production site.
