Material Handling Solution: Empowering Haitian (Nanning) RMB 10B+ Green Smart Manufacturing Base
Key Highlights
As a core strategic project outside South China for Haitian Flavoring & Food, the Nanning base represents a total investment of ~RMB 2.7 billion with a designed capacity of 950,000 tons/year. It has been awarded the "National Green Factory" status.
GSS delivered a fully automated, airtight raw material handling and conveying system, integrating Cantilever Silo Unloaders, Bucket Elevators, En-Masse Conveyors, Screw Conveyors, and pneumatic/manual slide gates and diverters.
Enabled ultra-large-scale continuous production, fortified food safety from the source with zero-residue and airtight designs, and helped fulfill the sustainability goals of a national-level green factory.
Client Profile: Haitian’s RMB 10B+ Smart Manufacturing Base Expanding to ASEAN
Foshan Haitian (Nanning) Flavoring & Food Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Haitian Group, the leading enterprise in China’s condiment industry. Located in the Guangxi ASEAN Economic and Technological Development Zone, the Nanning base serves as a crucial strategic fulcrum for Haitian to expand from South China into ASEAN and international markets.
Covering approximately 1,000 mu with a designed annual capacity of 950,000 tons, the project is expected to generate over RMB 10 billion in annual output value upon full operation. As a world-class smart food manufacturing hub, the facility enforces exceptionally high standards for operational continuity, hygiene safety, and environmental performance.
Goals & Challenges: Addressing Capacity, Food Safety, and Green Metrics
Behind the massive 950,000-ton capacity, the Phase II project presented three universal industry challenges in raw material receiving and pre-treatment:
1.Ultra-Large-Scale Continuous Conveying Reliability: Industrial condiment manufacturing requires high-frequency, heavy-duty material transport (soybeans, wheat, flour, soy protein) across multi-point, long-distance routes. Any unscheduled downtime directly interrupts downstream fermentation and processing.
2.Stringent Food Safety & Cross-Contamination Control: Condiment production is highly sensitive to foreign matter, dust, and microbial contamination. Traditional open or residue-heavy conveying equipment poses severe risks of dust buildup, spoilage, and cross-contamination.
3.Demanding Standards for a National-Level Green Factory: As a designated national-level green factory, all bulk handling lines must meet rigorous standards for low noise, low energy consumption, zero emission leakage, and intrinsic safety.
Customized Solution: Fully Enclosed & Automated Bulk Material Handling System
To align with Haitian’s automated control requirements and layout, GSS designed an integrated, airtight bulk material conveying and pre-treatment matrix:
- Vertical Elevation: Bucket Elevators handle vertical transport across various capacity requirements (up to 240 MT/H). Their low-breakage and minimal-back-feed design maintains material integrity during high-load operations.
- Horizontal & Incline Conveying: En-Masse Conveyors and Double-Deck Drag Conveyors seamlessly bridge intake hoppers, silos, cleaning, optical sorting, and batching sections.
- Short-Distance Precision Feeding: Enclosed Screw Conveyors ensure clean, residue-free short-distance material transfers.
- Smart Silo Discharging: Cantilever Silo Unloaders utilize powerful rotation and revolution motion inside large flat-bottom silos to guarantee reliable discharge of tricky materials like soybean meal.
- Automated Flow Control & Isolation: Dozens of pneumatic/manual slide gates and 2-way diverter valves are integrated to enable automated line switching and interlocked fault monitoring.
Project Value: Delivering Continuous Operational Efficiency, Source-Level Food Safety Assurance, and Green Smart Manufacturing
Continuous Production
High-durability equipment ensures 24/7 continuous operation, accommodating Haitian's massive production rhythm and optimizing plant throughput.
Food Safety Assurance
Fully enclosed design prevents dust escape and material buildup, intercepting contamination risks at the receiving source.
Green Smart Manufacturing
Low energy consumption and low noise ratings align with Haitian's sustainable goals, helping secure the National Green Factory milestone.
"As a core strategic base for Haitian's expansion beyond South China into ASEAN markets, our Nanning facility demands exceptionally stringent standards for front-end automation and food safety. The raw material handling and conveying system provided by GSS has perfectly matched our large-scale, continuous production rhythm while delivering outstanding performance in airtight hygiene and green energy conservation. This is not just high-quality equipment, but a solid cornerstone for our national-level green factory."