“Accept as ‘thank you’ and commendation…both units started up on schedule, on budget and are operating very well …C&I team truly became an extension of our staff…from process design through detail engineering and construction,  I could not have asked for a group more cooperative and dedicated to the success of our projects. ”

Major Project Manager – Hunt Refining Company

Understanding the Nature of Long-Term, Capital Projects

Our planning expertise is an asset to 24/7 operations, seeking to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime during a turnaround. From conceptual studies to detailed design, we have improved countless plant processes by optimizing process flow schemes, retrofits, and revamps. Our gated approach to project management aligns with the decision making process for refineries, ensuring smart, effective work at the conceptual and feasibility stages that help clients make critical calls about project viability. We understand that project success hinges on spending capital dollars wisely.

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C&I is by far the best engineering company I’ve worked with, as C&I performs very thorough and comprehensive work with attention to detail which I’ve not seen from other companies.  I’ve been burned in past construction projects with not having this level of thought and detail put into the designs .  C&I is really easy to work with. 

Project Manager – Nestle

Sanitary Designs

The C&I team has a strong background in the food and beverage space, bringing a “design it like we would run it” approach to each project. We recognize that each product must be handled appropriately to ensure consistent quality, run after run. C&I not only understands the requirements for processing products in a food grade facility, but also that each product is different. Our engineering approach paired with our food and beverage expertise, our recipe for success.

Thermal Processing

Because we know that food safety and quality is paramount to your product, C&I utilizes a vast array of processing techniques to achieve your goals. We are ready to partner with you to understand your product’s unique characteristics and handling requirements and incorporate them into the system design. Through our specific experience in pasteurization (HTST), Ultra-High Temperature (UHT), aseptic processing, Extended Shelf Life (ESL), Hot Fill, Direct Steam Injection (DSI), and retort processing, we are able to provide a solution for your specific needs.

Clean in Place

Making a premium product every day requires equipment to clean consistently. C&I leverages its many years of experience to incorporate and prioritize cleanability within its processes. Whether we design custom Clean in Place (CIP) systems or integrate with vendors, you can trust that the system will be designed to clean effectively. Our team goes beyond design to work closely with the automation team to provide repeatable and consistent cleaning results.

Process Optimization

C&I works alongside our clients to understand goals and provide value, whether you are just starting out or funning an established facility. Through our systematic approach, we benchmark current processes and offer logical and practical solutions. We excel at overcoming system bottlenecks and help to achieve production goals, but we don’t stop there. In order to truly support our partners, every design takes into account the operations and maintenance of the facility, while also accommodating for future expansions. We believe a strong design should support all aspects of your business: present and future.

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“The partnership with C&I helped to bring our expectations of the process to reality. We look forward to future partnerships in our ever growing future.  We cannot wait to see this process in action!”

Maintenance Manager – Angels Envy

We Bring Value

PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
Through system optimization, C&I works with our clients to provide value and understand goals, whether you are just beginning or an established facility. Our systematic approach allows us to benchmark current processes and offer logical and obtainable solutions. We exceed at removing system bottlenecks and helping to achieve production goals, but we don’t stop there. In order to truly support our partners, every design takes into account the operations and maintenance of the facility while accommodating for future expansions.

SINGLE BARREL PROCCESSING
C&I excels at streamlining the filtering and processing operations of Single Barrel and Small Batch bourbons as clients grow their portfolio of premium brands. Through automation, we partner with our clients to increase productivity, improve efficiency and reduce waste, all while prioritizing batch integrity. C&I leverages our longstanding relationships with key vendors to bring unique solutions and integrate designs seamlessly into existing distilleries. Reach out to a team member to find out more about our innovations in proofing and packaging to support this expanding market.

VERTICAL START UP
C&I is your true distillery partner, offering vertical start-up support to ensure full production potential is reached quickly and efficiently. Services include pre-project scope and role development, SAT and FAT system design, project implementation support, and activity monitoring. Through our operations and maintenance experience we are able to engage further by generating SOP documentation, QC system support, AM/PM documentation, inventory review with failure analysis, and post-project instrumentation support. Rely on us to be your “cradle to grave” partner.

SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS
Our associates are committed to being good environmental stewards and bringing focus to sustainable solutions throughout our engineering designs. We continually identify more efficient ways to run your processes that push energy savings straight to the bottom line. Our team engages with your individual energy suppliers to leverage lucrative rebate offerings and equipment refunds when applicable. In addition, our licensed Professional Engineers have the ability to facilitate Energy Star Certification for your distillery. Whether you are hoping to improve energy efficiencies or lower your bottom line, the professionals at C&I are ready and willing to help.

COOPERAGE AND MATURATION
The barrel is a key ingredient in your recipe for perfection. That’s why we felt it was pivotal to extend our knowledge base to include expertise in the coopering and barrel maturation processes. Through our coopering expertise, we are assisting our clients with barrel toasting, coopering automation, aging data collection, and RFID barrel tracking. Once the barrel is filled, we apply our hands-on experience with barrel maturation to bring the shape and character of your spirit to life.

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Whether you’re looking to increase production capacity, optimize your existing batch making capabilities, or reconfigure your existing process to add new product lines, C&I is the smart choice. Using our process expertise, we’re able to bring your concept to life, whether in a new facility or an existing plant. Our skilled eye for facility layout allows us to craft a solution that meets your business needs, while keeping in mind operability, maintainability, and safety.

From Concept to Shelf

Our skills don’t stop there. We can fully automate your system by providing sophisticated batching control and programming. Our project involvement reaches beyond the design phase and follows through to construction support, commissioning, operator training, and startup. We are with you until the first product hits the shelf.

“I appreciate the timeliness of our packages and other deliverables, the C&I team was able to ‘make things happen’ very quickly with a high degree of accuracy.”

Head of Engineering – Visual Pak

Time to Market is Critical

We partner our extensive experience and knowledge in hygienic design with your concept to quickly develop a process that meets your business case. From concept to installation and start up, our team delivers an integrated design utilizing our full-discipline team. Leveraging relationships with your team, suppliers, and contractors allows us to accelerate the schedule, while sound project management methodologies help minimize rework and maintain quality.

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C&I understands that learning your proprietary process is crucial to executing a successful project. Over several decades, we have partnered with industry leaders to solve some of the most unique challenges. Our Process Team excels at creating predictive models of atypical processes so we can anticipate how modifications will impact your operation. Utilizing this technique has led to repeatedly exceeding production expectations and increasing a project’s return on investment.

From Concept to Detailed Design, C&I helps develop and optimize processes for both greenfield and retrofit applications. We bring our strong safety culture and familiarization with OSHA-PSM to comply with evolving environmental and safety regulations.

Decades of Experience

Since our beginning in 1983, our understanding of plant processes has made us a preferred partner for many large chemical manufacturers. We are your problem solving experts from Root Cause Discovery to Unit Debottlenecking to expansions and optimizations. We work with engineering, construction, operations and maintenance to ensure our designs achieve the needs of all stakeholders.

“…We’re setting record production rates…It’s running like a dream…”

Project Manager – Potash Corp

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Proven, Proprietary Process

Over the past several decades, clients have come to count on our H₂S technology. We’ve earned the trust of mining operations all over the world. This expertise has been garnered over years of conducting H2S studies and conceptual design projects. We offer a front-end process design package to meet every H₂S need.

We have simplified H₂S generation by eliminating catalysts in our reactor. This allows us to lower operation and maintenance costs while maintaining the purest quality H₂S. Our involvement does not stop at design, frequently we oversee building and start-up to ensure smooth and safe operation and consistent performance levels.

“We’ve been really pleased with C&I’s willingness to think creatively.”

Plant Engineering Group Leader – Hunt Refining Company

Innovative H₂S Applications

C&I’s experience with H₂S extends beyond the mining use. Our Process Team developed technology to upgrade H₂S to form thiochemical, Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS), for specialty applications while bringing value to the refinery. We are also versed in oxygen enrichment and Sulfur Recovery Units at petroleum refineries. Our extensive experience with sulfur-based compounds and versatile thought processes prepare us to tackle your challenges to address market demand increases.

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At C&I we leverage our expertise across all industries to provide innovative solutions that are safe and reliable, allowing our utility customers and “keep the lights on”. We work closely with utility providers to address many issues that support the main process, such as chiller replacements, structural analysis and civil designs. With our safety-based design mentality, we help facilities comply with OSHA-PSM requirements by performing audits, documenting relief valve sizing, and verifying P&IDs through walk-downs. Our experience with pipelines, terminals, and transportation gives us an advantage when it comes to your material movement processes. We look forward to bringing our skillsets to your upcoming projects.

“Thank you again for the prints you and your team put together for our medium voltage switchgear upgrade. Installing the new microprocessor relays was a success and the prints were great.“

Electrical Engineer – LG&E KU

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