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Explore our high-performance multi-effect forced circulation evaporator solutions — engineered for Colombia's sugar, ethanol, pharmaceutical, and wastewater treatment industries.
Colombia is one of Latin America's fastest-growing industrial economies. Its expanding sugar, ethanol, pharmaceutical, food processing, and chemical sectors are creating an unprecedented demand for advanced evaporation technology.
Colombia ranks as one of the world's top sugarcane producers. The Valle del Cauca and Cauca regions host major sugar mills and ethanol distilleries that rely on multi-effect forced circulation evaporators for efficient juice concentration, stillage treatment, and energy recovery — reducing operational costs by up to 40%.
Colombia's pharmaceutical industry is one of the largest in Latin America. Forced circulation evaporators are critical for concentrating APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients), solvent recovery, and wastewater evaporation in compliance with INVIMA environmental standards.
With Colombia's growing demand for processed corn, cassava starch, and glucose syrups, multi-effect evaporators are deployed for corn steep liquor concentration, glucose/fructose syrup production, and starch sugar refining — industries expanding rapidly in Antioquia and the Coffee Growing Region.
Colombia's tightening environmental regulations (Resolución 0631) are driving industrial facilities to adopt high-salinity wastewater evaporators and zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) systems. Multi-effect forced circulation evaporators are the preferred solution for mining, oil & gas, and textile effluent treatment nationwide.
With Ecopetrol and the expanding downstream petrochemical corridor along the Magdalena River Valley, evaporation systems are increasingly used for process water recycling, ammonium sulfate concentration, and organic wastewater treatment — reducing environmental impact while cutting water consumption.
Colombia's growing biotechnology sector — producing amino acids, organic acids, vitamins, and bio-fuels — depends on multi-effect evaporators for concentrating fermentation broths of threonine, itaconic acid, erythritol, sorbitol, and trehalose at industrial scale with minimal energy consumption.
In Colombia's energy-sensitive industrial environment, multi-effect forced circulation evaporators deliver up to 70% energy savings compared to single-effect systems. Combined with MVR (Mechanical Vapor Recompression) technology, these systems achieve the lowest unit energy consumption in the market — a critical advantage for Colombian manufacturers seeking to reduce carbon footprint and comply with national energy efficiency mandates.
Colombia's industrial sector is undergoing a significant transformation driven by sustainability mandates, export growth, and foreign investment. Here are the key trends shaping evaporator demand in Colombia.
The Colombian government's environmental policy framework is pushing industries toward zero-liquid-discharge solutions. Multi-effect forced circulation evaporators, especially when combined with crystallizers, enable complete water recycling — a trend seen in mining operations in Boyacá and chemical plants in Barranquilla.
Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) evaporators are rapidly gaining adoption in Colombia's sugar and ethanol sector as electricity costs become more competitive. MVR systems achieve steam consumption as low as 0.03–0.05 kg/kg water evaporated, making them transformative for energy management in large Colombian distilleries.
As part of Colombia's expanded trade relationships with China under the Pacific Alliance framework, Chinese equipment manufacturers like Jiangsu Zongheng are increasingly preferred for their ASME-certified, cost-competitive, and technologically advanced evaporation systems that meet international quality standards.
Colombia's national bioenergy policy promotes ethanol blending (E10, E20) and biogas generation. This drives investment in DDGS drying lines and evaporation systems for stillage concentration — areas where Zongheng's integrated evaporation and drying solutions deliver complete turnkey plant capabilities.
Industry 4.0 is reaching Colombian manufacturing. New evaporation plant installations increasingly require PLC-based automation, remote monitoring, and intelligent energy management modules. Zongheng's modern evaporation systems support full automation integration for Colombia's technically advancing industrial sector.
Colombia's expanding mining and oil & gas sectors generate large volumes of high-TDS wastewater. Multi-effect forced circulation evaporators are the core technology for treating these challenging effluents, with growing deployments in the Llanos Orientales region and around Cartagena's industrial port zone.
Zongheng's multi-effect forced circulation evaporators are specifically adapted for Colombia's diverse industrial applications — from Andean highlands to Caribbean coast processing zones.
Multi-effect evaporators for raw juice clarification and syrup concentration in Colombia's major sugar mills — Valle del Cauca, Cauca, Risaralda.
Forced circulation evaporators for ammonium sulfate crystallization from fermentation off-gases in amino acid and fertilizer production plants across Colombia.
Evaporation systems for high-COD organic wastewater from food, beverage, and coffee processing industries — helping Colombia's coffee belt achieve environmental compliance.
Gentle forced circulation evaporation for heat-sensitive pharmaceutical solutions, ensuring product integrity for Colombia's growing API manufacturing sector in Bogotá and Medellín.
High-salinity brine evaporation for salt and mineral recovery in Colombia's Zipaquirá salt mines and Boyacá mineral processing operations.
Waste heat and multi-effect evaporators for corn steep liquor concentration — serving Colombia's growing wet corn milling industry producing starch, glucose, and animal feed.
Forced circulation evaporators for produced water and refinery effluent treatment at Ecopetrol facilities and downstream chemical processing zones near Barrancabermeja.
Multi-effect evaporators for tropical fruit juice concentration — mango, passion fruit, guanábana — supporting Colombia's rapidly growing food export industry.
Jiangsu Zongheng Concentration & Drying Equipment Co., Ltd. (formerly Yixing Yangxi Light Industry Machinery Factory), founded in 1992, is located in Zhoutie Town, Yixing City, on the shores of the beautiful Taihu Lake. The company covers an area of over 54,000 square meters, with a production workshop area of over 22,000 square meters.
Jiangsu Zongheng is a modern high-tech enterprise specializing in the manufacturing of concentration, drying, starch industry, alcohol DDGS, and Category III medium & low-pressure vessel equipment. It is currently a member enterprise of the China Starch and Alcohol Association. Its products are widely used in industries such as food fermentation, alcohol, chemical, pharmaceutical, environmental protection, and petrochemical.
The company's other main products include Tube Bundle Dryers, with design and manufacturing capabilities reaching 1600m² (making it a primary manufacturer of large tube bundle dryers). Other main products such as Single Screw Fiber & Germ Dehydrators and Wash Cyclones are recognized as high-quality products by starch manufacturers and the industry. High-quality products and a sincere service attitude have won consistent praise and trust from numerous users at home and abroad, fully demonstrating the company's first-class technical advantages and manufacturing capabilities for large-scale equipment.
Jiangsu Zongheng is always committed to exploration and innovation. Through years of sincere effort and user support, it has achieved sustained development. Main products include evaporation plants, comprising Multi-Effect Evaporators, Thermal Vapor Recompressors (TVR), Waste Heat Evaporators, and Mechanical Vapor Recompressors (MVR, achieving minimal unit energy consumption). These are widely used for liquid concentration, including distillates, alcohol stillage, ammonium sulfate, corn steep liquor, itaconic acid, threonine, starch sugar, sorbitol, glucose, fructose, trehalose, erythritol, organic wastewater, high-salinity wastewater, etc., making the company one of the domestic manufacturers with the most extensive product variety.
In March 2002, the company took the lead in obtaining ISO9001:2015 international quality system certification (Certificate No.: 45021), establishing a complete quality assurance system aligned with international standards. In July 2007, it became a Jiangsu Provincial High-Tech Enterprise. In April 2009, the company obtained the Special Equipment Manufacturing License of the People's Republic of China (License No.: TS2232C42). In August 2012, it acquired the ASME "U" Stamp authorization, marking the company's entry into a new phase of development. The company possesses strong R&D capabilities and advanced manufacturing processes, currently employing over 3 senior engineers and more than 20 engineers and assistant engineers. Multiple innovative technologies have been patented, and many products hold leading positions domestically.
The company currently holds an absolutely leading position in evaporation technology and has extensive cooperation with many renowned large domestic group companies, including Zhuofeng Biology, Meihua Group, Yufeng Group, Yihai Kerry, North China Pharmaceutical Group, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group, Shouguang Juneng, Qilu Pharmaceutical, Qiyuan Pharmaceutical, Xiwang Group, Shengtai Biology, Zhejiang Huakang, Kelun Pharmaceutical (Yili), and Shandong Tianli.
While meeting domestic market demand, Zongheng's DDGS alcohol equipment and tube bundle dryer series products have been exported to Russia and Southeast Asian markets — and we are actively expanding our service network in Colombia and Latin America.
We provide full localization support for Colombian clients: Spanish-language technical documentation, local regulatory compliance guidance (ICONTEC, RETIE), and on-site commissioning services across Colombia's major industrial regions.
We are capable of providing professional technical support and after-sales service nationwide for our vast user base. High-quality products and their unique solutions not only enhance our corporate economic benefits but also bring us satisfaction by solving processing challenges for our clients.
We warmly welcome friends from various industries, both domestic and international, to visit us for cooperation and mutual development! Colombian partners, distributors, and EPC contractors are especially welcome to explore long-term strategic partnerships.
Browse our complete range of forced circulation and waste heat evaporation systems — each designed for Colombia's specific industrial processing requirements.
