Cleaner Water, Lower Costs: How Sargento Foods Solved Chronic Clogging with Spunbond Filters

Sargento Foods, a food-processing plant in Wisconsin struggled with frequent clogging and high differential pressure in its process-water filtration system. The existing cellulose-based filters degraded quickly under continuous flow, microbial exposure, and periodic wash cycles. As a result, the plant faced repeated shutdowns, reduced throughput, and rising replacement costs. To address this, the maintenance team upgraded to Spunbond Media Cartridge Filters, which use thermally bonded polypropylene (PP) fibers to form a robust, depth-structured filtration matrix. Spunbond media offers high tensile strength, excellent chemical resistance, uniform pore distribution, and long filtration life even under high flow rates. After installation, the plant achieved a 45% reduction in filter changeouts, lower pressure drop, and significantly cleaner process water-boosting production consistency and reducing operating expenses. These cartridge filters are now widely used in food and beverage processing, pharmaceuticals, chemical plants, desalination pretreatment, HVAC systems, and industrial fluid purification where durability and cleanability are critical.

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Core market data:

Global market size: USD 2.1 billion
CAGR (2024-2030): 5.6%
Average price: USD 16 per piece
Annual production: 128 million units
Gross margin: 32%
Production capacity: 155 million units

List of Main players:

Donaldson (USA)
Koch Filter (USA)
Menardi Filter (USA)
Hollingsworth & Vose (USA)
Pall Corporation (USA)
AAF International (USA)
Filtration Group (USA)
Graver Technologies (USA)
Shelco Filters (USA)
Mann+Hummel (Germany)
Camfil (Sweden)
Eagle Filters (Finland)
SAIT Filtration (France)
VANTERM S.r.l. (Italy)
VUOTOTECNICA S.r.l. (Italy)
HFiltration S.r.l. (Italy)
Izumi Axtar (Japan)

1. By Media Material

Polypropylene (PP) Spunbond
Polyester (PET) Spunbond
Nylon Spunbond
Composite Spunbond + Meltblown Layer

2. By Filter Core

Polypropylene Core
ABS Plastic Core
Stainless Steel Core

3. By Micron Rating

Coarse Filtration (10-50 μm)
Medium Filtration (3-10 μm)
Fine Filtration (Below 3 μm)

4. By Application

Water Treatment
Food & Beverage
Pharmaceutical
Petrochemical
HVAC System

Case study for bidding

Time: October 2023
Supplier: Parker Hannifin
Buyer: Nestlé Waters
Product: Pleated PP Spunbond Cartridge Filters (5 μm, 40-inch length)
Quantity: 12.8 million units
Contract Value: USD 122 million
Delivery Timeline: September 2024

Detailed Application Scenario

Nestlé Waters deployed Parker's pleated polypropylene spunbond cartridge filters across its beverage processing plants to improve particulate control in source water and process water streams. The high-strength spunbond media delivered consistent filtration efficiency, low pressure drop, and long service life even under continuous flow conditions.

The cartridges resisted microbial growth, chemical additives, and temperature fluctuations common in beverage manufacturing. Their pleated design increased effective surface area, reducing filter change-out frequency and lowering operational costs.

Nestlé chose these spunbond cartridges due to their food-grade compliance, high durability, and stable micron retention, outperforming cotton and cellulose cartridges that degraded quickly in sanitization cycles. This project demonstrated how spunbond media cartridge filters enhance reliability, hygiene, and efficiency in high-volume food and industrial liquid filtration systems.

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