Jerome and Horner

We are a specialty design/build - engineering/contracting firm working with the chocolate and coffee industries. Our services include working with clients quickly and efficiently to develop capital expenditure budgets that meet your solutions and goals. We excel at managing the process of integrating or improving OEM equipment into either existing plant operations (Brown Field Projects) and/or developing new production lines/facilities (Green Field Projects). We also develop custom solutions to meet our client's requirements. We have expertise with raw material storage, handling, and dosing. Tank Farms have become a niche specialty - handling and storing finished chocolate and compounds. Our Chocolate Industry Expertise Includes: Green Bean Handling, Storing, Sorting, Cleaning, Destoning, Cocoa Bean Pre-Treatment and Winnowing Nib & Shell Handling and Storage to Dust Collection Systems Nib Roasting to Nib Storage Raw Material Storage, Handling, and Dosing of Cocoa Butter, Lecithin, AMF, Liquor Liquor Grinding, Milling, Filtering, Pigging and Storage Cocoa Butter Processing, Handling, Dosing and Storage Tank Farms: Jacketed and Un-Jacketed Lot Control Dosing Systems Pigging Systems Tanker Loading and Tanker Un-Loading Systems Filtration: Vibratory and Automatic Mass Mixing, Pre-Refining, Refining, and Conching Mass Storage Tank Farms, Lot Control, Handling, Pigging, and Pumping Chip and Molding Lines Tempering Columns Our Coffee Industry Expertise Includes: Truck Un-Loading Stations Bag Unloading Screen Catchers Conveying Green Bean Handling, Storing, Sorting, Cleaning, Destoning Chaff Removal, Chaff Handling, and Chaff Disposal Dust Collection Systems Bean Roasting to Bean Storage Cooling Car Maintenance Sampling Systems Metal Detection Safe Bean Handling Grinding Screw Conveyors Re-Work Systems Surge Bins Access and Maintenance Platforms Lot Control Integration of Old and New Equipment