Michael Sinclair's Contact Details

Michael Sinclair's Company Details

Jerome and Horner

Oakland, CA, US • 20 - 49 Employees
Architecture Firm/Engineering Firm

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 WinnowingNib & Shell Handling and Storage to Dust Collection SystemsNib Roasting to Nib StorageRaw Material Storage, Handling, and Dosing of Cocoa Butter, Lecithin, AMF, LiquorLiquor Grinding, Milling, Filtering, Pigging and StorageCocoa Butter Processing, Handling, Dosing and StorageTank Farms: Jacketed and Un-JacketedLot ControlDosing SystemsPigging SystemsTanker Loading and Tanker Un-Loading SystemsFiltration: Vibratory and AutomaticMass Mixing, Pre-Refining, Refining, and ConchingMass Storage Tank Farms, Lot Control, Handling, Pigging, and PumpingChip and Molding LinesTempering ColumnsOur Coffee Industry Expertise Includes:Truck Un-Loading StationsBag UnloadingScreen CatchersConveyingGreen Bean Handling, Storing, Sorting, Cleaning, DestoningChaff Removal, Chaff Handling, and Chaff DisposalDust Collection SystemsBean Roasting to Bean StorageCooling Car MaintenanceSampling SystemsMetal DetectionSafe Bean HandlingGrindingScrew ConveyorsRe-Work SystemsSurge BinsAccess and Maintenance PlatformsLot ControlIntegration of Old and New Equipment