NILO operates two advanced manufacturing facilities located in Thessaloniki and Volos, Greece. These state-of-the-art facilities are designed to produce a diverse range of products, including powder and liquid detergents, disinfectants, and cosmetics, while adhering to the highest industry standards. Through continuous investment in cutting-edge technology and infrastructure, NILO ensures efficiency, quality, and innovation in its production processes. The versatility of our facilities also enables NILO to handle complex Private Label and Contract Manufacturing productions, offering customized solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of each client.

Advanced Production Capabilities

Powder Detergent Production

NILO employs specialized machinery that is unique in Greece, featuring a cutting-edge spray drying tower. This advanced technology ensures consistent quality, uniform particle distribution, and homogeneity of the final product. The spray drying process enhances solubility and effectiveness, providing customers with high-performance cleaning solutions.

Liquid Detergents, Disinfectants, and Cosmetics Production

For liquid products, NILO utilizes sophisticated manufacturing systems equipped with precision dosing and mixing capabilities. These systems ensure uniform consistency, optimal ingredient dispersion, and adherence to strict formulation standards. The company’s advanced machinery and streamlined processes allow for high-volume production while maintaining superior product quality and efficiency.

Private Label & Contract Manufacturing

NILO’s facilities are fully equipped to handle the complexities of both Private Label and Contract Manufacturing. From initial formulation to final packaging, NILO provides end-to-end services that allow clients to create unique products customized to their brand’s specifications. Whether developing entirely new products or manufacturing on behalf of clients, NILO’s advanced infrastructure ensures the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and innovation across all production processes.

State-of-the-Art Facilities

NILO’s production facilities are equipped with the latest advancements in manufacturing technology, designed to maximize efficiency and minimize waste. Key features include:

• Fully automated production lines, ensuring seamless operations from raw material reception and storage to the palletization of finished products, optimizing productivity and minimizing manual intervention.
• High-capacity stainless steel storage tanks with electronically controlled supply systems, ensuring precise ingredient handling and reducing contamination risks.
• Automatic bottling lines for liquid products, enhancing production speed and packaging consistency while maintaining strict hygiene standards.
• Robotic technology systems for packaging, cartoning, and palletizing, which improve efficiency, reduce handling errors, and enhance the overall supply chain process.

Infrastructure & Quality Assurance

The production, storage, and supply processes take place in modern buildings, designed with optimized layouts to enhance workflow and efficiency. Each facility incorporates advanced ventilation, temperature control, and sanitation measures to ensure a safe and controlled environment for production.

A dedicated quality control laboratory, equipped with sophisticated testing instruments, ensures that all products meet stringent quality and safety standards before reaching customers. The laboratory conducts comprehensive analyses, including chemical composition verification, performance testing, and microbiological assessments, ensuring superior product consistency and compliance with international regulations.

Sustainability & Environmental Responsibility

NILO is committed to reducing its environmental footprint through various initiatives aimed at minimizing waste and carbon emissions. The company has implemented energy-efficient technologies across its facilities, optimizing resource usage while increasing overall productivity. By incorporating eco-friendly production methods, NILO has successfully reduced industrial waste, enhanced recycling processes, and improved energy conservation.

Additionally, the company continuously invests in sustainable packaging solutions, sourcing recyclable materials to reduce plastic waste. Through strategic planning and innovation, NILO aligns its operations with global sustainability standards, contributing to a cleaner and more sustainable future.

With a strong commitment to technological advancements, sustainability, and quality assurance, NILO continues to set industry benchmarks for excellence. By integrating innovation with efficiency, the company remains dedicated to delivering top-quality products and exceptional service to its customers worldwide.

Volos Facility – Advanced Storage & Logistics

The Volos facility operates in a 9,000 m² space and has been in operation since 1990. It is equipped with advanced process equipment that is dedicated to liquid cosmetics and detergent production, greatly supporting NILO’s Private Label and Contract Manufacturing services. The facility has an annual capacity of 90,000 tons of chemical products, running three shifts and employing 90 employees.

For liquid products, NILO utilizes sophisticated manufacturing systems equipped with precision dosing and mixing capabilities. These systems ensure uniform consistency, optimal ingredient dispersion, and adherence to strict formulation standards. The company’s advanced machinery and streamlined processes allow for high-volume production while maintaining superior product quality and efficiency.

Key production systems include:

• Mixing and Blending Equipment: Designed for the accurate and high-performance blending of liquids, emulsions, and suspensions, these tanks ensure homogeneous mixtures and superior product consistency across large batches.
• High-capacity stainless steel storage tanks: These tanks are equipped with electronically controlled supply systems, ensuring precise ingredient handling of both raw materials and finished product batches. while also minimizing contamination risks. The design allows for efficient bulk storage, reducing material transfer frequency, optimizing inventory management, and improving production continuity while minimizing downtime.
• Automated Dosing Systems: These systems enable precise measurement and blending of raw ingredients, ensuring that formulations meet exacting standards for both quality and performance.
• Heating and Cooling Units: Integrated temperature control systems optimize the production process by maintaining consistent conditions for heat-sensitive ingredients, which is essential for the production of cosmetics.
• Filling: Automatic filling lines ensure fast, consistent, and sanitary filling of liquid products into containers, enhancing production speed and maintaining high hygiene standards. These lines are designed for quick change-over, offering flexibility to handle various container types and sizes, ensuring smooth transitions between different production runs.
• Packaging – End of Line: Robotic technology systems for packaging, cartoning, and palletizing improve efficiency, reduce handling errors, and enhance the overall supply chain process. These systems are designed for quick change-over, allowing flexibility for different packaging formats and sizes, ensuring consistent quality and minimizing downtime during production runs.
• Advanced Storage and Inventory Management: The Volos facility features a pioneering 1,500 m² storage area equipped with state-of-the-art storage systems and electronic transport and loading solutions. This efficient infrastructure allows NILO to maintain optimal inventory levels, minimize lead times, and ensure timely deliveries. The advanced warehouse management system optimizes space utilization, enhances stock traceability, and supports just-in-time supply chain operations.
• Private Label and Contract Manufacturing Capabilities: The Volos facility’s advanced process equipment supports NILO’s ability to offer full-service Private Label and Contract Manufacturing solutions. Whether creating customized formulations for branded products or manufacturing under client specifications, NILO’s equipment ensures high-quality, innovative solutions tailored to individual needs.

With a robust combination of cutting-edge manufacturing systems and sophisticated logistics, the Volos facility plays a key role in NILO’s ability to provide high-volume, high-quality production for both branded and private-label products.

Thessaloniki Facility – Powder Production Excellence

The Thessaloniki facility operates in a 5,000 m² space, specializing in powder detergent production. With an annual capacity of 4,000 tons, the facility operates two shifts and employs 30 people. Equipped with advanced machinery and a well-structured operational framework, this facility plays a key role in maintaining the high-quality standards of NILO’s powder detergent products, supporting both proprietary brands and tailored Private Label and Contract Manufacturing projects.

The tower is fully insulated, supporting thermal efficiency and aligning with broader efforts toward sustainable, energy-conscious operations.

The Thessaloniki facility is home to specialized machinery, featuring a cutting-edge spray drying tower. This advanced technology ensures the consistent quality, uniform particle distribution, and homogeneity of the final product. The spray drying process enhances solubility and ensures uniform performance, contributing to the development of reliable, high-efficiency cleaning formulations.

Key production systems include:

• Spray Drying Tower: The core of the facility’s production process, delivering homogeneous and free-flowing detergent powders with optimized solubility and cleaning performance. The tower’s full insulation minimizes thermal losses, reducing energy consumption.
• Precision Mixing and Slurry Preparation Systems: These systems enable accurate blending of liquid and solid raw materials, supported by precise dosing and dedicated buffer tanks, into stable slurries before being transferred to the drying tower, ensuring formulation consistency and product reliability. [Photo: 
• Raw Material Handling and Storage: The facility is equipped with stainless steel storage tanks for liquid raw materials and stainless steel powder silos for bulk raw materials, with electronically controlled supply systems for precise dosing. In addition, integrated big-bag unloading stations and efficient transfer systems allow safe, hygienic, and continuous material flow into the production process.
• Enzyme and Additive Feeding Systems: Controlled systems allow the safe and precise addition of sensitive components like enzymes, speckles, antifoaming agents, and perfumes into the mixing process, enhancing product performance and differentiation supporting formulation flexibility to meet diverse customer requirements.
• Ventilation and Cyclone Separation Systems: Installed to extract airborne powder particles from the production environment, these systems help maintain air quality and workplace safety, aligning with best practices in powder manufacturing.
• Sieving Units: Deployed at multiple stages, sieves remove agglomerates and ensure particle uniformity. They are crucial for product consistency and packaging performance.
• Packaging: The facility includes multiple packaging lines designed to handle a variety of formats, including 0-2kg & 1-10kg boxes, 0-3kg & 2-25kg eco-pack bags and big-bags. These lines ensure accurate filling, secure sealing, and reliable packaging of powder detergent products, contributing to smooth production flow and overall line efficiency. Finished products are transferred to a dedicated warehouse space for organized storage and timely dispatch.
• Advanced Storage and Inventory Management: The Thessaloniki facility includes an organized and efficient storage infrastructure to support smooth production flow and timely dispatch. Designed to align with industry best practices, the storage area supports safe material handling and optimized space usage. Inventory is managed with care to ensure accuracy, traceability, and continuity of supply.

With its specialized equipment, efficient operations, and quality-driven processes, the Thessaloniki facility supports the consistent production of powder detergents across NILO’s proprietary brands, as well as Private Label and Contract Manufacturing projects. Its focused setup ensures flexibility, reliability, and adherence to the highest manufacturing standards across all product lines.