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Case History: Product quality and food safety drive company to search for automated inspection system

Pure Pacific Organics installs fluorescent inspection system to ensure produce quality.
Post Date: 07/31/2008
Author: Dave Fusaro, Editor-In-Chief

iPlant

Islands of automation are giving way to plant-wide (even enterprise-wide) efforts that yield performance analysis and front-office profit maximization.
Post Date: 04/11/2008
Author: Bob Sperber, Contributing Editor

Turning up the heat in thermal processing

Energy costs are forcing innovations on the traditional cooking processes.
Post Date: 03/10/2008
Author: Mike Pehanich, Plant Operations Editor

Food and beverage forum attendees learn from examples
Building machines for agile and flexible manufacturing is one key consideration among many for the Food and Beverage industry.
Post Date: 12/04/2007
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The changing fortunes of food manufacturing

The food industry may not be ready for lights-out automation, but some next-generation manufacturing models are taking hold.
Post Date: 09/07/2007
Author: Mike Pehanich, Plant Operations Editor, and Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief

Kraft’s cost-cutting model

Many Top 100© processors have been cutting fat from their manufacturing as part of formal manufacturing initiatives for a decade.
Post Date: 09/07/2007
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Processing and packaging under one big roof

There was plenty of novelty to see at Pack Expo Intl. and Process Expo in Chicago. Food Processing's editors report straight from the show floor.
Post Date: 11/28/2006
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Greenbacks for green lighting
Lighting control is among the strategies that improve economic and environmental performance. Such systems can curb lighting energy costs by more than 50%, defer lamp replacement costs by cutting burn hours and encourage predictive maintenance practices.
Post Date: 11/14/2006
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Equipment Round-Up: Instrumentation & Control

November's Equipment Round-Up covers instrumentation and control products that can help plants increase reliability and efficiency.
Post Date: 10/30/2006
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Equipment Round-Up: Pumps & Valves

Hard working and versatile, these nine items represent the state-of-the-art in pumps and valves for food processing applications.
Post Date: 05/05/2006
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A recipe for success

Continuous processing brings restaurant-fresh salsa to retail shelves.
Post Date: 05/05/2006
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Training and sustaining your workforce

Automation, software and PLCs dictate the workforce requirements in the contemporary food plant, and processors everywhere are struggling to find workers with the skills to keep plants running smoothly.
Post Date: 05/05/2006
Author: Mike Pehanich, Plant Operations Editor

Annual Capital Spending Outlook: More ham and cheese!

The biggest or most plants are going to those proteins, but broad-based growth plans hint at an 11 percent increase in capital outlays this year.
Post Date: 03/29/2006
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Electro-shock therapy

Energy management suddenly has taken on grave importance. Read what Tyson, ConAgra, Publix and other processors are doing to reduce consumption and find altneratives.
Post Date: 02/13/2006
Author: Mike Pehanich, Plant Operations Editor

Democracy triumphs in our 2006 Readers' Choice Awards

Your votes helped pick the top suppliers in 39 ingredient, equipment and service categories.
Post Date: 02/02/2006
Author: Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief

Annual Manufacturing Survey: Safe and secure

Once again, food safety is manufacturers’ No. 1 concern — but Osama, Katrina and Reddy Kilowatt are out there, too.
Post Date: 01/04/2006
Author: David Feder, Managing Editor

Processor of the Year: Tyson plants reflect 'most admired' reputation

Tyson's heritage remains in evidence despite super-sized growth.
Post Date: 12/12/2005
Author: Mike Pehanich, Plant Operations Editor

Product Round-Up: Process control

This product showcase highlights the latest advances in process control for the food processing industry.
Post Date: 11/07/2005
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Integrating RFID into manufacturing

Wells’ Dairy may have been the first food company to integrate RFID into its existing control architecture, thereby improving its processes.
Post Date: 10/10/2005
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Automation penetration

Slowly but surely, robotics, vision systems and information networks are working their way across the plant floor.
Post Date: 10/10/2005
Author: Mike Pehanich, Plant Operations Editor