An important factor in understanding asset reliability is in its relationship to overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). Asset reliability initiatives are focused on two key areas within OEE loss: planned downtime events and unplanned downtime events. Source: PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network OEE guidelines report.
The Drive to Zero Downtime
The time invested in building reliability initiatives can pay huge dividends in the future. Systems and equipment can become more reliable and allow food and beverage manufacturers to fulfill safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.
Nov 25th, 2020
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Shenandoah Valley Organic Opening Second Facility
Nov 25th, 2020
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McCormick Buying Cholula Hot Sauce
Nov 24th, 2020
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HelloFresh to Acquire Factor75
Nov 23rd, 2020
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Diageo Launches 10-year Sustainability Action Plan
Nov 23rd, 2020
After evaluating the club store format of its Keurig McCafe carton, KDP redesigned the packaging for e-commerce, working specifically with Amazon SIOC specifications.
Keurig Dr Pepper Helps Guide CPGs Through Amazon Packaging Compliance
Having braved its own journey into Amazon’s Ships in Own Container (SIOC) certification demands, KDP packaging engineers explain what’s required to ready products for e-commerce delivery.
Nov 19th, 2020
Sunny Dell Foods is a private label and custom recipe provider of high-quality marinated and refrigerated mushrooms, pasta and other sauces, soups, dressings, marinades, peppers and capers.
A Quick Metal Detector Turnaround Gets Mushroom Maker Back Online
When a legacy metal detection system went down and brought production with it, Sunny Dell Foods was able to get back in operation with a brand new system in just 36 hours.
Nov 20th, 2020
Bendt No. 5 is Bendt Distilling Company’s first blended whiskey release, blending five different whiskeys made in-house.
Craft Distiller Turns Waste From Whiskey Process Into Revenue
A waste byproduct becomes a useful livestock feed for farmers by using a centrifugal sifter to dewater the stillage, the grain/water mixture stripped out after the fermentation process.
Nov 19th, 2020
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Tyson Foods Develops Global Forest Protection Standard
The company is focusing its efforts on reducing deforestation risk in its global supply chain of four key commodities: cattle and beef; soy; palm oil; and pulp, paper, and packaging.
Nov 20th, 2020
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Blender Performs Variety of Functions
Nov 24th, 2020
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High Pressure Processing Helps Emerging Brands
Nov 20th, 2020
Sunny Dell Foods is a private label and custom recipe provider of high-quality marinated and refrigerated mushrooms, pasta and other sauces, soups, dressings, marinades, peppers and capers.
A Quick Metal Detector Turnaround Gets Mushroom Maker Back Online
Nov 20th, 2020
Bendt No. 5 is Bendt Distilling Company’s first blended whiskey release, blending five different whiskeys made in-house.
Craft Distiller Turns Waste From Whiskey Process Into Revenue
Nov 19th, 2020
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Bendt No. 5 is Bendt Distilling Company’s first blended whiskey release, blending five different whiskeys made in-house.
Craft Distiller Turns Waste From Whiskey Process Into Revenue
Nov 19th, 2020
Permanently greased bearings reduce maintenance. Decreased temperature of the bearings and use of PFPE oils increases grease life span.
New High-Efficiency Blower Line Demoed at PACK EXPO Connects
Nov 12th, 2020
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A Cobot for End-of-Line Palletizing
Nov 12th, 2020
Toolless removable buckets and pans are meant to make for easier maintenance and changeovers, and the machine has full washdown capability.
High Speed VFFS with 20 Head Memory Bucket Multi-head Scale
Nov 9th, 2020
Food Safety
Many processors are also offering their employees hazard pay and other benefits to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Processors Enhance Safety Protocols to Keep Workers Safe During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Nov 23rd, 2020
The FDA’s CORE Network will use this Investigation Table to communicate about outbreaks from beginning to end through weekly updates.
CORE Outbreak Investigation Table Issued
Nov 18th, 2020
The system’s high-resolution industrial cameras, LED strobes, and image inspection algorithms are made to work together to perform pinpoint can inspection for lines operating up to 2,400 cans per minute.
Filtec: Intellect Vision Inspection for Empty Cans
Nov 13th, 2020
Because SeaWell prevents the seafood product from sitting in excess liquid, the packaging reduces the rate of microbial growth and chemical degradation.
Staying Above Sea Level
Nov 11th, 2020
Videos
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COVID-19: Food Industry Worker Safety and Industry Response, with Joyce Fassl
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The SMART Digital Solution Increasing Food Suppliers’ Consistency and Reliability
Nov 18th, 2020
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2020 Manufacturing Innovation Award: The J.M. Smucker Company
Oct 19th, 2020
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2020 Manufacturing Innovation Award: Hermes Boissons
Oct 19th, 2020
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2019 Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Award, First Place Project Category: McCormick & Company
Oct 19th, 2020
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NewCold Announces Plans for New Cold Store Facility
The state-of-the-art facility will incorporate an advanced cold chain solution to ensure processes are sustainable, traceable, fully integrated with its customers’ processes.
Nov 20th, 2020
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Fristam Pumps USA Hires New Bilingual Applications Engineer
Hannah Ihlenfeldt will provide technical support and customer assistance to Fristam’s Latin American customers.
Nov 20th, 2020
Coca-Cola HBC has successfully begun the roll out of KeelClip™ technology in The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Austria.
Coca-Cola Bottler Rolls Out KeelClip
Coca-Cola HBC has successfully begun the roll out of KeelClip™ technology in The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Austria.
Nov 19th, 2020
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Ferrero Building First North American Chocolate Production Plant
The expansion will grow the company’s footprint and will allow the company to produce chocolate for Crunch, 100Grand, SnoCaps, Raisinets, Goobers, Ferrero Rocher, and other Ferrero products to be made in the U.S.
Nov 19th, 2020
Packaging operations at Pelican include a full canning line and a full bottling line, each capped by its own combination stretch wrapper/palletizer.
Craft Brewer Grows into Two-In-One Palletizer, Stretch Wrapper
Automation often begets more automation. That was certainly the case with Pelican Brewing Co., whose fast filling operations soon necessitated end-of-line palletization.
Nov 18th, 2020
Pulmuone has launched Golden Apple and Cocoa Classic beverages in Ecolean Air aseptic 125-mL packages. Photo courtesy of Ecolean.
South Korean Processor Embraces Sustainable Packaging
The new beverages are aimed at schoolchildren, featuring an easy-to-use, nutritious companion for their lunch meals.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Exhibitor Initiative Drives PACK EXPO Connects Achievement
The experience continues online through March 31, 2021
Nov 18th, 2020
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Hearthside Food Solutions Expanding Production Center
The company is also selling Cloud Packaging Solutions to Duravant LLC.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Conagra Brands Announces Its 2020 Zero Waste Champions
Eight Conagra facilities across the U.S. and Mexico were recognized for achieving 95% waste diversion.
Nov 18th, 2020
Hixson designed renovations and a new line for Abbott Nutrition’s Tipp City, Ohio, plant. The facility features low-acid aseptic filling at greater than 800 bpm, segregated storage areas, state-of-the-art sterilization technologies, and highly flexible production and packaging lines.
Get More From Your Existing Assets
Identifying why your equipment is running below its potential is the first step in boosting output. Visibility tools, remote diagnostics, and the care and feeding of your essential human assets can push throughput in the right direction.
Nov 17th, 2020
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Food Supply Industry Seeking Priority in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Trade groups ban together in an effort to protect U.S. food workers.
Nov 17th, 2020
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Mars Buying Kind North America
Company will be expanding its portfolio with the addition of a range of healthy foods.
Nov 17th, 2020
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Tyson Foods Adding New Production Facilities
The new sites will assist Tyson Foods’ in expanding its international production to continue the company’s global growth strategy.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Smithfield Foods Recognized by PMMI Media Group for Sustainability Efforts
3 Smithfield facilities recently received Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Miss PACK EXPO Connects? No Problem
The November 2020 issue of Packaging World will have landed in your mailbox about a week after the industry’s most engaging 2020 event, PACK EXPO Connects from PMMI Media Group (PMG).
Nov 14th, 2020
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Utz Brands to Acquire Major Tortilla Brand
The transaction will expand the company's position in the tortilla chip sub-category and strengthen its national footprint.
Nov 14th, 2020
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HF/F/S Machine Offers Automatic Changeover, 140 pouches/min
The CMR II from Cloud, part of its CMR line of continuous-motion hf/f/s machines, completes changeover in just 15 minutes and requires just one tooling post for all bag sizes.
Nov 13th, 2020
Flex Link Systems Ri20 Palletizer
Palletizer Simplifies Complex Processes
The new semi-open palletizing cell with an industrial robot arm simplifies complex processes.
Nov 13th, 2020
Busch Vacuum Solutions Cobra Nx 0950 A Plus Vacuum Pump
Vacuum Pump Saves Energy
Intelligent screw vacuum pump is ready for Industry 4.0.
Nov 13th, 2020
Peco Inspx Scan Trac Fermata X Ray System
Detection Before Packaging via Pipelines
X-ray system continuously inspects product as it flows through the system.
Nov 13th, 2020
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Snack Food Companies Meet Increased Demand with New Baggers
Campbell Soup Company’s Snyder’s brand and World Food Products share how they increased capacity during the pandemic to meet the need for more products and smaller-size packages using tna baggers.
Nov 13th, 2020
With Aveva Insights, users can see details showing the specific operating parameters that have been crossed by the motor, the consequences of motor failure to the line, and prescriptive actions he can take to solve the issue.
Guided Analytics Software Streamlines Equipment Maintenance
Aveva demonstrates how the guided analytics capabilities of its Insight software alerts users to performance anomalies, directs repairs, and provides deep, user-specific equipment details.
Nov 13th, 2020