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March 12, 2018

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Candy maker preps for the digital enterprise
A dramatic shift in Queen City Candy’s business model leads to a unified automation strategy for its processing department and creates the foundation for a customer-centric, digital enterprise.
March 1, 2018
Candy processing blends raw ingredients, depending on different batch recipes, to create jelly mass with colors and flavors added. The production department uses Bosch confectionery production equipment with Siemens automation and controls. Photo courtesy
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Fast-growing ingredient manufacturer focuses on automation upgrade
As Tate & Lyle diversified its product portfolio, it also invested in energy-efficient motors and automation devices.
January 5, 2018
With the plant expansion in its Kimstad, Sweden plant, Tate & Lyle installed 85 VSD with power ratings ranging from 0.37 to 55 kW, along with motor control cabinets and low-voltage motors.
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Using modern manufacturing to brew up a competitive advantage
To increase capacity at a brewery in Mexico, Constellation Brands used Siemens technology to roll out a global automation and controls standard to over 20 OEMs, ensuring consistency, quality, scalability and sustainability.
December 5, 2017
To increase capacity at a brewery in Mexico, Constellation Brands used Siemens technology to roll out a global automation and controls standard to over 20 OEMs, ensuring consistency, quality, scalability and sustainability.
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Brewer scales smart manufacturing platforms for next decade
Namibia Breweries adds a historian, SCADA platform and OPC networking to increase energy efficiencies for its packaging, processing and supply chain operations.
November 16, 2017
Namibia Breweries Ltd.
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Control platform meets the needs of R&D company
Amalgamated Research LLC uses a programmable automation control platform to efficiently develop industrial separation processes for sugar.
September 14, 2017
ARi’s roots come from sugar beet separations systems. This is an example of a simulated moving bed (SMB) for molasses sugar recovery.
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Platforms and the industrial technology future
GE Digital’s ongoing development of the Predix platform highlights the intersection of OT and IT through end user app development, digital twin technology and machine learning.
August 21, 2017
GE's Predix Platform
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Dairy plant optimization reveals multiple approaches
Dairy producers come in many sizes, but tighter enterprise integration to plant assets is one way to optimize the “milk standardization” process.
May 16, 2017
Fonterra Dairy’s Dennington facility moved from a batch to a predictive control approach and reduced protein giveaway by 49%.
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Fruit supplier elevates production data on the plant floor
A large control and SCADA upgrade at a California-based fruit company increases production by 50 percent and sets a foundation for more plant efficiencies.
May 5, 2017
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Autonomous instruments: Beyond smart controls
You’ve heard of smart instruments, but in the next generation, controls will be self-directed and able to head off problems—no operator needed. One problem: Will we trust autonomous instruments?
April 17, 2017
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Integrated control and information solution paves the way for continuous improvement
Dairy processor employs manufacturing intelligence to drive actionable data collection.
February 24, 2017
Source: Rockwell Automation
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Unified automation platform helps food manufacturer gain production efficiencies
A large food manufacturer of oil and fats recently upgraded its tank routing system to meet growing demand and complex customer requirements.
February 24, 2017
Besides routing raw materials for production, the system integrator developed a separate application that centrally manages the material transfer and communication to the production area. Source: Siemens.
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Modern batch platform prepares bread maker for growth
High-volume food producer Southwest Baking upgrades its batch process and control platform, based on ISA-88, and prepares for growth with this flexible automation platform.
February 15, 2017
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