ThinkIQ’s cloud-based platform takes into account contextual data across the supply chain.

Smart Manufacturing Platform Transforms Poultry Processing

U.S. government-funded CESMII is using ThinkIQ’s intelligence platform to drive smart manufacturing in a pilot project at a chicken rendering plant. The findings could help improve efficiencies across all kinds of energy-intensive industries.

July 6, 2021

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B&G Foods, Liffey Meats, Graphic Packaging, and More Protect the Planet

Take Five Video: ProFood World will pay tribute to the winners of the Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, honoring those companies and individuals that seek to go beyond environmental compliance.

July 2, 2021

Global Automation Leader Fanuc Announces Production of 750,000th Robot

Fanuc is capable of producing 11,000 robots per month in fully automated factories that use its own robots to make robots, controllers, and machine tools that offer world-renowned reliability, precision, speed, and easy operation.

July 1, 2021

Fanuc Pack Expo Las Vegas

unPACKed with PMMI Podcast: Stay Ahead of Cybercriminals . . . or Else

Listen to the unPACKed with PMMI podcast as Donna Ritson, president of DDR Communications, helps lay out a blueprint for discovering areas where your network could be vulnerable to cybercriminals.

June 25, 2021

unPACKed podcast: Cybersecuring Packaging IT and OT Systems

New Era of High-Performance Actuation to Enable Simpler, Safer, and More Productive Robots and Machines

This direct-drive actuator combines high torque density, cleanliness, and reliability to improve performance and lower total cost of ownership, the company says.

June 18, 2021

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Coronavirus’s Impact, Learnings, and the Value of Discipline

Prior to the pandemic, manufacturers spent most of their time optimizing assets and processes. When the crisis struck, the industry was forced to reinvent day-to-day activities. Refocusing on people is the key to being prepared for future uncertain times.

June 9, 2021

While most agree we won’t be returning to normal as we have known it, they also agree there will be a continual need for discipline and repeatability in manufacturing in the new normal world as well.

MWC’s Robot Configurations Provide Flexibility

Robotics come into play in the cheesemaker's palletizing operations. But for the most part, that level of complexity isn't needed in a facility producing such consistent product types and sizes. What's needed more is simplified automation.

June 7, 2021

At MWC, Fanuc robots are used to place the packaged 40-lb blocks of cheese onto pallets before they go through a stretch wrapper and are taken to the warehouse.

Cheesemaker Harvests the Data Cream of the Crop

The MWC cheese and whey facility, ProFood World's 2021 Manufacturing Innovation Award winner, continues to layer on SCADA functionality to get more information from the data it gathers.

June 3, 2021

The Ignition SCADA system provides alarms for MWC operators, and also provides layers of data capabilities for track and trace, OEE, and more.

unPACKed podcast: Market Disruption as a Competitive Advantage

Listen to the unPACKed with PMMI podcast as Tom Morrison outlines a classic good news/bad news evaluation for the next five to ten years.

June 3, 2021

unPACKed podcast: Market Disruption as a Competitive Advantage

JBS Hit By Cyberattack

Attack shuts down Australian operations; some shifts canceled at U.S. and Canadian meat plants while the company works to resolve the issue.

June 1, 2021

New Case Packer, Robotic Palletizer, Let Wisconsin Cheesemaker Efficiently Offer Multiple Output Options

With a new automated case packer and palletizer, Wisconsin Whey Protein’s cheesemaking operation can now offer its customers bulk cheese in barrels or in blocks.

June 1, 2021

The Massman Automation compact cheese block case packer packages 40-lb. blocks in protective cases for safe shipment and handling.

MES Provides Insight Needed in Competitive Distillery Sector

The Bourbon Trail is facing tight margins and market erosion, making the insights from Parsec’s TrakSYS software particularly helpful. But the food and beverage industry overall could benefit from capabilities in OEE, track and trace, and more.

May 25, 2021

The out-of-box functionality of the TrakSYS MES platform provides monitoring, measuring, reporting, and analytics to run manufacturing operations more effectively.

MWC, Kraft Heinz, CTI Foods Named 2021 Manufacturing Innovation Award Winners

Take Five Video: ProFood World will pay tribute to the winners of the Manufacturing Innovation Awards at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, honoring three outstanding food processing projects involving greenfield plants, plant expansions, and major line upgrades.

May 21, 2021

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Products

Devices and software used to automate food and beverage manufacturing, including controls, sensors, instrumentation, robotics, and Internet of Things platforms.

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Anti-Vandal Pushbutton Switches

Wesgarde's CIT Relay & Switch’s AH Series illuminated anti-vandal pushbutton switches deliver reliability, customization, and safety for demanding food processing applications.

Mesa Labs at PACK EXPO: Tools for a Safer, More Efficient Process

ONExia to Debut Stainless Steel Base Cobot Palletizer at PACK EXPO Las Vegas