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Award Ceremony and Reception Details

Awards Reception - Wednesday, March 27  |  4:00 - 5:00 pm at the Innovation Zone Stage, #1432

Join ProFood World magazine, at ProFood Tech, for a complimentary reception as we celebrate the recipients of the Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards and Manufacturing Innovation Awards. Network with these award-winning food and beverage companies that seek to go beyond environmental compliance and lead the industry via innovative processing and packaging projects.

 

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Awards Ceremony - Tuesday, March 26 | 3:00 - 4:00 pm at the Innovation Zone Stage, #1432

 

Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards - Program Category Recipients:

1st - Smithfield Packaged Meats: Liquid Smoke Reduction
Speaker: Kevan McCance, Plant Maintenance Supervisor

2nd - Land O’Lakes: Butter to Energy
Speaker: Josh Becking, EH&S Manager

Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards - Project Category Recipients:

1st - Keystone Foods: New Wastewater Treatment Chemical Vendor Yields Added Benefits
Speaker: Tina Williams, Environmental Manager

2nd (tie) - Campbell Soup: 4.5MW Solar Project
Speaker: Bing Cheng, Senior Manager - Utilities, Environmental and Sustainability Programs

2nd (tie) - Smithfield, Sioux City: Thinking Outside the (Smoker) Box Saves Thousands of Gallons of Water
Speaker: Carter Hanson, Director Environmental Affairs

3rd - McCormick & Company: Compressed Air System with Heat Recovery
Speaker: Jeff Blankman, Sustainable Manufacturing Manager

 

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Awards Ceremony - Wednesday, March 27 |  3:00 - 4:00 pm at the Innovation Zone Stage, #1432

 

Manufacturing Innovation Awards Speakers:

Royal Cup Coffee and Tea, Kevin Boughner, Senior Vice President of Operations

HP Hood, Kevin Moyer, Engineering Manager

Just Born, Hood Randall Copeland, Senior Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain

 

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