Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Primo Brands Opens New Mountain Valley Water Factory in Arkansas

The 200,000-sq-ft facility adds three production lines to increase capacity and improve manufacturing efficiency amid growing demand for premium spring water.

October 15, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Cairnspring Opens Blue Mountain Mill on Tribal Land in Oregon

The 27,000-sq-ft stone mill will expand Cairnspring’s annual milling capacity from about 8 million lbs to more than 115 million lbs.

October 15, 2026

Plant Operations & Equipment

CPG Innovator: Trisco Foods’ Chad Seinknecht Turned a Bottleneck Into a 75% Output Gain

Seinknecht shares how automated pump bagging cut labor requirements in half, reduced material costs by 44%, and eased production pressures—and why team development drives his approach to continuous improvement.

October 13, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Kerry Opens Coffee Extraction Facility in Pennsylvania

The new Bethlehem, Pa., facility expands the company’s coffee extraction capacity with hot and cold brew lines designed to support customer formulations.

October 2, 2026

Workforce

Nestlé Canada Invests Over $50 Million in Toronto Confectionery Factory

Nestlé's only certified peanut-free plant in North America gets new capacity.

October 2, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

End of the Line Video Series: An EPR Law Appeal, Smart Inhalers, and How Lighting Impacts Food Safety

Tune in to hear about the EPR law ruling in Oregon's favor, upgrading plant safety, and a look at inhaler manufacturing.

September 28, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Olymel Opens $142 Million Integrated Plant in Trois-Rivières

The expanded Quebec facility increases annual production capacity to 50 million kg and brings pork and poultry processing, slicing, and packaging under one roof.

September 23, 2026

Industry News

Anheuser-Busch Invests $23M in Fort Collins Brewery

The investment will support Michelob ULTRA production, add 25-oz can capabilities, expand rail capacity, and bring technical skills training to the Fort Collins brewery.

September 21, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

End of the Line Video Series: Why RFID is Slowly Growing, a New Soy Sauce Facility, Drone Rx Delivery & Does Flexibility Trump Speed?

Tune in to hear us editors talk about a hospital network using drone delivery, the RFID and shrink sleeve boom, and the importance of machine flexibility in this SKU-saturated world.

September 21, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Kikkoman Opens Third U.S. Soy Sauce Plant

Kikkoman Foods’ new Jefferson, Wis., plant expands the company’s U.S. production network as demand for soy sauce continues to grow in North America.

September 18, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Juanita’s Foods Acquires Santa Fe Springs Manufacturing Facility

Juanita’s Foods is moving production into a 120,000-sq-ft Santa Fe Springs facility as it consolidates operations and expands capacity for its core Mexican-style food portfolio.

September 17, 2026

Industry News

End of the Line Video Series: The Why Behind NDC-12, Sustainable Manufacturing, and Scratch & Sniff IcyHot

Tune in to hear us editors talk about a new scratch & sniff package, sustainable energy systems, and using AI fluency as a job hook.

September 14, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Purina Opens First New U.S. Factory Built from the Ground Up in More Than 50 Years

The $550 million Batavia, Ohio, facility expands production capacity with advanced automation, digital manufacturing technologies, and an automated storage and retrieval system.

September 2, 2026