Dry Processing

Nutraceutical Manufacturer Cuts Blending Cycles by 90% with Rotary Batch Mixing

By slashing blending times from nearly an hour to just minutes, the company has increased line capacity without compromising uniformity, tabletability, or GMP compliance.

December 16, 2025

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PFW)

Inspection

Eriez Builds Largest X8 Metal Detector in Company History

Eriez

Eriez's custom unit—with a 1,200 x 1,200 mm aperture—expands the platform’s size capabilities while maintaining the same high detection accuracy and reliability.

December 15, 2025

Food Safety

3-A SSI Student Hygienic Design Competition to Challenge Collegiate Teams

3-A Sanitary Standards

Students to compete for $10K in prize money by developing innovative solutions to persistent food industry problem.

December 15, 2025

Floor/Drains/Walls/Doors

How to Make Your Plant Infrastructure Work Smarter, Not Harder

Here’s an outline of how to work through the infrastructure challenges, the solutions available and things to consider when building new or enhancing an existing plant.

December 15, 2025

Security

Call Me Ebenezer Scrooge

Being a miser about cybersecurity should be giving you horrible visions of what’s going to happen if you don’t change your ways.

December 11, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #4: Upcycling to Combat Food Waste in Manufacturing

The #4 most downloaded episode: Manufactures repurpose food byproducts to reduce their waste as concerns about food waste grows. With so much of the waste happening before the food reaches the consumer, producers are finding new ways to make use of what previously went to landfills.

December 10, 2025

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

DrinkPAK to Open Flagship East Coast Manufacturing Facility in Pennsylvania

DrinkPAK will lease a 1.4 million-sq-ft, build-to-suit facility on 74.8 acres in the Bellwether District of Philadelphia.

December 9, 2025

Pumps/Valves

ITT to Acquire SPX FLOW

Acquisition significantly expands ITT's portfolio of highly engineered components and adjacent flow technologies.

December 9, 2025

Refrigeration, Chilling & Freezing Equipment

New Year, New Food Safety Regulations: What to Expect, How it Impacts Food Processors

With the turn of the calendar from 2025 to 2026 comes a slew of new laws and regulations impacting food processors.

December 9, 2025

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

California Dairies Looks to the Future with High-Tech Valley Natural Beverages Plant

Investments in advanced technologies, environmental responsibility, and employee welfare lay the groundwork for operations and benefit the company’s member-owners as it sets a new path for production.

December 8, 2025

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Foth Expands Capabilities in the Food Manufacturing Sector with Acquisition of Food Plant Engineering

Foth

Food Plant Engineering joins Foth, expanding the combined firm’s architecture, engineering, and construction services for food and beverage manufacturing and enhancing regional project support in the Ohio River Valley.

December 5, 2025

Automation & Digital Transformation

London Consulting Group Launches North America CPG and Food Manufacturing Hub

London Consulting Group (LCG)

LCG's hub aims to help mid-market manufacturers improve operational efficiency, leverage data, strengthen leadership, and modernize supply chains for growth and competitiveness.

December 5, 2025

Automation & Digital Transformation

London Consulting Group (LCG)

December 5, 2025