Workforce

Doing More with Less on the Plant Floor

ProFood World's Derrick Teal offers an overview of the six-part series, Efficiency in Uncertain Times, now fully available at ProFood World.

December 5, 2025

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Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Virtual Process Simulations for RTE Meal Producer

Uitgekookt, a Dutch company that prepares and delivers custom-made, RTE meals, is working with Visual Components to make use of a digital twin simulation. The simulation allows the company to see its factory processes, counter potential production issues, and reduce downtime.

November 26, 2025

Processing Instrumentation

Software Innovations for Processing at Automation Fair: Manufacturing Execution Systems, Data Visualization, Model Predictive Control

See what software innovations to improve processing operations were showcased at Rockwell Automation's Automation Fair 2025 in Chicago, Ill.

November 21, 2025

Food Safety

Suppliers Offer Tips to Ensure Food Safety in Processing

As the public’s focus on food safety in CPG products remains high, food processing suppliers share tools and strategies to avoid costly recalls.

November 18, 2025

Robotics

Apex Motion Control Celebrates 25 Years of Robotics Innovation

Apex Motion Control

Through systems like the Baker-Bot, Deco-Bot, and Baker-Bot Quad, Apex Motion Control helps the bakery and food industry address efficiency, safety, and labor challenges.

November 17, 2025

Robotics

Processing News Roundup 11/14: Oil-Free Compressor, Robots in Colombia, Emerging Leaders

See the latest in food and beverage processing with this news roundup, including a water company's solution for significant efficiency gains, robotics supporting worker wellbeing at Griffith Foods, and ten young professionals honored as emerging leaders.

November 14, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: A Roadmap to Food and Beverage Power Transmission

Choosing the right motor, belt, or gearbox isn’t just a matter of specs. It’s about fit, function, and future-readiness. This ProFood World podcast details a 10 step checklist for power transmission product selection.

November 12, 2025

Processing Instrumentation

Processing News Roundup 11/7: Smart Data Use, Bakery Glaze Facility, Walmart RFID for Fresh Foods

Find the latest in CPG processing with this news roundup, including strategies for targeted data, a first-in-the-U.S. bakery glaze facility, and Walmart's deployment of RFID in fresh food categories.

November 7, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Increasing Potential from Existing Production Lines

Do you truly maximize the lines you already have? In most processing facilities, there’s a gap between what the line is doing and what it could be doing. That gap may be caused by inefficiencies in changeovers, unplanned micro-stoppages, inconsistent material flow, operator variability, or lack of real-time visibility.

November 5, 2025

Automation & Digital Transformation

Piab Announces Engineering Team Expansion to Its Vacuum Conveying North America Division

Piab Group

Sandeep Somasundaran joins Piab as Lead Applications Engineer to manage the applications engineering group, while Ben Forgue transitions to Senior Engineer – Custom Solutions.

October 31, 2025

Processing Instrumentation

Processing News Roundup 10/31: Coffee Processing Efficiency, Food Safety at Bertolino Foods, Chick-fil-A's Lemonade

See what's new in CPG processing with this news roundup, including an efficiency- and savings-boosting tool for El Café, how Bertolino Foods is strengthening its food safety, and Chick-fil-A's automated process for fresh-tasting lemonade.

October 31, 2025

Processing Instrumentation

Chick-fil-A Keeps Lemonade Fresh with HPP

The fast-food chain’s lemon juice supplier, Bay Center Foods, uses an automated HPP process to produce juice with a fresh-squeezed taste.

October 30, 2025

Sustainability

Processing News Roundup 10/24: Data for Water Reuse, AI-Enhanced CIP, Experts on Ultra-Processed Foods

See the latest in CPG processing with this news roundup, including data transparency for water reuse, Dairy Farmers of America's use of AI-enhanced CIP software, and industry experts' thoughts on ultra-processed foods.

October 24, 2025