Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Stampede Culinary Partners Transforms from Bare Bones to an Advanced Facility

Editors Derrick Teal and Casey Flanagan sit down to discuss a recent visit to Stampede's New Mexico plant. Teal talks about how the facility was engineered for both food safety and operational efficiency. The team began by dividing the plant into separate raw and cooked zones with the ovens placed in the middle, serving as the dividing line.

March 25, 2026

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Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Maker of RTD Lattes to Expand Plant Amid Surge in Demand

The project is expected to add more than 200,000 sq ft of production space to the existing plant and create nearly 340 new jobs while retaining 312 current positions.

March 24, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Making Your Plant Infrastructure Work Smarter, Not Harder

Before building, installing, or enhancing a food processing plant, it’s important to identify and understand the challenges that lie within meeting regulations.

March 18, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

ESI Group Launches Strategic Growth Team for Food and Pharma-Cold Projects

ESI Group USA

ESI Group's cross-functional Strategic Growth Team aims to support early-stage capital planning by aligning market, technical, and financial insights to improve cost certainty, reduce risk, and guide projects from concept through execution.

February 25, 2026

Floor/Drains/Walls/Doors

Live from East: Drainage - From Afterthought to Food Plant Priority

Legacy drainage systems often mask serious sanitation and structural risks. A PACK EXPO East Innovation Stage outlined actionable steps to help processors minimize risk, maintenance burden, and downtime.

February 19, 2026

Industry News

Tippmann Group to Lead Construction of $860M Cold Storage Distribution Center in North Carolina

Tippmann Group

The facility in Burlington, NC, aims to expand fresh and frozen capacity for major grocery brands and add modern automation and sustainability features.

February 18, 2026

Workforce

Ampco Pumps Company Welcomes Lee Holliday as Regional Sales Manager for the Southeast Territory

Ampco Pumps Company

Holliday set to support Ampco Pumps' partners and end users in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.

February 18, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

From Bare Bones to Advanced Flexibility

Stampede Culinary Partners takes a bare structure in New Mexico and turns it into an advanced facility with the flexibility to handle a variety of needs for its clients.

February 16, 2026

Sterilization/Pasteurization

American Pasteurization Company Expands High Pressure Processing Capacity with Hiperbaric 525

Hiperbaric - High Pressure Processing

The new Hiperbaric 525 expands HPP capacity at APC's Milwaukee facility, enabling access to food safety, shelf-life extension and clean label food manufacturing.

February 11, 2026

Industry News

New Nothum Facility Delivers Greater Value to Food Processors

Nothum Food Processing Systems

Nothum's 92,000-square-foot, unified headquarters aims to increase production capacity, streamline services and enhance growth.

February 11, 2026

Software

PepsiCo Pilots Digital Twins to Trial Plant Changes

By simulating factory layouts virtually, PepsiCo has boosted throughput by 20% and cut capital spending by up to 15%—thanks to digital twin and AI technologies developed in partnership with Siemens and NVIDIA.

February 4, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: California Dairies' High-Tech Valley Natural Beverages Plant

ProFood World editors Derrick Teal and Casey Flanagan discuss a recent visit to California Dairies recently constructed plant. Teal talks about how the company is strategizing to diversify beyond butter and milk powder and include premium dairy beverages for the more than 250 California farmers who own the cooperative and make up its membership.

February 4, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

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February 2, 2026