Robotics

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #4: Meal Service Provider Learns that Breaking Up Doesn’t Have to be Hard

The #4 most clicked article of 2025: Homestyle Direct’s purchase of a Box Crusher from Layton Systems has improved productivity and employee welfare.

January 2, 2026

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Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #1: Organizational Design Principles

The number 1 most downloaded episode of 2025: Organizational design principles as a mood for boosting the bottom line. Processors that incorporate all staff levels into decision making can create an environment where long-term greatness is achieved.

December 31, 2025

Processing Instrumentation

Urschel Expands KRONEN Portfolio into More Countries

Urschel Laboratories, Inc.

Italy and all areas of Asia will join the U.S., Mexico, Pakistan, and China in carrying both Urschel cutting machinery and KRONEN systems.

December 30, 2025

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #7: Tillamook Sets Sail in Decatur to Support Ice Cream Growth

The #7 most clicked article of 2025: Tillamook’s new Decatur, Ill., ice cream plant officially opened June 4, bringing the dairy producer closer to its growing customer base on the East Coast.

December 28, 2025

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #10: Connections Make Smiles for The Campbell’s Company

The #10 most clicked article of 2025: Meeting soaring demand for Goldfish crackers means bringing people, companies, communities, and even buildings, together for the benefit of all.

December 23, 2025

Dry Processing

Processing News Roundup December 19: Rotary Batch Mixing to Slash Blend Times, Smarter Infrastructure Solutions, and The Scrooge of Cybersecurity

Catch up on the latest topics in food and beverage processing, including how a nutraceutical company cut its blend cycles by 90%, tips to solve plant infrastructure challenges, and some Scrooge-like cybersecurity advice from ProFood World's Derrick Teal.

December 19, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #3: Land O'Frost Automates on a Budget

The number 3 most downloaded episode: Land O'Frost automates without high initial costs. Thanks to the RaaS offering from Formic, the company's able to avoid the typical upfront challenges of five palletizers. The rental of automation equipment has also solved Land O’Frost's struggle with having a qualified maintenance staff.

December 17, 2025

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

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

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

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