Industry News

Simmons Foods Planning $100 Million Expansion of Arkansas Plant

The project will add 65,000 sq ft to the plant to allow for two new automated production and packaging lines, and increase annual production capacity by approximately 100 million lb.

January 14, 2022

Product Categories: Page 60

Industry News

Farbest Foods Expanding Indiana Plant

The $12.8 million, 22,000-sq-ft project will streamline deboning, while improving output and practices at the turkey processing facility.

January 13, 2022

Robotics

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 1: CTI Foods Automates Its Hot to Handle Taco Packaging Line

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. Coming in at No. 1 is an article that introduced us to tacobots and what they could do to help a taco packaging line upgrade production—and win a Manufacturing Innovation Award.

January 9, 2022

Sustainability

Danone-owned Business Unveils $55+ Million U.K. Investment Plan

The Alpro plan will increase production yield at its Kettering facility up to 300 million liters of plant-based drinks per year to keep up with soaring demand, while slashing energy consumption.

January 6, 2022

Industry News

New fairlife Facility in Arizona Now Open

The production and distribution facility boasts advanced manufacturing technologies and equipment to enable continued growth, and support increased demand for fairlife products.

January 4, 2022

Sustainability

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 5: Kraft Mac and Cheese Modernization

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. No. 5 comes out of ProFood World’s Manufacturing Innovation Awards, where we recognize outstanding food and beverage processing and packaging projects.

January 3, 2022

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Top Video 2021: Cheese and Whey Processing Plant Features State-of-the Art Technology

MWC’s huge greenfield facility will process 25% of Michigan’s milk supply. Joyce Fassl visited the new facility and reports back in this Take Five with ProFood World video on the advancements being made by MWC.

April 23, 2021

Inspection

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 9: Inline Seal Inspection Maintains Quality of Retort Pouches

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. At No. 9 is a case study about how a Brazilian pet food manufacturer moved to 100% inline seal inspection at its state-of-the-art facility.

December 23, 2021

Industry News

CRB Names Steve Morton as a Project Director for Food and Beverage Clients

CRB

The arrival of the experienced advocate for integrated project delivery will enhance the company’s successful ONEsolution approach.

December 14, 2021

Dry Processing

Automated Ingredient Handling Brings Bevy of Benefits

An automated system from Radar Process provided biscuit-making operations at Cerealto Siro Foods with more accurate weighing, elimination of foreign matter, improved inventory control, and significantly reduced safety risks for its workers.

December 13, 2021

Industry News

Yili Group Opens Ice Cream Production Base in Indonesia

Yili’s first self-built plant in Southeast Asia forms a “dual center” in Indonesia and Thailand, and aims to accelerate dairy manufacturing and innovation to better serve its consumers in the region.

December 13, 2021

Industry News

Cattlemen’s Heritage to Build Beef Processing Facility in Iowa

ESI Group has been selected to design and construct the 500,000-sq-ft greenfield facility, which is expected break ground in spring of next year and to be up and running in December 2023.

December 10, 2021

Processing Instrumentation

Innovations in Flexibility, Reliability Keep Products Moving

Particularly with the uncertainty that the pandemic brought with it, industry suppliers are working to provide more flexible, reliable, hygienic conveyors, with an increased level of automation.

December 10, 2021