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

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Processing Equipment

Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores… Meet Me Where You Are

Whether you’re coming from a traditional sector or something on the move in the alternative protein realm, it’s worth sharing insights to help get the most out of your operations.

December 10, 2021

Industry News

JBS Entering Cultivated Protein Market With Acquisition of BioTech Foods

As a part of the move, the company will be building a new production plant in Spain, which will scale up production, and a research & development center in biotechnology and cultivated protein in Brazil.

November 18, 2021

Sustainability

Meat Institute Announces New Climate Targets

The group has released new targets, alongside its sustainability framework launched through the Protein PACT for the People, Animals, and Climate of Tomorrow.

November 11, 2021

Industry News

Swift Prepared Foods to Buy Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats

The JBS USA subsidiary is paying $90 million to acquire the California-based producer of quality smoked bacon, ham, and turkey products for sale to retail and wholesale customers.

October 20, 2021

Sustainability

Liffey Meats and Graphic Packaging International Support Lidl’s Sustainability Goals

Liffey Meats and Graphic Packaging International are given the Processor/Supplier Partnership Category award in ProFood World's SEMA.

October 19, 2021

Sustainability

Smithfield Packaging Reduction Nets Savings in Ham Production

Company wins third place in the Project Category of ProFood World's Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards.

October 11, 2021

Industry News

Maple Leaf Foods Creates Bacon Centre of Excellence at Winnipeg Plant

The expansion of the prepared meats plant and creation of the centre significantly increase its production capacity and position the company to meet growing customer and consumer demand in the pre-cooked bacon market.

October 6, 2021

Industry News

JBS Paying Over $400 Million to Acquire Huon Aquaculture

Worldwide meat leader decides to enter the aquaculture market, following the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s forecast that per capita consumption of fish is to set grow by 5% globally over the next 10 years.

August 10, 2021

Industry News

Sanderson Farms Being Sold to Cargill and Continental Grain

The transaction brings together two complementary U.S. poultry operators, Wayne Farms and Sanderson Farms, under the joint ownership and control of two premier food and agribusiness companies, creating a leading U.S. poultry company.

August 9, 2021

Processing Instrumentation

CTI Foods Automates Its Hot to Handle Taco Packaging Line

Tacobots efficiently upgrade and automate production with a unique two-pick mechanical tool. The recent line integration project wins a 2021 Manufacturing Innovation Award from ProFood World.

July 23, 2021

IIoT

Smart Manufacturing Platform Transforms Poultry Processing

U.S. government-funded CESMII is using ThinkIQ’s intelligence platform to drive smart manufacturing in a pilot project at a chicken rendering plant. The findings could help improve efficiencies across all kinds of energy-intensive industries.

July 6, 2021

Meat, Poultry & Seafood

Pandemic Gives Boost to Smaller Meat Processing Plants

Though COVID-19 certainly caused its share of issues as meat processors raced to figure out how to keep their workers safe, one of the biggest challenges the smaller organizations have faced is how to keep up with the rising demand.

May 14, 2021