Robotics

Barilla's Flagship Pasta Plant Showcases Integrated Robotics

Barilla’s flagship pasta manufacturing plant in Parma, Italy, boasts a fully automated, lights-out distribution facility, equipped with 120 laser-guided vehicles and 35 robotic systems.

September 23, 2022

Prepared & Canned Foods: Page 4

Industry News

TreeHouse Foods Getting $950 Million for Portion of Meal Preparation Business

The move will provide the company greater management focus, improve its consistency of execution, and promote more concentrated growth of its private-label snacking and beverage business.

August 12, 2022

Sustainability

The Race to Save the Planet

The winners of ProFood World’s annual Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards are focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, electricity, and water, as well as food waste and materials management.

August 2, 2022

Sustainability

Finding the Right Mix for Plant-Based Alternatives

Both ingredient suppliers and CPGs are trying to discover the right proteins for the job as they play with plant-based formulations to get the taste, texture, mouthfeel—and scalability—they’re looking for.

August 1, 2022

Industry News

Häns Kissle Breaks Ground on North Carolina Manufacturing Plant

The facility will expand the company’s production to meet the growing demand for high-quality, fresh-prepared foods, and extend its reach in new geographic regions.

June 10, 2022

Processing Equipment

Freezing Technology Saves Time and Labor for Pierino Frozen Foods

The family-owned Pierino Frozen Foods had relied on Messer freezers for the past 15 years, including its previous wave technology. Now the Wave Impingement Freezer is improving throughput and nitrogen efficiency.

May 27, 2022

Sustainability

Conagra Brands Issues Fiscal 2021 Citizenship Report

The report highlights Conagra’s progress on key environmental, social, and governance data, as well as the actions the company has taken to support the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

March 18, 2022

Processing Equipment

Cucina Fresca Reduces Downtime With Easy Washdown Thermoformer

Gourmet foods manufacturer installs Ossid machine to improve production efficiency and meet order timelines.

March 15, 2022

Software

ERP System Helps Startup TMRW Foods Grow in the Right Direction

Icicle Technologies’ enterprise resource planning system is helping the plant-based protein producer make sure it has the data it needs—for traceability, HACCP, costing, and more—to optimize its growth.

January 10, 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

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

Sustainability

Kraft Mac and Cheese Modernization

Completed on time during the height of the pandemic, a multi-line expansion project for Kraft Heinz’s macaroni and cheese product increased production output without disrupting the Wausau plant’s existing production schedule.

November 30, 2021

Sustainability

Conagra Brands Paper Waste Reduction Project Is on a Roll

Project ties for second place in the project category of ProFood World's Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards.

October 7, 2021