Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

End of the Line Video Series: What's New With Tariffs, EPR, and Glier's Geotta Equipment Installation

Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.

August 10, 2026

Vertical Markets: Page 3

Industry News

USDA Opens Applications for $500 Million Beef Processing Program

The SPUR initiative is designed to provide financial support to eligible independent beef processors to help maintain regional processing capacity and strengthen the U.S. beef supply chain.

August 7, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Bertagni 1882 Selects Missouri for First U.S. Manufacturing Facility

The $36.4 million investment in St. Charles will create 150 jobs, add U.S. production of meat-filled pasta products, and strengthen the company's North American supply chain.

August 7, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: MSU Students Help Dairy Facility Stabilize Wastewater Treatment

What does it take to fix an unstable wastewater treatment system at a facility processing 2.9 billion lbs of milk a year?

August 5, 2026

Food Safety

End of the Line Video Series: Reducing Labeling Waste, Cyclosporiasis Outbreak, and CPG Industry Feedback

Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.

August 3, 2026

Industry News

Sargento to Acquire La Terra Fina

The agreement moves the cheese company into refrigerated dips, spreads, quiches, and deli-section products.

July 31, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Grillo’s Pickles Opens New Indiana Production Plant

The 155,000-sq-ft Bartholomew County facility centralizes refrigerated pickle production and is expected to create up to 150 jobs.

July 31, 2026

Inspection

H&A Farms Automates Blueberry Inspection to Keep Pace with Quality Demands

A WECO 360Tek optical sorter more than doubled throughput on one fresh-pack line while enabling the blueberry packer to redeploy manual inspectors and adjust jumbo size grades from the control system.

July 31, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Inside Harvest Station Foods

What does it really mean to design a facility for freshness? At Harvest Station Foods' new Loudon, Tenn. commissary, disciplined data analysis, USDA-ready room design, and a flexible layout let the facility consolidate deliveries and adapt to future product needs without sacrificing operational stability.

July 29, 2026

Cleaning and Sanitation

A Sanitation-First Rebuild Helps an RTE Processor Recover

After a contamination-related event, ProFab moved from remediation to equipment rebuilds and new installations—turning an urgent response into a continuing plant partnership.

July 24, 2026

Heating/Cooking

Standard Meat's Sous Vide Focus in a Historic Site

Take a look inside Standard Meat's new facility built in Fort Worth's historic Stockyards, with a focus on sous vide production and flexibility for customer needs.

July 22, 2026

Industry News

How a Shrinking Cattle Herd is Steering Machinery Spend

Tight beef supply and labor scarcity are pushing processors toward poultry and yield-focused automation.

July 17, 2026

Inspection

Delivering Context to Food Safety Data at the Machine Level

As food processors connect machine-level data with contextualized analytics, retrofits, and AI tools, food safety programs are moving from isolated records toward real-time, risk-based decision-making.

July 17, 2026