Beverage

General Mills Commits to 100% Renewable Electricity

GM signs on to RE100 global corporate initiative, plans to meet global goal by 2030.

April 22, 2020

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Food Safety

FDA Blueprint on ‘New Era of Smarter Food Safety’ Delayed

Food and Drug Administration

Agency says it must shift its effort to respond COVID-19 pandemic.

April 21, 2020

IIoT

A Data-Driven Industrial Marketplace Pushes Plant Optimization

Zira has taken a different approach to data analytics, showing food and beverage producers how to better recognize opportunities and prioritize actions.

April 16, 2020

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Market Snapshot: Shelf Stable

Shelf stable shipments valued $158 billion between 2014 and 2017, with $3 billion in machinery and equipment, and $85.5 billion in material cost value.

April 15, 2020

Beverage

Molson Coors and HEXO Corp Expand Partnership

The 2 companies initiate new joint venture set to explore opportunities for hemp-derived CBD beverages.

April 15, 2020

Inspection

Eriez Names New President and CEO

Eriez

Lukas Guenthardt accepts leadership of the company following the retirement of President and CEO Timothy Shuttleworth.

April 14, 2020

Beverage

CLPA Names Thomas J. Burke as Global Strategic Advisor

In his new position, he will work to accelerate the construction of Smart Factories by increasing the reach of CC-Link IE TSN.

April 10, 2020

Beverage

Machine Builders and CPGs: Partnerships in the Time of Coronavirus

PMMI

Virtual Town Hall #2 from PMMI features CPGs who belong to OpX Leadership Network Executive Council chatting “live” with PMMI members about the impact of Covid-19.

April 10, 2020

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Market Snapshot: Perishable Prepared

Perishable prepared food such as hummus in plastic tubs and pouches had a $15.8 billion shipment value and $361 million machinery and equipment value during the 2014-2107 period, with $8.9 billion in material costs.

April 10, 2020

Beverage

Consumer Spending Remains 23% Higher than Pre-virus

American households are slowly returning to normal buying habits.

April 9, 2020

Beverage

Kurita Water Industries Merges U.S. Subsidiaries

Kurita America Inc.

LaMarr Barnes to lead Kurita America Inc. as chief executive officer

April 9, 2020

Beverage

Covid and Latin American Technology

This post prepared with information received from 951 respondents across Latin America to a reader survey asking about changes brought about by the COVID-19 crisis in the capital equipment investment plans of CPGs in the region.

April 9, 2020

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Market Snapshot: Meat, Poultry & Seafood

Conventional meat consumption has declined, but plant-based meats are growing rapidly, and while the number of industry establishments have declined, the number of employees has grown 3.2%.

April 7, 2020