Beverage

Borden Dairy Begins Reorganization Proceedings

Will continue operating as normal

January 2, 2020

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Cleaning, Sanitizing & CIP

Getting a Consistent, Repeatable, Validated Wash

Automated systems abound as legacy systems get the boot. New cleaning and sanitizing technologies help food and beverage manufacturers keep workers and food safe while minimizing water usage.

December 24, 2019

Beverage

Admix Founder Lou Beaudette Announces Retirement

Mike Rizzo named chief executive officer

December 23, 2019

Processing Equipment

HP Hood Takes the Fast Track to Expansion

An idle cultured dairy products plant is converted into a technologically advanced plant that produces and packages fluid milk for extended shelf life dairy beverages by installing technologies to advance the facility’s food safety and control systems.

December 23, 2019

Beverage

Craft Breweries and Distilleries Machinery and Automation Trends

A review of the trends, machinery, and growing use of automation in the craft beer and craft spirits industry in the U.S.

December 20, 2019

Food Safety

Dr. Stephen Hahn Named FDA Commissioner

Senate confirms nomination

December 17, 2019

Beverage

Ease of Use, Recyclability Push Growth of Flexible Plastic and PET Bottles in Western Europe

In 2018, food packaging accounted for a 55% share of the market in the region, followed by 37% for beverage packaging. Both the food and beverage categories saw the demand for smaller, lighter, and easy to store and handle pack sizes.

December 16, 2019

Beverage

Food Packaging Dominates China Market

According to “Global Packaging Trends,” a new report compiled by Euromonitor International for PMMI Business Intelligence, food packaging accounts for more than 50% of the total packaging market in China.

December 11, 2019

Sustainability

Hormel Foods Completes Solar Array

Installation made at California facility

December 10, 2019

Processing Equipment

Salsa manufacturer takes the slow-and-steady approach to automation

A semi-automated piston filler paves the way for San Juan Salsa Co. to fully automate its packaging processes for the future.

December 9, 2019

Sustainability

Impossible Foods Wins Global Environmental Prize

Urges youth activists to accelerate switch to sustainable food system

December 7, 2019

Processing Equipment

Journey to sustainability excellence

The OpX Leadership Network has tools to help processors generate long-term profits while improving the sustainability of their businesses.

December 5, 2019

Automation

Navigating a very complex industry

Transparency, sustainability, regulations, customer demands and the labor shortage all add up to make your job very demanding. Can automation come to the rescue?

December 3, 2019