At Proliant Dairy Ingredients’ new facility in St. Johns, Mich., a pipe bridge conveys liquid milk permeate and whey permeate from the adjacent MWC plant for producing dry ingredients for feed and food applications. Photo by Thomas Kirby
Bridging the Gap for Whey Permeate
Proliant Dairy Ingredients receives whey permeate from MWC’s concentrate process via a pipe bridge, where it is dried on the world’s largest permeate dryer of its kind. The collaboration provides environmental savings and maximum return for both.
Jun 7th, 2021
The plant includes 16 Tetra Pak vats capable of making 10,000 lb of cheese in every batch.
MWC Creates a Cheese and Whey Recipe for Success
Jun 1st, 2021
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Cheese and Whey Processing Plant Features State of the Art Technology
Apr 23rd, 2021
The nano factory is a fully-functioning, mini production line that fits entirely into a 40-foot shipping container.
Unilever Engineers Fit a Factory Into a 40-foot Container
Jan 22nd, 2021
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Resiliency of the Food Industry
Dec 17th, 2020
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Hitting the Spot
Start early, do your homework, and determine what you can live with or without when searching for a new facility’s location. Leave no stone unturned in uncovering workforce assistance programs, tax and utility incentives, and potential operating costs.
Dec 15th, 2020
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Freshpet to Expand Texas Facility
Pet food processor plans to complete first round of expansions by 2022.
May 6th, 2020
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The Austin Company hires David W. Watson
Watson to serve as baking and snack engineering SME
Nov 10th, 2019
The Hampton Roads section of southeastern Virginia possesses a strategic location for operating a food or beverage manufacturing facility.
Mid-Atlantic location provides many amenities for manufacturing operations
In addition to quality labor and competitive operating costs which are mandatory for the food and beverage industry, the Port of Virginia is an advantageous location for industry sectors that depend on raw material supply.
Aug 18th, 2019
Companies manufacturing cannabis-infused food and beverages are in need of appropriate packing to prevent confusion with children, seniors and pets.
Mixed reaction to cannabis opportunities
Some building and design companies forge ahead while others remain cautious.
Dec 7th, 2018
Company’s expansion project increased capacity by 40 percent, adding six 1,100-barrel fermentation tanks. After fermentation, a pressurized CO2 system pushes product out of the tanks and sends it to the correct areas for packaging. Photo courtesy of CRB.
Big-picture planning, high-level collaboration
Sanitation, automation, operational visibility and existing infrastructure are just a few of the factors that must be addressed when conducting a successful plant expansion project.
Dec 7th, 2018
OpX Leadership Network’s new Request for Proposals (RFP) Guidelines for the CPG Industry
New OpX guidelines ensure collaborative RFPs
PMMI's OpX Leadership Network Tools provide greater understanding of project requirements.
Aug 7th, 2018
Montana Eggs which recently opened a new $9 million facility in Great Falls, MT.
Survey says Great Falls, MT is the most affordable location for food plants
​National cost comparison survey finds food processors can find efficiencies due to proximity to raw materials, low costs and transportation access.
Jun 13th, 2018
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It’s all about the risk mitigation
Leaving nothing to chance, food and beverage manufacturers must employ many tools to ensure their people, plants, products and bottom lines are protected.
Jun 5th, 2018
Joseph Adkins, senior project manager for H-E-B
H-E-B’s new snacks plant journey
By leveraging TCO tools for this project, organizational adoption was accelerated and is being reapplied to future projects.
Apr 6th, 2018
Fred Hayes, PMMI director of technical services
Making safety everyone's responsibility
Productivity and safety can be at odds unless plant leadership embraces the fact that safety programs are just as important as other production programs.
Feb 28th, 2018
Executive Chef Brandon Hamilton oversees recipe development for the RTE side of the facility. Photo by Aerial Imaging Resources
Manufacturing Innovator of the Year: Caito Foods leads the fresh revolution
The new Fresh Kitchen facility is designed to fit into Caito’s existing campus to take advantage of the company’s fresh produce facility for maximum product quality and freshness.
May 12th, 2017
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Industry-leading construction project management that delivers
Meeting food processors’ unique construction needs requires integrating countless factors during front-end planning straight through to final construction. O’Neal’s deep experience can protect your capital investments by delivering first-pass quality through project completion.
May 4th, 2017
Ergonomic systems like automated material handling and production processes protect workers at the new Sanderson Farms facility inn St. Pauls, NC.
Sanderson Farms expands market reach with greenfield processing facility in North Carolina
The plant will eventually process 1.25 million birds every week, enabling the company to expand its deboning market target by 12 percent and serve a broader customer base.
Jan 26th, 2017
Sabra’s Chesterfield, Va., manufacturing facility produces more than 30,000 cases of hummus a day for retail and foodservice customers.
Sabra Dipping’s Virginia facility gets LEED-Gold
This is Sabra’s second LEED certification for the Chesterfield, VA facility.
Oct 6th, 2016