Adobe Stock 117237918
Processing Equipment
Maintenance as a Strategic Advantage
In this third installment of our “Efficiency in Uncertain Times” series, we explore how proactive and predictive maintenance practices help food processors do more with less.
September 2, 2025

Heating/Cooking

Heating/Cooking
Heat Exchangers Play Key Role in Spanish Soup Production
This heat exchange product helps companies produce two of Spain’s esteemed soups.
February 10, 2025
HRS Gazpacho and Salmorejo Image
Home
Top 10 Articles of 2024 – No. 9: SunOpta Takes Aseptic Processing to New Level
Join ProFood World in looking back at the site’s most popular articles of 2024. The No. 9 spot features greenfield plant SunOpta taking lessons from its other facilities to advance in several key aseptic processing areas.
December 24, 2024
The greenfield project enabled SunOpta to optimize production, improve the flexibility of its systems, and accommodate new product lines, including 330 mL protein drinks.
Heating/Cooking
Pick Heaters Names Mark Brueggemann President
Pick Heaters, Inc.
Brueggemann, who has been with Pick Heaters for more than 30 years, takes the reins following the retirement of Mike Schopp, who served the company for over 40 years.
August 14, 2024
Mark Brueggemann
Food Safety
High-Pressure Processing Preserves Baby Food’s Taste, Nutrition
HPP was an essential tool when GroGro's Malin Bruset set out to create a baby food that was as close to homemade as possible but could also be sold in stores.
January 21, 2024
GroGro explains to its customers how high-pressure processing preserves the texture and nutrients of the original ingredients while the taste, nutrition, and consistency of the raw materials are reduced with heat pasteurization.
Sustainability
Upcycling Producer Rescues Produce, Other Foods From Demise
Loop Mission is working to save fruits, vegetables, and a range of food byproduct from landfills. High pressure processing has been instrumental to achieving this circular economy model.
November 8, 2023
Loop Mission began as Loop Juice, focused on rescuing fruits and vegetables to make cold-pressed juices.
Home
SunOpta Takes Aseptic Processing to New Level
As a greenfield plant, SunOpta has been able to take the best of everything from its three other plants and improve them further—from efficiencies and sustainability to sanitary design and safety.
August 2, 2023
The greenfield project enabled SunOpta to optimize production, improve the flexibility of its systems, and accommodate new product lines, including 330 mL protein drinks.
Processing Equipment
Johnsonville Achieves Order With Immersion Cook/Chill System
Struggling with a process that caused package damage and inconsistent cook times for its sausages, Johnsonville turned to FPS and its Spiral Immersion System.
August 1, 2023
With the Spiral Immersion System, product comes out in an orderly fashion—the same way it went in.
Sustainability
Optimizing Steam Traps Brings Conagra Significant Water and Energy Savings
Conagra Brands has received a ProFood World Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Award for second place in the project category.
July 31, 2023
Optimizing its steam traps, Conagra Brands’ Imlay City facility is saving almost 139,000 gallons of usable boiler feeder water each year.
Processing Equipment
Tips and Tools to Handle Ongoing Growth in Pet Food Processing
The pet food industry shows no sign of slowing down, so processors need a flexible manufacturing strategy to accommodate the volume and variety of product produced today.
June 7, 2023
According to the American Pet Products Association, $58.1 billion was spent on pet food and treats in 2022, projected to be $62.7 billion in 2023.
Robotics
Evolution Fresh Teams With Hiperbaric to Automate HPP, Reduce Labor Injuries
High-pressure processing is essential for improving the taste and shelf life of cold-pressed juices. Partnering with Hiperbaric, Evolution Fresh made it a less labor-intensive operation.
February 22, 2023
At the loading and tilting station, bottled juices are loaded automatically into vessels.
Processing Equipment
ProMach Acquires TechniBlend
ProMach
The deal strengthens ProMach’s capabilities in the processing solutions market to complement its robust packaging machinery portfolio and provide complete turnkey solutions across the entire production line.
February 17, 2022
Pro Mach Logo
Processing Equipment
HPP and PET Kegs Help Nourish Juice Bar Tap the Market
Watching cold brew and kombucha companies take their products to market in kegs, Nourish Juice Bar wanted to do the same. But it needed to merge high pressure processing from Hiperbaric with plastic kegs from Petainer.
January 31, 2022
Francine Covelli, founder of Nourish Juice Bar, jumped on the chance to get her juices into Petainer kegs, getting them to partner with Hiperbaric to enable high pressure processing in the containers.
Page 1 of 4
Next Page
Products
OGI Process Equipment's compact QuikWater EconoWater
Direct-contact Hot Water System
OGI Process Equipment's compact QuikWater EconoWater is engineered for 99% thermal efficiency, featuring an all-stainless-steel construction, full modulation, an automatic control system, and two easy-access hatches that eliminate confined-space entry for maintenance.
Steam Injection Heater/Cooker
TNA Solutions to Showcase Pellet Fryer and Intelligent Integrated Systems at PACK EXPO
More Products