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Section: Processing Equipment > Chilling/Freezing
Facilities, Design & Infrastructure
Tillamook Sets Sail in Decatur to Support Ice Cream Growth
Tillamook’s new Decatur, Ill., ice cream plant officially opened June 4, bringing the dairy producer closer to its growing customer base on the East Coast.
August 18, 2025
TCCA's new Decatur, Ill., ice cream manufacturing plant is part of a strategy to meet growing East Coast demand.
Home
Frozen Food Producers Meet Surging Demand for ‘Elevated In-Home Experiences’
To find increased throughput, food producers are targeting efficiencies with existing freezing and chilling technology and adding new technology, remote monitoring and automation.
February 19, 2025
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Chilling/Freezing
Advanced Freezing Technology Helps Vegetable Processor Meet Lofty Production Goals
Frozen-pea producer Foodhills faced significant processing interruptions due to limited freezing equipment. The company solved that problem with a new IQF tunnel freezer, unlocking continuous production and reducing downtime.
July 10, 2024
Foodhills FPS tunnel freezer frozen peas
Chilling/Freezing
Why Temperature Control Is Crucial to Keeping the Cold Chain Intact
The cold foods segment continues to grow, and with it, evolving best practices to enable efficiencies in production, storage, distribution, labor, and facility construction.
March 29, 2024
Cover Icecreamcones
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.
IIoT
Remote Troubleshooting: Telemedicine for Your Equipment
Just as it did for consumers’ willingness to visit their doctors over a video call, the pandemic signaled a shift in how food and beverage producers view remote troubleshooting from their OEMs. Sometimes it’s just what the doctor ordered.
February 19, 2023
Remote troubleshooting can enable technicians to get support from experts, even if they’re not physically in the same room with them.
Processing Equipment
Tunnel Freezers Help Ice Cream Company Chill Out When Demand Heats Up
Totally Cool improves throughput while growing its business with help from Air Products freezers.
February 2, 2023
Ice cream cakes Totally Cool Baltimore
Processing Equipment
Processing Equipment Innovations at the 2023 IPPE Show
Here's a roundup of what we saw on the show floor at the International Production & Processing Expo in Atlanta.
January 30, 2023
IPPE 2023 Atlanta
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Filter and Chiller Ranges Push Into Wide Range of Industries
Branching out from compressors, Atlas Copco shows off its new process filtration and chiller lines, suitable for food and bev, pharmaceutical, microelectronics, and other industries.
November 6, 2022
The TCX 4-90A Process Cooling Chiller range features a compact, all-in-one water chiller with an air-cooled condenser and integrated hydro module.
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Mepaco Highlights ThermaBlend Batch Cookers at PACK EXPO International
Energy-efficient and speedy batch cookers are ideal for volume sauces, stews and chilis, in sizes from 75 to 1,000 gallons.
October 28, 2022
Batch cooking food processing Mepaco
Sustainability
The Race to Save the Planet
The winners of ProFood World’s annual Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards are focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, electricity, and water, as well as food waste and materials management.
August 2, 2022
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Processing Equipment
Freezing Technology Saves Time and Labor for Pierino Frozen Foods
The family-owned Pierino Frozen Foods had relied on Messer freezers for the past 15 years, including its previous wave technology. Now the Wave Impingement Freezer is improving throughput and nitrogen efficiency.
May 27, 2022
Pierino gnocchi exit the Messer Wave Impingement Freezer. The wave-like action helps keep the product separated while the impingement gas flows increase throughput, cryogen efficiency, and operating leverage for the premium pasta maker.
Processing Equipment
Vacuum Pump Improves Lettuce Cooling Process
Switching from three oil-lubricated rotary vane vacuum pumps to one frequency-controlled screw vacuum pump, a lettuce grower eliminated maintenance issues and improved process time and energy consumption.
October 15, 2021
One Cobra Plus screw vacuum pump replaced three rotary vane vacuum pumps.
Processing Equipment
CO2 Refrigeration Helps Cranberry Processor Overcome Logistics Challenges
Developing a freezing facility to support its original processing plant, Canneberges Bécancour needed something that was energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and easy to operate. The grower found it food retail.
June 10, 2021
With about 80 cranberry bogs, Canneberges Bécancour processes about a half million pounds of cranberries per day during a typical harvest.
Processing Equipment
Improve Processing of Plant-Based Proteins in the Manufacture of Meat Substitutes
Continuous-process systems are essential to preparation for plant-based meat substitute processing to maintain precise control over time, temperature, and moisture during hydration, cooking and cooling, de-flavoring, pouch cooling after pasteurization.
March 1, 2021
The Clean-Flow cooker-cooler addresses quick changeovers, and faster clean-up and turn-around time.
Processing Equipment
Wave Freezer Boosts Cookie Dough Production
For production of the frozen cookie dough bits that appear in ice creams, Rhino Foods has found a cryogenic freezer that provides good vibrations for their sweet sensations.
January 19, 2021
Rhino Foods’ frozen chocolate-chip cookie dough pellets—shown tumbling from a Messer Wave Freezer, ready for packing—add texture and flavor to ice creams.
Automation
Fast-Track Fulfillment of a Frozen Food Favorite
Now better positioned to keep up with yearly double-digit growth of its popular Uncrustables line, The J. M. Smucker Company creates a highly automated facility that boasts the largest single baking line in the world.
June 5, 2020
A sophisticated system allows Smucker to add pack sizes without major impacts to the line.
Processing Equipment
The Cool Factor: What to Look For in Efficient Freezing and Chilling Equipment
Industrial refrigeration achieves efficiency without sacrificing performance thanks to advances in automation, safety, and sustainability.
February 14, 2020
raspberries in cryogenic tunnel freezer
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