Mayfield Dairy Farms' new $18 million, 91,000 sq.-ft. plant on a 20-acre site at Braselton, GA -- 40 miles northeast of Atlanta --adds fluid milk capacity needed to better supply Mayfield's fast-growing markets in Georgia and the Carolinas, and can be easily expanded to serve those areas well into the 21st century.
By the time you read this column, there will be less than 180 days left until 01/01/00 (a.k.a. Y2K, the millennium, New Year's Eve, the end of history -- no, that comes on May 5, 2000 according to the ancient Egyptians).
A four-month pilot study conducted at the Interstate Brands Wonderbread Bakery in Columbus, OH concluded that a two-stage biotrickling filter composed of environmentally-available bacteria immobilized on solid polypropylene fibers reduced ethanol emissions by 85 to 100 percent.
Supercritical fluid extrusion (SCFX) technology, first reported in 1992 by Syed S.H. Rizvi and Steven J. Mulvaney of the Institute of Food Science at Cornell University, combines two high-pressure processes -- supercritical CO2 processing and extrusion -- to extend the capabilities of conventional extrusion technology.
Managers and unions who think outside of the box are partnering to improve plant competitiveness. New work systems are based on mutual trust and respect.
According to a report on "World Beer Containers" from The Freedonia Group, by the end of this year, plastic bottles will emerge as a viable form of beer packaging.