Food Engineering's second annual automation conference covers project justification and management, case-histories of successful projects, and integration of the plant floor with MES, ERP and the supply chain.
A five-year collaboration between a British food company and Scottish physics researchers has produced Celsius, an easy-to-use temperature-measurement device that can reduce packaging damage to finished goods.
As a result of tighter regulations and rising surcharges, more and more processors are assuming responsibility for treating --and in some cases recycling -- the wastewater generated by their plants.