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TECH FLASH

ConAgra conserves nearly 300 million gallons of water

May 09, 2012
The company also eliminated 61,000 tons of waste.
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TECH FLASH

Lifecycle assessment sizes up environmental impacts of products

May 09, 2012
Kraft used the system to develop YES Pack salad dressing containers.
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Plant Safety: Implementing a continuous improvement mindset

May 03, 2012
On-the-job fatalities have declined by a third over the last 20 years, but there’s no room for complacency for industry leaders who consider workplace safety a continuous improvement mission.


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TECH FLASH

Frito-Lay’s Casa Grande manufacturing facility wins US water prize

April 11, 2012
Of the six prestigious award winners, Frito-Lay was the only manufacturing plant.
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Cold storage warehouse cools energy costs by 35 percent

April 05, 2012
The use of variable frequency drives also improves operational efficiency throughout refrigeration infrastructure.


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Plant of the Year: Northeast Foods - Automatic Rolls of NC

April 05, 2012
A McDonald’s supplier designs a high-volume bakery that boosts automation to new levels and recasts the role of production floor workers.


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TECH FLASH

Agilent and FDA team up on pathogen testing

March 27, 2012
The project also includes detecting fraudulently marketed seafood.
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TECH FLASH

Reuse waste heat from refrigeration units

March 13, 2012
Technology combining a refrigerating plant and a downstream heat pump saves energy.
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Supply chain sweet spot

March 07, 2012
Retail success stories involving aseptic products have been modest, but the technology is finding a growing niche in nonrefrigerated distribution.


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Engineering R&D: Tiny bubbles

March 07, 2012
Adding oxygen and removing nitrogen and other dissolved gases from a grow-tank can be a cost-prohibitive process for fish farmers, but new oxygenation technology significantly changes the cost equation.
 


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Frito-Lay Casa Grande was chosen as Food Engineering's 2011Sustainable Plant of the Year.Part learning lab, part sustainability showcase, the Frito-Lay facility in Casa Grande is the focus of the snack food manufacturer’s ambitious goal of creating a blueprint for sustained production in a resource-strapped tomorrow.

05/25/11 2:00 PM EDT

Seven Surprising Uses for Spray Technology

On-Demand: Processors clean, coat, cool, dry, and lubricate products and equipment in dozens of areas in a plant thousands of times a year. Even though it may not be obvious, spray technology is often the backbone of these operations and can be used in many more.

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