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Lifecycle assessment sizes up environmental impacts of products

May 9, 2012
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Kraft used the system to develop YES Pack salad dressing containers.
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Plant Safety: Implementing a continuous improvement mindset

May 3, 2012
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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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Frito-Lay’s Casa Grande manufacturing facility wins US water prize

April 11, 2012
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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 5, 2012
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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 5, 2012
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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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Agilent and FDA team up on pathogen testing

March 27, 2012
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The project also includes detecting fraudulently marketed seafood.
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Reuse waste heat from refrigeration units

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

March 7, 2012
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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 7, 2012
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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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General Mills Introduces X3 Process at CoDev

February 23, 2012
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New step-by-step approach provides road map for innovation success.
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