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Site Selection: Redefining Location, location. Location

December 5, 2011
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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What makes location the most important criterion in selecting a site? Transportation, logistics, labor force, water and utility costs—to name a few.
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Engineering R&D: Talent Pool Development

December 5, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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With a large cadre of American workers ready to retire, training and educating the next generation of technicians and engineers is a critical need in manufacturing.
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Editor's Note: Barometers of our industry and the economy

December 5, 2011
By Joyce Fassl, Editor-in-Chief
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As 2011 comes to a close, I am continuing my research into the life line of the economy and how it affects the food and beverage industry.
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Sustainable Plant of the Year

Sustainable Plant of the Year: Frito-Lay Casa Grande Plant Attains Near Net Zero

November 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Efficiency was built into Frito-Lay’s Casa Grande plant a quarter-century ago, but the snack maker takes the facility’s energy- and water-conservation systems to a new level with near net zero.
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Indispensable Energy Audits

November 1, 2011
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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Energy audits and management can increase the bottom line, but to be effective, the job is never done.
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Editor's Note: Making a difference in the battle of the bulge

November 1, 2011
By Joyce Fassl, Editor-in-Chief
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Thank you to the food industry members who are making access to nutritional information easier.
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Engineering R&D: Sensors for a digital world

November 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Advances in sensor technology are bringing industrially hardened detectors with on-board electronics to food and beverage processors.
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Flexible Manufacturing: The Automation Conundrum

October 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Flexibility is an increasingly important attribute, but manufacturing professionals must strike a balance between the need for high-speed automation and production adaptability.
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October 1, 2011
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Expanded conference sessions help processors do it faster, better, cheaper and safer.
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Legacy Systems: Weighing the Costs, Benefits and Risks

October 1, 2011
By Olin Thompson, Contributing Editor
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Most replacement systems will, or at least should, provide marginal benefits over your legacy system.
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