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Not only must they meet regulatory standards, valves also have to keep processes running 24/7.

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Green is here to stay. It’s the color of savings when utilities are conserved and production is peaked.

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Today’s software tools help processors handle track and trace, manage product lifecycles and improve operational efficiency.

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The recent peanut paste recall-largest ever in terms of supply chain-points to the urgency of food safety today.

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