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Healthy
outlook for food and beverage
companies
The recession has been
tough on several industries, but fortunately
food and beverage is not one of them. Almost
half of F&B companies report
business is thriving and growing.

FDA's
Reportable Food Registry off to a great
start
In its first seven months,
more than 100 food safety reports were submitted
to FDA's new electronic portal, the Reportable
Food Registry. FDA is pleased with the
industry's monitoring and testing.

Help
is on the way for small food
exporters
Through President
Obama's new National Export Initiative, small
exporters of food and agricultural products can
get some help with marketing expenses, including
advertising, traveling and more.

Chickens
fly to Russia
Pilgrim's Pride
Corporation received formal approval from the
USDA to resume exporting chicken products to
Russia after a Russia-US agreement was
approved banning chlorinated rinses.

Del
Monte decreases salt content by
20%
Although Del Monte has had
low-salt and no-salt products for several years,
it has taken steps to reduce salt content by
20% in its Del Monte, S&W, Contadina
and College Inn brands by 2015.

A&E firms ramp up services as
processors eye global markets
As
middle-class markets in countries like Russia,
China and India have more buying power,
American food and beverage processors are
scrambling for a piece of the
action.

Replacement
parts and components survey: Partnerships in
parts procurement
While
maintenance and repair budgets must contend with
capital constraints, food and beverage
professionals are pressing ahead with enhanced
spare parts management strategies.

Replacement
parts directory
Search FE's
parts directory.

Annual Plant Construction Survey: Enter the
era of intelligent asset
management
Evaluate,
consolidate, concentrate, relocate, truncate,
terminate and expurgate. These words describe
actions processors have taken to survive the
recession.

Special Supplement: Plastic fantastic
floors
Resin coatings
have muscled their way to the lion's share of
floor applications in food and beverage plants,
but traditional and new-to-the-market materials
also are demonstrating improved
performance.

PPM Technologies Inc.
recently completed a reorganization, and will
operate as PPM Technologies
LLC.

Martin Brothers, Inc.,
supplier of equipment in the ice cream and food
processing industries, achieved ISO 9001:2008
quality registration.

Applied Industrial
Technologies acquired the assets of
UZ Engineered Products of
Cleveland, OH.

SPX Corporation completed
the acquisition of the Anhydro
business, a Soeborg, Denmark-based global
supplier of liquid concentration equipment,
powder processing solutions and dewatering
plants and equipment.

Iconics received the 2010
Microsoft Windows 7 ISV Partner of the Year
award.

RedPrairie Corporation, a
productivity solutions provider, appointed
Carol O'Kelley to the position
of chief marketing officer.

Amcor Rigid Plastics
acquired Ball Plastics Packaging
Americas.

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