Proving it pays off to be sustainable, Sunny Delight Beverages Co. and Agro Tech Foods Ltd. were awarded first place in the inaugural Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards, presented by PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and its OpX Leadership Network (formerly the Alliance for Innovation and Operational Excellence).
The awards were presented April 15 during Food Engineering’s Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference in Clearwater Beach, FL. According to PMMI, the peer-reviewed awards recognize facilities for projects or programs that improve sustainability efforts in food, beverage or consumer product manufacturing operations, focusing on pollution prevention, compliance assurance and environmental protection.