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Manufacturing News

Bridging the IT/OT skills gap

August 12, 2015

For some time, industrial manufacturing companies have been looking for ways to bring together the seemingly divergent needs of enterprise networking systems and the real-time requirements of plant floor communications systems.

Preventive & Predictive Maintenance

The future looks smarter

Whatever maintenance program you follow, an intelligent data gathering system plus a CMMS can decrease parts expenditures and increase uptime.

Wayne Labs

July 22, 2015

If run to failure is no longer an option, food and beverage processors have alternative ways to keep their equipment running at peak performance levels; they can plan maintenance schedules based on OEM suggestions.

Plant Construction Survey

38th Annual Plant Construction Survey: Fast track project delivery

There’s more money available, but it’s already earmarked for automation, sanitation, operational efficiency, utilities—and sometimes a new facility.

Wayne Labs

June 11, 2015

No question about it, the numbers of reportable food and beverage projects in 2014 hit a nine-year high—a total of 635 compared to 555 in 2013, according to Food Engineering’s 38th Annual Plant Construction Survey.

Manufacturing News

Taking TCO to a new level

April 6, 2015

In the last 10 years, the term, TCO (total cost of ownership), has been used to describe a project’s costs.

Green Series

Stop the leaks before they stop your business

Wayne Labs

February 5, 2015

Leaks. They’re everywhere, and they’re insidious, sucking energy from your assets and robbing your bottom line.

Fabulous Food Plant

Fabulous food plant: Chelten House heads west to meet market demand

Locating a new facility in Las Vegas had excellent odds, including cutting transportation costs and finding a committed workforce.

Wayne Labs

December 4, 2014

Chelten House Products is a fourth-generation, family-owned business that has provided great-tasting, high-end pasta sauce and salsa products for food retailers for more than 40 years.

Plant Renovations

Renovate for the right reasons

Wayne Labs

November 5, 2014

You’ve received a less-than-stellar audit as you’re preparing for GFSI accreditation—not a good sign that your facility will also pass FSMA muster

Response from UK engineering company aids Iraqi refugees

Jeremy Gerrard

August 21, 2014

Affected by the growing number of refugees without food or water in Iraq, the president of Azersun, the leading food producer in Azerbaijan, has fully funded a rapid cooking system built by UK-based engineering firm Olympus Automation (OAL).

TECH FLASH

Automation center addresses Michigan’s needs

The center in southeast Michigan offers affordable product lifecycle management (PLM) technologies training to local business leaders, employees, students and individuals

Jeremy Gerrard

July 29, 2014

Automation Alley partners with Tata Technologies to offer classes.

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