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Editor's Note

Not all food plants strive for automation

While Kraft Heinz plant is automated, Home Chef focuses on adaptability

April 11, 2018

It’s April, and that means it’s time to announce FE’s Plant of the Year. This year, we are proud to name Kraft Heinz as the recipient for its deli meat facility, built by Gray Construction, located in Davenport, Iowa.

2017 Food Plant Construction Survey: Safety, consumers drive expansion

Processors realize that existing facilities must be updated and expanded to meet food safety regulations and increasing and challenging customer demands

Wayne Labs

June 9, 2017

Renovating and expanding older facilities beats building new by a factor of 5 to 2.

Field Reports

Dock upgrades enhance safety, savings at Citrus Systems

Updated dock system improves efficiency, lessens wear and tear on workers

Casey Laughman

May 12, 2017

In 2013, private-label drink manufacturer Citrus Systems Inc. finally left its original 68,000-square-foot complex in Minneapolis and expanded into a 135,000-square-foot facility in west suburban Hopkins. Unfortunately, while the new building allowed Citrus Systems to increase production of its fruit and vegetable blends, concentrated juices, teas and other custom products, it carried over the same antiquated dock equipment used in the old one

Field Reports

Ingredients manufacturer keeps running during expansion

June 25, 2016

Kerry America Inc., a division of the Ireland-based Kerry Group, produces ingredients and flavors for global food and beverage manufacturers.

Pest Control

Defend your plant from food pests

Now is the time to arm your facility with a better integrated pest management program.

Jeremy Gerrard

May 13, 2016

When it comes to pests, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan.

constellation brands to purchase ballast point

TECH FLASH

Constellation Brands plans to build $1.5 billion brewery

The new brewery will have a production capacity of up to 20 million hectoliters.

Jeremy Gerrard

January 12, 2016

The facility’s proximity to California provides a new avenue to better service the western US.

Heat and Control fryer with external support module

Protein Processing

Solving meaty challenges

Protein processors can have trouble meeting production demands, if they’re working with out-of-date manufacturing spaces and equipment.

Wayne Labs

January 6, 2016

While many protein processors need to speed up their operations, there are many stumbling blocks thwarting their efforts.

Newly-converted USDA-certified food production facility

Food Safety

Eliminating hygienic hazards

Smart planning and utilization of sanitary plant design principles can save processors time, money, embarrassment and even their businesses.

Debra Schug

November 25, 2015

By now, say the name Blue Bell, and the first thought in most people’s minds isn’t ice cream. The company just went through one of the biggest recalls in recent times due to potential contamination from Listeria monocytogenes.

CMB Engineering wins Manufacturing Team Challenge

Jeremy Gerrard

July 1, 2015

A team of young engineers from CMB Engineering won first prize in the Manufacturing Team Challenge category held at the WorldSkills UK competition for their design and production of a remote control forklift.

Plant of the Year

Food Plant of the Year 2015: Mars Chocolate is lean, green and poised for growth

Wayne Labs

April 6, 2015

As a kid growing up on a poultry farm, I couldn’t wait to help my dad truck cases of eggs to the local co-op, but I confess to an ulterior motive—hitting the candy machine just inside the door for a SNICKERS bar.