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Wonderful Pistachios' new automated production facility

Automation

Wonderful Pistachios meets global demand with new automated production facility

Producer chooses Allen-Bradley control system over a home-brew motor control center

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

December 2, 2019

The choice of a control solution collaborator was straightforward for Wonderful Pistachios, which has worked with Rockwell Automation for more than 20 years.

Industry News

TreeHouse Foods to sell its snacks division to Atlas Holdings

The Snacks Division employs more than 800 and is one of the largest manufacturers of private-label, healthy snacks

Wayne Labs

July 15, 2019

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its snacks division to Atlas Holdings LLC of Greenwich, Conn. Atlas owns and operates 19 manufacturing and distribution businesses, which together employ more than 17,000 associates at more than 150 facilities worldwide. Atlas agreed to pay $90 million for the division, subject to closing adjustments.

New Plant Products

Rovema BVC 145 TwinTube form/fill/seal machine

March 19, 2019

Capable of producing up to 500 bags/min., the Rovema BVC 145 TwinTube continuous-motion form/fill/seal machine is built for confectionery and snack products.

Dry Processing Technology

High speed packaging solves production challenges without sacrificing quality

Casey Laughman

December 23, 2018

The installation of high-speed packaging solutions from tna has enabled Pipers Crisps to increase productivity, double packaging speed and reduce waste while maintaining the highest level of product quality through enhanced seal integrity.

Dry Processing Technology

Meat snack exporter detects success with Fortress

Metal detectors avoid false positives from oxygen absorber

Casey Laughman

June 18, 2018

When UK-based Meatsnacks Group needed a metal detector that wouldn’t return false positives from oxygen absorbers, it turned to Fortress Technology for a specialized solution.

Sweets and Snacks Expo

NCA names top candy and snack products of the year

The National Confectioners Association names the winners of the 2018 Most Innovative New Product Awards.

May 29, 2018

The winners, chosen from more than 300 entries, were announced at an awards ceremony at the Sweets & Snacks Expo, held May 22-24 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Ed Girrbach, co-founder and owner of Great Lakes Potato Chip Company

Great Lakes Potato Chip Company finds growth in producing smaller

Michigan craft potato chip producer sees a niche in co-packing for smaller restaurants and grocery stores.

Debra Schug

August 3, 2017

When the Girrbachs were looking for ideas to start a food business, they originally considered the microbrewery market, but decided not to do beer. They instead looked at potato chips and realized years ago there were many regional chip manufacturers that have gone away.

Field Reports

Maker of Hardbite Chips modernizes seasoning applicator

Naturally Homegrown Foods sees improved consistency, lower costs with automated system.

June 27, 2017

With a primary objective to improve overall product consistency, Naturally Homegrown Foods installed the tna intelli-flav OMS 5 seasoning system to ensure uniformity for every chip produced.

Inventure Foods adds kettle-cooked potato chip manufacturing to Indiana plant

September 8, 2016

The expansion provides a 50 percent increase to current kettle-cooked capacity, resulting in an additional 100,000 pounds of finished product per week.