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Plant of the Year

Valley Milk LLC wins the 2019 Food Engineering Plant of the Year

Milk powder manufacturing facility honored for its commitment to sustainability and quality

January 7, 2019

Valley Milk LLC has been named the winner of the 2019 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award for its new milk powder manufacturing facility in Turlock, Calif.

Sustainable Plant of the Year

Food Engineering's 2018 Sustainable Plant of the Year: How Dairy Farmers of America goes green

DFA's Garden City milk dryer operation is a tightly knit system of controls and machinery that eke out energy savings and make perfect product with little to no waste

Wayne Labs

November 14, 2018

Any milk dryer operation uses a lot of energy, and when you have the biggest operation in North America, you use…a lot of energy.

Field Reports

ERP solution keeps cheesemaker running lean

Zuger implemented an end-to-end ERP software solution to streamline and optimize workflows throughout its entire operation

October 22, 2018

Needing a way to handle the complexities of its cheesemaking operations, Züger chose an ERP software system from CSB-System AG.

New Plant Products

NEMO progressing cavity pump

October 11, 2018

Engineered for dairy applications, the NEMO progressing cavity pump conveys high-viscosity products, with or without solid content, in an almost pulsation-free manner.

Industry News

Indian dairy purchases largest continuous butter-making machine in India

The machine, supplied by GEA, produces up to 13,000 lbs/hr of ghee, the Indian equivalent of clarified butter

Wayne Labs

July 12, 2018

Indian dairy producer Creamy Foods Limited, located in the state of Uttar-Pradesh, has purchased GEA’s first Model BUE butter-making machine. The Model BUE 6000 will be brought into operation in February 2019 along with other allied equipment.

Engineering R&D

How Greek yogurt plants are turning whey into a money-making resource

Dairy processors find new uses for whey, which can't be sent to public water treatment works.

September 28, 2016

Processors have realized that throwing away whey is like throwing money down the drain.

Food Packaging

New snapable PET-based technology is perfect for the dairy industry

clikPET named as finalist in the best diary packaging category.

Debra Schug

September 12, 2016

Even though the clikPET material is PET-based, it is has the ability to bend and click.

IDFA honors worker safety achievements of dairy companies, trucking operations

August 15, 2016

IDFA announced the names of 137 dairy company operations that will receive Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards and Achievement Certificates.

Salty milk, chia seed yogurt grab honors at IDFA products contest

Jeremy Gerrard

June 3, 2016

Sea Salt Caramel Milk and Coconut Key Lime Pie Chia Seed Yogurt were named the two winners of the Innovative Milk and Cultured Dairy Products Contest.