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Pack Expo Preview: Health and wellness food market continues strong growth

Maria Ferrante

July 22, 2019

The global health and wellness food market is projected to reach $811.82 billion by 2021.

FA&M Recap

FA&M gathers food processors and suppliers together for education and exhibits

Casey Laughman

Wayne Labs

Rose Shilling

July 8, 2019

Welcome to the new FA&M report, our coverage of the 20th annual Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference, Food Engineering’s premier event.

Workforce

Worker shortage has processors scrambling to hire and keep good employees

Rose Shilling

May 22, 2019

U.S. manufacturing is in the thick of an expected shortage of 2 million workers over 2015–2025. Talent is the top challenge among the evolving concerns of global executives.

New Plant Products

Simutech training system

January 16, 2019

The Simutech training system teaches critical manufacturing troubleshooting skills by incorporating gamification and simulation.

Packaging

Flexible Packaging Association opens submissions for Student Design Challenge

Submissions due by September 21 for 2019 contest

Casey Laughman

July 23, 2018

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has announced that the 2019 Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge is accepting entries.

Manufacturing News

Solving the tech skills problem

Programs aim to provide more technical training for needed skills

Wayne Labs

July 5, 2018

There is a real shortage of engineers and technicians. But there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Training

When human behavior clashes with food safety goals

Yaohua Feng, of Purdue Food Science, talks about why companies need to account for irrational human behavior when implementing food safety procedures.

Crystal Lindell

March 29, 2018

When Yaohua Feng, an assistant professor at Purdue Food Science, observes home cooks, 64 percent of them don’t wash their hands before making a meal — and that’s when they know they’re being watched. And unfortunately, employees at processing facilities aren’t always much better.

United Natural Foods Inc. distribution center

Building a Future Food Factory, Part 5: Labor

How to get the workers you need to run highly automated food and beverage plants

Debra Schug

February 21, 2018

How do you ensure you get people with the right skill sets when picking a location for your new food or beverage plant? The first thing to consider is identifying an area’s tech school base and that they focus on what you need done at your plant.

Food Safety

Comprehensive training is key to food safety efforts

By offering workers training and coaching, processors can ensure food safety goals are met

Casey Laughman

December 18, 2017

In-depth evaluation of training programs helps processors ensure that training is giving their operators the tools they need to succeed, while still meeting food safety requirements.

Opinion

Opinion: What World Series chaos can teach food processors

When the unexpected happens, having a plan doesn't always help.

Casey Laughman

October 27, 2017

If you've been following the World Series, then you know that Game 2 started out as a tense, well-pitched game, then devolved into complete and utter insanity by the time it was all said and done.