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Food processors take advantage of AI for proactive maintenance

From reactive to preventive to predictive to prescriptive, maintenance in food and beverage processing plants has come a long way

Sharon Spielman

June 8, 2020

Big data and deep learning make artificial intelligence useful to understanding data, making predictions and suggesting recommended actions without explicit human instructions.

How processors can use digital tools to adapt to COVID-19

June 5, 2020

Food Engineering Editor-in-Chief Casey Laughman and RizePoint CEO Dean Wiltse discuss the digital tools available for processors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Willy Shih, Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School

COVID-19 and the supply chain

COVID-19’s effect on the supply chain could have been lessened

Loftware’s interview with Harvard Business School Professor Willi Shih points out weak links in the supply chain—weak links that should have been seen sooner

Wayne Labs

June 4, 2020

Loftware President and CEO Robert O’Connor spoke with Harvard Business School Professor Willi Shih in a live on-line Webinar entitled “COVID-19, Labeling, and Supply Chain Continuity,” to look at some lessons learned in the supply chain during the COVID-19 outbreak, which, of course, isn’t over yet.

Plant Construction Survey

Food Engineering’s 43rd Annual Plant Construction Survey

COVID-19 overshadows project planning and construction while decreasing already short labor supplies

Wayne Labs

June 3, 2020

Construction remains steady in the food and beverage industry, but the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not yet known.

Pet Food

Packaging trends in pet food production

Packaging is king in the growing market for premium dog and cat food

Rose Shilling

May 28, 2020

Packaging has a key role in the pet food industry’s robust growth, helping showcase quality, safety and sustainability, especially for premium products.

Garrison Brothers master distiller Donnis Todd

Field Reports

Artisanal bourbon distillery supports its growth with top quality grain handling system

May 28, 2020

In 2018, Garrison Brothers contacted Coperion K-Tron’s local representative and resident grain handling expert, Shamrock Systems Inc., to help upgrade its current grain handling system. The system experts at Coperion K-Tron to help design a completely automated system that would enable Garrison Brothers to quadruple its production.

Industry News

Duravant names Louis Vintro Chief Technology Officer

Vintro brings more than 25 years of experience to the role

BNP Media Staff

May 27, 2020

Duravant LLC, a global engineered equipment and automation solutions provider to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors, has announced the appointment of Louis Vintro, Ph.D., to the position of Chief Technology Officer.

The Allpax automated retort system featuring shuttle car transport and rigid chain loader/unloader, shown here, removes workers from the laborious and injury prone activity of pushing heavy baskets, top right, to and from and into and out of a retort.

Retort design improvements

Retort loading/unloading system removes the push-pull chain drive

A real engineering improvement, Allpax’s new design is simpler, requires fewer periodic adjustments and reduces parts wear

Wayne Labs

May 21, 2020

Real engineering improvements make things simpler to operate and maintain

How businesses and consumers are adapting to delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic

May 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced restaurants and retail outlets to adapt or modify delivery strategies.

2020 PLEX State of Manufacturing Technology Report

Manufacturing News

Study reveals manufacturers face new competition as biggest growth obstacle in 2020

But when it comes to adopting new technologies, food and beverage manufacturers are out in front of other industrial categories

Wayne Labs

May 19, 2020

The results are in for PLEX’s State of Manufacturing Report 2020, and they show the food and beverage industry is in many ways out in front of other industries in terms of adopting new technologies to maximize efficiency, competitiveness and profits.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.

Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories
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Food processors take advantage of AI for proactive maintenance

How processors can use digital tools to adapt to COVID-19

COVID-19’s effect on the supply chain could have been lessened

Food Engineering’s 43rd Annual Plant Construction Survey

Packaging trends in pet food production

Artisanal bourbon distillery supports its growth with top quality grain handling system

Duravant names Louis Vintro Chief Technology Officer

Retort loading/unloading system removes the push-pull chain drive

How businesses and consumers are adapting to delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic

Study reveals manufacturers face new competition as biggest growth obstacle in 2020

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