Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories - Articles - Page 110

Dry Processing

Case packer from Syntegon helps Nature’s Path stay true to environmental mission

June 15, 2020

By upgrading its case packing equipment, Nature's Path Foods has significantly reduced cardboard consumption and boosted production efficiency.

Food Safety

How processors can use robots to enhance food quality and safety

Richard F. Stier

June 10, 2020

How are robots used in the food industry and what might the future hold for the industry?

Engineering R&D

Heat exchangers get better with age

Wayne Labs

June 10, 2020

Some things actually get better with age as creative engineering improves performance, decreases energy usage and makes a device more efficient and better able to handle a new range of food or beverage products.

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.