Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories
RSS

Cold Chain

GCCA Releases Cold Chain Customer Research Report

Research finds that customer service is key for processors' relationship with cold chain providers

July 16, 2018

The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) has released a report detailing the results of an 18-month long research initiative.

Sustainability

Duke University bans disposable plastic bags from campus dining program

Plastic bags and food service ware will be replaced by compostable or recyclable materials

Casey Laughman

July 16, 2018

Duke University has banned the use of disposable plastics campus-wide for all Duke Dining locations. Part of The Deliberate Dining Project, the program bans single-use, carry-out plastic bags and disposable plastic food service wear.

Replacement Parts Survey

Survey: Replacement parts spending continues to decline

Survey shows almost 60 percent of processors spend less than $100,000 on replacement parts

Casey Laughman

July 16, 2018

The trend of processors spending less on replacement parts continues to grow, according to Food Engineering’s 2018 Replacement Parts and Components Trends Survey.

Engineering R&D

Easing the automation update process

It’s time to update your control system—both for security and performance improvements—but prayer shouldn’t be necessary for success.

Wayne Labs

July 16, 2018

You probably don't have to think back too far to realize how tedious it was updating your automation software for PLCs, PACs, smart sensors or industrial network devices.

Automation Series

New tools offer options for preventive maintenance

Today’s computerized maintenance management systems and enterprise asset management systems take the drudgery out of keeping track of service records, replacement parts and breakdowns.

Wayne Labs

July 11, 2018

Most machine builders supply PM schedules for the equipment they build. But managing a large number of machines—all with their own PM cycles—is no picnic.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Brynwood Partners agrees to purchase assets from J.M. Smucker

The definitive agreement is valued at $375 million, and includes Pillsbury, Hungry Jack and other brands

Wayne Labs

July 10, 2018

Brynwood Partners VII L.P. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a portfolio of brands from The J.M. Smucker Company (Smucker) for $375 million. The portfolio includes the exclusive US rights to Pillsbury brand’s shelf-stable baking products along with the Hungry Jack, White Lily, Jim Dandy and Martha White brands.

Packaging

Making e-commerce shipping cartons stand out

The days of the ordinary, drab cardboard shipping container are over

Wayne Labs

July 9, 2018

While the primary packaging of food and beverage products looks fantastic, once these packages enter a cardboard shipping container, they seem to lose their identity, their pizzazz—all the effort that went into the package and label design is lost in the plain old shipping carton. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Tech Update

How to evaluate and specify food-grade lubricants

Food-grade lubricants offer processors performance, safety benefits.

Casey Laughman

July 9, 2018

In every food plant, there are gears and bearings that need grease, machines that need oil changes and components that need regular lubrication to continue performing at their best.

2018 Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo

Speakers shared insights on automation and the state of the food manufacturing industry

Wayne Labs

Crystal Lindell Debra Schug

July 9, 2018

One of the main purposes of FA&M is to explore the future of food processing and what food and beverage companies are doing now to position themselves well for the next few years.

Sustainability

Groups accuse US Roundtable for Sustainable Beef of 'greenwashing'

A group of NGOs say the US Roundtable for Sustainable Beef sustainability plan is unsustainable

Wayne Labs

July 6, 2018

A "Sustainability Framework" produced by the US Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) has been criticized as "greenwashing" by a number of environmental groups.

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.