Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories - Articles - Page 133

Field Reports

Processor-offered portion control adds value

February 18, 2019

The market is expanding for meat and cheese processors that offer pre-sliced, portion-controlled product, interleaved or wrapped with wax paper or plastic film.

steam generator installed at Setton Pistachio

Dry Processing Technology

Steam quality, blowdown problems solved with new generator boiler system

Sharon Spielman

February 15, 2019

Pistachio grower and producer Setton Farms wanted to expand one of its processing plants while maintaining its efficiency/quality balance.

Editor's Note

Re-energize your career in the sunshine at the FA&M Conference in Miami

Be part of the conversation about where the industry is headed with Tyson, Kellogg's, Golden State Foods and others

Casey Laughman

February 14, 2019

The four-day conference in Miami will be a great opportunity for food and beverage processors who want to learn more about where the industry's going and how we'll get there.

Tech Update

Using data to make the most of automation, IIoT and AI on the manufacturing line

Sharon Spielman

February 13, 2019

Motors and drives run the food and packaging production lines that processors rely on, and they are a major consideration of any automation strategy.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity helps manufacturers create more secure, resilient networks

Wayne Labs

February 13, 2019

The very life of your business may depend upon how you respond to preventing potential cybersecurity attacks.

Industry News

Tippmann Innovation completes 180,000-sq.-ft. facility in Detroit

The state-of-the-art meat cold storage facility in Detroit’s Eastern Market District brings new jobs to Detroit

Wayne Labs

February 8, 2019

Cold storage construction company Tippmann Innovation has completed a new meat processing and cold storage facility for Wolverine Packing Co. The 180,000-sq.-ft. warehouse provides Wolverine with its fifth processing plant and a second freezer with capacity to store 20,000 pallets.

Innovation

Apeel and Nature’s Pride team up to extend avocado shelf life in Europe

The technology is expected to double the shelf life of avocados

Wayne Labs

February 5, 2019

Apeel Sciences—World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and featured in Food Engineering’s Engineering R&D—and Nature’s Pride, a major European supplier of avocados, will work together to integrate Apeel’s plant-derived food waste prevention technology across Nature’s Pride expansive European avocado value chain, pending EU regulatory approval

Otis Spunkmeyer chocolate chip cookies from frozen dough

Industry news

ARYZTA expands production line for Otis Spunkmeyer frozen cookie dough

Cookies go to foodservice, convenience and retail outlets

Rose Shilling

February 4, 2019

ARYZTA North America is adding a third line to its Otis Spunkmeyer frozen cookie dough production to meet increased demand.

Industry News

Tetra Pak appoints new CEO

Adolfo Orive will take over the position on April 1

Wayne Labs

February 1, 2019

The Tetra Laval Group Board has appointed Adolfo Orive, President and CEO of Tetra Pak effective April 1, 2019. The appointment follows the decision by Dennis Jönsson to step down from his position after 14 years as president and CEO and 36 years with the company.

Engineering R&D

Better Juice Uses Innovative Process to Reduce Sugar in Orange Juice

The long-standing problem with processed "fresh" orange juice has been that it's packed with sugar and has little, if any, fiber

Wayne Labs

January 21, 2019

Better Juice's process harnesses a natural enzymatic activity in non-GMO microorganisms to convert a portion of the simple fructose, glucose and sucrose sugars into fibers and other nondigestible sugars.