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While a sustainable warehouse may seem an altruistic notion, a commitment to saving energy can pay off in a big way

Vigilance, metal detection equipment and X-ray inspection systems can help keep contaminants out of your food most of the time.

Hormel’s Progressive Processing plant is built for the long haul. A quarter century had passed since Hormel Foods had commissioned a new production facility. In designing its Dubuque plant, engineers aimed to create a facility that would be contemporary for the next 25 years.

Mastery of the supply chain can yield tremendous cost savings for food companies, but only if production is aligned with what will sell in the months ahead.

Teaching packaging machines to communicate. Thanks to open standards, packaging machine controls communicate up and down the line and with MES and ERP systems to provide key performance data.

What makes location the most important criterion in selecting a site? Transportation, logistics, labor force, water and utility costs—to name a few.

Tumble-turn-cut-fold mixing action yields 100% batch uniformity in less than three minutes.

Aerodyne’s GatorGate double-dump valve can be used to discharge chunky, fibrous and abrasive material efficiently from dust collection systems.

Tri-Mer’s Tri-Flow filters deliver HEPA-like performance with a MERV 16 rating.

The Atlas powder blender is designed and configured to break up clumps found in dry bulk product before entering a fluid to ensure equal distribution.