Manufacturing News

Clemens Food Group celebrates the grand opening its new 308,000-sq.-ft. facility in Hatfield, Pa.

Plant Openings

Clemens Food Group celebrates the grand opening of its new 308,000-sq.-ft. facility in Hatfield, Pa.

The smoked pork processing facility expands capacity and sits on 32 acres at the Clemens’ complex

Wayne Labs

June 23, 2022

Clemens Food Group opens its second greenfield pork plant, this one in Hatfield, Pa.

Company News

Kellogg Company announces separation of two businesses as bold next steps in portfolio transformation

The Company plans to separate into three independent companies

June 21, 2022

Kellogg will separate two successful businesses into three: snacking, cereal and plant-based.

Line changeovers can create significant production loss

Managing Line Changeovers

Improve quality with better line changeover management

Not only is quality hampered by poor line changeover planning, but costs can ramp up quickly during non-production

Vikram Mankar

June 16, 2022

Getting hold of line changeovers improves quality, decreases waste

Canada’s Nuts For Cheese closes $5.35 million round to expand manufacturing, distribution

June 15, 2022

Ontario-based Nuts For Cheese, maker of dairy-free, plant-based, artisanal cheeses, has announced a $5.35 million round of funding led by Forage Capital Partners along with CPG veterans Mike Fata and Dror Balshine.

Company News

AB InBev's EverGrain announces global scientific advisory board to advance research on upcycled barley

The board will study and promote the health, nutrition, and sustainability benefits of brewers spent grain

June 15, 2022

AB InBev's EverGrain announced a global scientific advisory board to study and promote the use of brewers spent grain.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Symbiont Joins Mead & Hunt

The Merger allows Mead & Hunt to offer a range of EPC services

June 15, 2022

Symbiont, an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, joined Mead & Hunt.

IARW and IRTA to merge and formally become GCCA

Both boards will work with staff to solidify the structure and governance of the merged entity

June 14, 2022

The Boards of Directors for the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) and International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA) have reached an Agreement in Principle to merge their organizations to officially form a new organization, the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA).