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Plant Expansions

Hispanic Cheese Makers-Nuestro Queso announces plant expansion

Expansion will help meet demand, continue the company's ongoing sustainability plans

October 30, 2020

Hispanic Cheese Makers-Nuestro Queso has announced an expansion to its facility in Kent, Ill. The $15 million expansion will include new processing and packaging equipment, expanded cooler space and additional capacity to meet further expansion needs.

Editor's Note

It’s been a strange year, but we have to find ways to be sustainable

Think about managing water, energy and waste in new ways

Casey Laughman

October 30, 2020

Food and beverage manufacturers must keep looking for new ways to improve sustainability with water, energy and waste.

Sustainability through automation

Use automation to help achieve green packaging goals

You can’t lose when you actively work at reducing waste and creating sustainable packaging goals

Wayne Labs

October 28, 2020

Today, two major factors are driving the packaging industry towards greater sustainability: prospective legislation and consumer demand. Though there is little participation in the U.S. in plastic recycling (estimated under 10%), the green packaging market registered a value of $237.74 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow to 313.93 billion by 2025, according to research from Mordor Intelligence.

How two industry leaders invest to save the water supply as scarcity grows

Kraft Heinz and Nestlé Waters North America sustainability leaders say protection of the lifeblood resource will require looking outside the factory walls

Rose Shilling

October 28, 2020

With water stress a growing concern, food and beverage companies invest to cut usage, increasingly looking outside their factory walls to conserve a lifeblood resource for the industry.

Packaging

Bacardi will use biodegradable spirits bottles for plastic-free goal

The latest alternative to standard plastic beverage bottles decomposes in 18 months

Rose Shilling

October 27, 2020

Spirits maker Bacardi will bottle all brands in a biodegradable material from plant-based oils, entering the race to replace petroleum-based plastic drink bottles.

Industry News

Nestlé Purina PetCare to build new factory in Ohio

Plant is Purina's first ground-up project since 1975

Sharon Spielman

October 26, 2020

Nestlé Purina PetCare has announced a $550 million investment to build a new factory in Williamsburg Township, Ohio.

Waste Management

Tips on cutting waste, a high-stakes priority for food manufacturers

A Q&A with 3 industry experts on waste disposal and recycling

Sharon Spielman

October 26, 2020

Experts give tips on how to cut waste in food manufacturing, explaining how sustainability efforts for waste disposal and recycling can save processors money.

Packaging

Water bottles from wood materials? Poland Spring explores alternatives

Nestlé Waters North America brand works with University of Maine on bio-based materials to reduce packaging impact on environment

Rose Shilling

October 19, 2020

Poland Spring bottled water and the University of Maine are trying to develop new packaging materials from trees grown in the state.

Frito-Lay freight facility project in Modesto, Calif.

Partner with utilities to cut costs, improve your corporate sustainability image

Learn about resources to save money on power and be a good steward of natural resources

Wayne Labs

October 19, 2020

Learn how food and beverage manufacturers partner with energy companies and utilities to save money on power and improve their sustainability image.

Packaging

Kraft Heinz wants European ketchup bottles to be recyclable as new food packaging

Heinz Tomato Ketchup bottles switching to single-material PET for circular economy goal

Rose Shilling

October 14, 2020

Heinz Tomato Ketchup bottles in Europe will soon be made of one type of plastic so they can be recycled into food-grade PET.

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.