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Brewer cuts water usage by 5 million gallons and saves 305,000 therms annually.

This high-speed protocol meets SIL1 through SIL3 safety standards.

The unwanted software’s main purpose may be industrial espionage.

UK-based hydroponic salad produce grower needed a next-generation checkweigher/inspection system to provide safe and accurately weighed produce.

In the past, a packager had to have printing plates made outside, resulting in difficult and costly changes. Now, a keyboard and the press of a button activate the print jobs.

McCain Foods needed an ERP system that could pull together its global manufacturing base, financial management, supply chain and innovation components.

A uniquely printed label for each produce container allows supply chain parties and the consumer to get full data on the produce’s origin.

For machine builders using SERCOS real-time communications, there are some methods that can be implemented to reduce energy consumption.

A statistical process control system replaced older, slower Excel-based methods of keeping products on track.

Slowed somewhat by the recession in 2009, food and beverage expenditures for automation are expected to pick up.