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FOOD ENGINEERING Plant of the Year
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FOOD ENGINEERING Announces Opening of 2024 Plant of the Year/Sustainable Plant of the Year Submissions

October 12, 2023

Plant of the Year entrants are automatically entered into the Sustainable Plant of the Year competition. All entries are due by December 29, 2023.


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Clemens Food Group’s Hatfield North facility
Plant of the Year

Improving Safety and Welfare to Improve Business

Clemens Food Group’s Hatfield North facility was FE’s 2023 Plant of the Year Award winner for the project team’s vision and execution of improving business while focusing on human welfare.
Derrick Teal
Derrick Teal
April 14, 2023

Construction projects, like stories, tend to follow a regular, logical progression. Delivery systems vary, but they all typically start with a client’s need, selecting a project team, site visits, design meetings, groundbreaking and so on—but in the case of Hatfield North, the project began with the smokehouses.


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FOOD ENGINEERING Magazine Announces Plant of the Year and Sustainable Plant of the Year Award Winners

February 16, 2023

Two expansion projects have earned this year’s honors, with the awards to be presented at the Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo in October.


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Food Engineering Plant of the Year Award
Plant of the Year

Submit your entries for Food Engineering's 2023 Plant of the Year award

Entries are due January 31
December 21, 2022

We are now accepting entries for the 2023 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award. Submissions are due Tuesday, January 31, and eligible facilities need to have been completed in 2022 and opened by January 31, 2023.



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2022 Plant of the Year: Bell & Evans

Our 2022 winner established a new benchmark for innovation and efficiency in a poultry plant, while elevating employee and animal welfare.
Michael Costa
Michael Costa
August 1, 2022

Bell & Evans earned our 2022 award by establishing a new benchmark for innovation and efficiency in a poultry plant, while elevating employee and animal welfare.


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Food Engineering Plant of the Year Award
Plant of the Year

Submit your entries for Food Engineering's 2022 Plant of the Year award

Entries are due February 28
January 19, 2022

We are now accepting entries for the 2022 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award. Submissions are due Friday, March 4, and eligible facilities need to have been completed in 2021 and opened by January 31, 2022.



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Food Engineering Plant of the Year Award
Plant of the Year

Submit your entries for Food Engineering's 2022 Plant of the Year award

January 19, 2022

We are now accepting entries for the 2022 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award. Submissions are due Friday, March 4, and eligible facilities need to have been completed in 2021 and opened by January 31, 2022.



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FE August 2021 Plant of the Year: Keurig Dr Pepper Facility. Photos courtesy of Keurig Dr Pepper
Plant of the Year | Just What The Dr Ordered

Keurig Dr Pepper Earns the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year Award

Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
August 2, 2021
Keurig Dr Pepper wins the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award for its production facility and regional distribution center in Allentown, Pennsylania.
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POTY announcement
Plant of the Year

Keurig Dr Pepper wins 2021 Plant of the Year

Cuisine Solutions wins Sustainable Plant of the Year
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
February 15, 2021

Keurig Dr Pepper’s 1.5-million-sq.-ft. production facility and distribution center in Allentown, Pa., has been named the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year. Cuisine Solutions was named winner of the 2021 Sustainable Plant of the Year for its plant in San Antonio.


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POTY
Plant of the Year

Submissions open for Food Engineering's 2021 Plant of the Year award

Submissions due by Jan. 31, 202
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
October 19, 2020

Submissions for the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award are now open.


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