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Logistics demanded a fourth plant west of the Rockies, but West Liberty Foods seized the opportunity to upgrade its production flow and material-handling safeguards.

Market conditions pushed Fresherized Foods to get back to basics this year, but the innovator in high pressure processing expects to emerge even stronger in global guacamole production.

Poultry supplier counts on biosecurity, automation and worker safety to produce quality meats.

Key design criteria for Fieldale Farms’ RTE facility were bio-security and food safety.

Corporate environmentalism has a squishy, public relations feel. When sustainable practices shaped a Gatorade plant, there was actual meat on the bones.

Manufacturing is as much about people as machinery, and when both groups represent different cultures and languages, harmonious production can be a challenge. In the short history of Nong Shim Foods Inc., multi-cultural machines and humans are beginning to mesh.

At Select Milk, pasteurization and packaging are minor parts of the process.

Producer organizations like Meadowbrook Farms are taking the lead in building modern processing facilities by reshaping the cooperative approach.

When aseptic processing adds cost, the technology is a hard sell. But three entrepreneurs prove it can be a cost-saving process.