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Fab Food Plant: Going to the dogs (and cats)

Petsource by Scoular partnered with Gray for the design/build of its new pet food processing facility in Nebraska

October 29, 2021

As the pet food industry has grown, so has the need for quality ingredients. Pet food brand owners seek natural foods with high protein and clean label options as owners treat their dogs and cats as family members.

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Pod Pack’s ERP system keeps the coffee moving

Company turns to DELMIAworks to help meet demand

Casey Laughman

December 1, 2020

Pod Pack, a Baton Rouge, La.-based coffee processor, turned to the DELMIAworks ERP system to help keep up with demand. The new system has allowed to company to adapt quickly to changing conditions and be prepared for future growth.

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Clif Bar’s visual bakery project has the company ahead of the game

Casey Laughman

June 30, 2020

Clif Bar's Twin Falls bakery was named Food Engineering’s Sustainable Plant of the Year in 2017. The Indianapolis bakery has a different—although equally successful—story to tell.

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How Prestage Foods of Iowa built a state-of-the-art pork processing plant

Sharon Spielman

December 9, 2019

Producing more than 1.4 billion pounds of pork and turkey annually, the Prestage Farms family of companies employs more than 2,700 associates and is affiliated with more than 470 farm families across the U.S.

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Fabulous Food Plants: Design, build, succeed

The decision to build a new food plant or upgrade usually comes down to which option will keep processors competitive

Wayne Labs

August 12, 2019

These projects show that renovations and new facilities aren't just for the billion-dollar food and beverage processors. Small and medium-sized processors can benefit from properly scaled and engineered solutions too.

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Hispanic Cheese Makers' fabulous food plant sets the bar for reducing waste

Hispanic Cheese Makers’ wastewater lagoons are a big project, but a small part of the company’s overall sustainability goal

Casey Laughman

December 12, 2018

What Hispanic Cheese Makers is doing with its wastewater and with its sustainability efforts overall makes it a model for producers looking for ways to be sustainable and good neighbors, and it’s why Hispanic Cheese Makers is being featured as a Fabulous Food Plant.

Seaboard Triumph Foods' Sioux City facility

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Food quality, employee safety reign supreme at Seaboard Triumph Foods

This Fab Food Plant began operations in September, 2017 with a fully staﬀed ﬁrst shift, processing 10,500 hogs per day

Wayne Labs

August 3, 2018

There is not a single aspect of the Seaboard Triumph Foods pork processing facility in Sioux City, Iowa, that does not pay attention to detail.

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How Ben & Jerry's successfully manages its plants

An inside look at the ice cream maker’s St. Albans, Vt. facility, which is preparing for a significant expansion

Debra Schug

December 11, 2017

Ben & Jerry's company principles drive the operations and the floor workers at the company’s ice cream factory in St. Albans, Vt.

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Hausbeck Pickle Co. produces pickles and peppers on a prodigious scale

The Hausbeck Pickle Co. in Michigan is nearly 100 years old and produces pickles and peppers for fast food restaurants, such as Subway and Burger King.

Crystal Lindell

October 11, 2017

Most people have likely never heard of The Hausbeck Pickle Co. in Saginaw, MI, but there’s a good chance they’ve had one of its pickles, banana peppers or jalapeños.

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Innovation, tradition make Sanders and Morley Candy Makers a fabulous food plant

Confectioner insists on making caramel the old-fashioned way, but also recently installed two new lines and has moved toward clean-ingredient labels.

Crystal Lindell

October 10, 2017

Sanders and Morley Candy Makers, which first worked its way into the hearts of those who live in Michigan with factory tours for school kids, is beloved in its home state and is growing nationally.

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.