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Automation

The food processing industry needs automation to succeed

Bob Grote CEO Grote Company
Bob Grote
March 14, 2022

A long list of concerns continues to keep businesses in the food processing industry on their toes. Inflation. Supply chain issues. Hiring challenges. The pandemic. However, a connective thread runs through these four: automation.


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Production To Fork Cultured Meat Manufacturing Facility
Editor's Note

What’s in a Name?

Michael Costa
Michael Costa
March 9, 2022

The cultivated meat industry is still in its infancy, and like many other burgeoning technologies—food or otherwise—the actual agreed-upon name for what the finished product will be called is being debated by those who make it.


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Michael Costa
Editor's Note

New for 2022

Michael Costa
Michael Costa
January 10, 2022

A new year and new opportunities are in motion for the industry, after a (sometimes) bumpy but successful 2021.


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Michael Costa
Editor's Note

A Continuing Story

Michael Costa
Michael Costa
November 9, 2021

Hello! I’m Michael Costa, the new editor-in-chief at FOOD ENGINEERING.


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A new editor-in-chief for Food Engineering
Editor’s Note

An ending and a beginning

A new editor-in-chief takes the reins of Food Engineering
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
October 11, 2021

Editor-in-chief Casey Laughman says goodbye to the food and beverage industry.


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FE August 2021 Editors Note: Plant of the Year, Keurig Dr Pepper. Photo courtesy of Keurig Dr Pepper
Editor's Note

Plant of the Year Submissions Show Innovation Abounds

Food and beverage plants continue to push the envelope of innovation
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
August 12, 2021
What Keurig Dr Pepper and Cuisine Solutions—and the other submissions we received for this year's Engineering Plant of the Year and Sustainable Plant of the Year award—do have in common is the level of innovation and creative solutions present throughout the plants.


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Man Loading Produce Boxes into Back of Truck
Editor's Note

Supply chain challenges aren't going away

A look at the State of Food Manufacturing survey reveals some major concerns
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
July 30, 2021
Annual survey shows what's top of mind for processors.
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Fix on the fly
Editor's Note

Fixing it on the fly

We plan and prepare, but sometimes timing is everything
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
June 4, 2021

We had a minor snag with one of the feature stories for this issue.


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Mars
Editor's Note

What does the future hold?

Whether inventions or iterations, technology and our understanding of it continue to hold untapped potential
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
May 5, 2021

There’s a helicopter on Mars.

It’s still pretty amazing to be able to type those words. 


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Innovative Solutions
Editor's Note

Looking for innovative solutions

Food and beverage processors explore new ways of doing what they’ve always done
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
April 1, 2021

Food and beverage processors look for new ways to improve operations while facing the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.


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