Articles by Kevin T. Higgins

Acoustic engineers are using attenuation, backscattering and other measurements of sound waves to deliver unobtrusive, low-cost inspection tools for food processors.

More options and new applications pique interest.

The man who invented the stretch wrapper for palletizing 36 years ago is spending his golden years reinventing the machine. 

Lasers can etch tracking codes on eggs, melons and other types of natural packaging. They also can inscribe ads and other promotional messages.

For many products, batch processing begins at a mixer. Thanks to technological advances, continuous mixing systems are making batch an option, not a necessity.

Best practices in technology deployment and human relations distinguish manufacturing’s masters of automation.

A label embedded with a biosensor to detect bacterial spoilage in packaged foods is expected to make its national debut this month.

Condition monitoring has eluded food and beverage manufacturing for the most part, but the video component of that technology is carving out a troubleshooting niche.

After 2007’s procession of food-safety recalls, are consumers saying “Ho-hum or “Uh-oh”?

The sustainability bandwagon is groaning under the weight of corporations climbing aboard. The time for water resource management has never been better.