Articles by Kevin T. Higgins

Sanitary design has become a priority in all types of plant equipment. A Florida fabricator of conveyors drew his inspiration from an unlikely source.

Third-party reviews of processing equipments' sanitary design and fabrication promise to raise the food safety bar for pumps and valves.

The food industry's ashbin is littered with innovative technology that never made it to market. The self-heating can is one that beat the odds.

When energy prices rise, engineers have a much easier time selling management on the benefits of efficient systems.

Scientists in Tennessee are applying digital mapping technology to learn how lethal bacteria move from the farm to a food plant and, ultimately, the human gut.

Maintaining or improving product quality and food safety compounds the challenge for faster filling machines.

What's Your Action Plan? A thorough action plan to deal with a product recall will determine how forgiving customers and consumers will be.

Hershey Foods and Smithfield Packing Co. were among the honorees in packaging award competitions held in conjunction with the recent PACK EXPO Las Vegas show.

Bag-in-box packaging for wine has been the butt of countless bad jokes, though consumers in Europe and especially Australia have embraced this alternative to the glass bottle for a wide variety of wines.

Better applications of new and existing solutions can help managers run their plant maintenance programs smarter and more effectively.