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Food Engineering Plant Construction Survey
Plant Construction Survey

Food Engineering’s 43rd Annual Plant Construction Survey

COVID-19 overshadows project planning and construction while decreasing already short labor supplies
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
June 3, 2020
Construction remains steady in the food and beverage industry, but the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not yet known.
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FE 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey
2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey: Part 2

The quest for the ideal food manufacturing site

Architectural and engineering design/build firms explain the site-related, key issues facing processors as they plan to renovate or build a new facility
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
June 3, 2020
While we've looked at the key issues - including COVID-19 - facing food processors and A&E/Cs this year in FE's 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey, there's a lot more to discuss.
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FE 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey
2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey: Part 3

FSMA: Getting to the security aspects of food

You’d think FSMA is a done-deal, but not so much for food defense and intentional adulteration, which still need attention in facility design
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
June 3, 2020
While we've looked at the key issues - including COVID-19 - facing food processors and A&E/Cs this year in FE's 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey, there's a lot more to discuss.
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FE 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey
2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey: Part 4

Plan a total, plant-wide automation system to improve facility performance and agility

Integrating all the systems on a line is important, but why stop there? Why not include HVAC, refrigeration, boilers, energy management, etc. to get total control?
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
June 3, 2020
While we've looked at the key issues - including COVID-19 - facing food processors and A&E/Cs this year in FE's 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey, there's a lot more to discuss.
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The Allpax automated retort system featuring shuttle car transport and rigid chain loader/unloader, shown here, removes workers from the laborious and injury prone activity of pushing heavy baskets, top right, to and from and into and out of a retort.
Retort design improvements

Retort loading/unloading system removes the push-pull chain drive

A real engineering improvement, Allpax’s new design is simpler, requires fewer periodic adjustments and reduces parts wear
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
May 21, 2020
Real engineering improvements make things simpler to operate and maintain
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2020 PLEX State of Manufacturing Technology Report
Manufacturing News

Study reveals manufacturers face new competition as biggest growth obstacle in 2020

But when it comes to adopting new technologies, food and beverage manufacturers are out in front of other industrial categories
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
May 19, 2020

The results are in for PLEX’s State of Manufacturing Report 2020, and they show the food and beverage industry is in many ways out in front of other industries in terms of adopting new technologies to maximize efficiency, competitiveness and profits.


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Watson-Marlow Beer Brewing Study 2020
Manufacturing News

Beer choices abound: Great for consumers but tough on large brewers

New technologies like AI and IIoT sensors plus horizontal distribution will give craft and microbreweries an edge over megalithic breweries
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
May 19, 2020
The brewery industry has been in a state of change, and craft and microbreweries are ready to adopt technology to give large, institutional brewers a run for their money, says a new study
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security guard

Protecting against physical violence

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
May 11, 2020
While we can't pretend to cover in one article what an entire publication devoted to security does, we will look at some key pointers in keeping employees safer in the workplace.
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Omnichain architecture
Engineering R&D

Omnichain's predictive analytics inform decisions

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
May 8, 2020
Though relatively new, blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT) applied in food and beverage can speed up tracebacks from days to seconds. One innovator—Pratik Soni, founder and CEO of Omnichain—is already taking blockchain technologies to the next level.
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2020 Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan
Manufacturing News

FDA takes measures to promote the microbiological safety of leafy greens

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
May 4, 2020
To combat recurring food safety issues, FDA has come up with a plan for 2020, called the "2020 Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan."
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