Joshua Friesz

Joshua Friesz is a global product manager for Emerson’s Automation Solutions business located in Shakopee, Minn. He currently works with Rosemount™ branded products and is focused on finding solutions for customers in the food and beverage or life science industries. Friesz joined Emerson in 2012 and holds a BSEE from North Dakota State University.

Instrumentation & control

Use the right instrumentation to improve batch manufacturing

Ditch the antiquated clipboard and meet quality and regulatory demands with digital instrumentation, and get more consistent batches

Joshua Friesz

Nicole Meidl

March 10, 2020

Ensure the consistency of each batch with on-line instrumentation.

Hygiene

Advanced instrumentation technologies provide versatility in food and beverage applications

As more advanced instruments are available with hygienic configurations, processors find new ways to use these capabilities to improve plant performance

Joshua Friesz

August 19, 2019

In the food and beverage industry, any process instrument used for temperature, pressure, flow or level measurement that contacts product must meet hygienic requirements designed to provide cleanable surfaces and avoid areas capable of retaining contaminants or facilitating bacteria growth. These rules exist for good reason, but until recently machinery and process designers had to settle for workable but basic instrumentation due to the limited configurations available for meeting sanitary requirements.

Join Lynn Dornblaser, Client Advisor at Mintel, and Alyse Thompson-Richards, Editor-in-Chief of FOOD ENGINEERING, as they break down the 2026 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies and discuss the factors affecting this year’s rankings.

Explore food safety strategies that strengthen sanitation, risk management, operational efficiency, and compliance across foodservice and facility environments.