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Ardent Mills, a Denver-based flour milling and ingredient company, celebrated the opening of Ardent Mills’ new Port Redwing Mill in Gibsonton, Florida

Site Locations

Key issues in locating food manufacturing sites

Based on FE’s 45th Annual Plant Construction Survey, two hot button site location topics are availability of labor and a reliable supply chain

Wayne Labs

May 11, 2022

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For locating facilities, operators look for geographical areas with an employable workforce and adequate logistics.

Saving energy: Steam generators and retorts

Steam generators are efficient by design, but today’s retorts have improved efficiency, thanks to intelligent controls and ancillary equipment

Wayne Labs

March 22, 2022

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Steam generators are known for their efficiency and saving energy, and retorts have been notorious users of steam. What have retorts done lately to save energy?

Fried chicken sandwich breading factory Kerry Rome Georgia

Plant Openings

Kerry opens upgraded coatings and breadcrumbs facility in Georgia

The $136 million project features sustainability benefits throughout

March 16, 2022

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The $136 million, 316,000-square-foot project features sustainability benefits throughout.

Brewery converts spent grains to protein

Protein Recovery

Bavarian brewery testing a method to upcycle protein from spent brewers’ grains

In the past, spent brewers’ grains either went to farms, or brewers spent money to haul them away

February 7, 2022

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Spent brewers’ grains not only provide a source of energy for a brewery, but can also provide a salable, high-value protein.

Mackie’s of Scotland makes ice cream from its own dairy herd

Spiral freezers

Spiral freezer provides quality ice cream maker efficient, environmentally friendly operation

Based on carbon dioxide refrigerant, the freezer is not only friendly to the environment but also safe to use, providing consistent product freezing

Wayne Labs

August 5, 2021

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Mackie’s of Scotland has been producing luxury ice cream using milk and dairy from its own herd since 1986 from its fourth generation family farm in Aberdeenshire. Recently, cooling equipment experts at Starfrost, a full-service global refrigeration supplier specializing in CO₂ and ammonia systems, partnered with Mackie’s of Scotland to install highly efficient freezing technology to improve and expand ice cream production at its dairy.

Manufacturing News

Regenerative agriculture initiative seeks worldwide participation

The group supports agribusinesses in transitioning to practices that increase soil health, enhance biodiversity, sequester carbon and improve water management

Wayne Labs

November 25, 2020

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Global regenerative agriculture initiative regenagri supports farms and organizations that wish to transition to holistic farming techniques.

Food Engineering’s 2020 Sustainable Plant of the Year

MycoTechnology commits to a sustainable culture

Casey Laughman

November 2, 2020

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MycoTechnology, a Colorado-based manufacturer of mushroom-based protein powder, wins the 2020 Food Engineering Sustainable Plant of the Year award for its commitment to sustainability in design, construction and operations.

Editor's Note

It’s been a strange year, but we have to find ways to be sustainable

Think about managing water, energy and waste in new ways

Casey Laughman

October 30, 2020

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Food and beverage manufacturers must keep looking for new ways to improve sustainability with water, energy and waste.

Frito-Lay freight facility project in Modesto, Calif.

Partner with utilities to cut costs, improve your corporate sustainability image

Learn about resources to save money on power and be a good steward of natural resources

Wayne Labs

October 19, 2020

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Learn how food and beverage manufacturers partner with energy companies and utilities to save money on power and improve their sustainability image.

Engineering R&D

New desiccant technology uses ceramic material

Loose beads are no longer required for compressed air systems

Wayne Labs

August 14, 2020

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Atlas Copco has recently come up with a more durable and effective ceramic desiccant material called Cerades.

More Articles Tagged with 'energy efficiency'

EVENTS

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5/1/14 to 11/30/25

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Saving Energy Without Capital Investment

On Demand Energy savings is a hot topic these days, and everywhere you turn, someone's got something for you to buy to improve energy efficiency in your plant. Yet there are practical things you can do right now, with minimal to no additional investment, that can yield big gains in energy efficiency...

Webinar

5/22/19

Contact: Vania

Key Essentials to Powder Handling: Increasing Consistency and Efficiency in High Shear Mixing

ON DEMAND: Getting a consistent and seamless flow of powder ingredients from your powder handling equipment to your mixing equipment can be a challenge. Product quality, capacity and energy use all suffer as a result of inconsistencies in powder flow. Inconsistencies can affect future steps in the production process and lead to unnecessary down time.

Webinar

6/30/21 to 6/30/22

Contact: Kelly

How a Climate Control Efficiency Analysis Can Save Energy and Money

On Demand Join Rittal’s climate efficiency experts for an in-depth look at how they perform inventories and analyses of companies’ existing climate control solutions to find opportunities for reducing energy usage, minimizing the company’s carbon footprint, and finding cost savings.

ON DEMAND Tune into this Food Engineering Webinar to learn how other manufacturing businesses with <$250 million in annual revenue are setting priorities and managing their current realities.

Today’s F&B leaders need the agility to respond to a rapidly changing market while growing their business to take advantage of new opportunities, improve food safety, minimize waste, and provide greater supply chain transparency.

Items Tagged with 'energy efficiency'

ARTICLES

Key issues in locating food manufacturing sites

Saving energy: Steam generators and retorts

Kerry opens upgraded coatings and breadcrumbs facility in Georgia

Bavarian brewery testing a method to upcycle protein from spent brewers’ grains

Spiral freezer provides quality ice cream maker efficient, environmentally friendly operation

Regenerative agriculture initiative seeks worldwide participation

Food Engineering’s 2020 Sustainable Plant of the Year

It’s been a strange year, but we have to find ways to be sustainable

Partner with utilities to cut costs, improve your corporate sustainability image

New desiccant technology uses ceramic material

EVENTS

Webinar

Saving Energy Without Capital Investment

Webinar

Key Essentials to Powder Handling: Increasing Consistency and Efficiency in High Shear Mixing

Webinar

How a Climate Control Efficiency Analysis Can Save Energy and Money

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