From November 2021 to November 2022 we’ve covered the launches of many innovative new plant products hitting the market—472 articles to be exact. All of us at FE wanted to look back at these products to find the top 10 most impressive and eye-catching machines, energy solutions, AI technology and more.

Batory Foods, a national distributor of food and ingredients, has acquired Sweetener Solutions, a Savannah, Ga.-based company specializing in custom sweetener formulation, precision blending and specialty portion packaging.

The HS-100 and HS-300 series benchtop dispersers can mix up to 5 gallons of materials at a time—ideal for a wide range of high shear applications within labs, pilot plants and small-scale production environments.

A line of bag dump stations automatically captures bulk materials discharged from bags and stages the powders, granules, tablets and/or pellets for transfer into storage or directly into a production process.

The BatchPro-SA automation application module was designed for batching of solids and liquids, such as ingredient batching in feed, recipe batching in baking and food, rubber compounding and other industrial applications. 

A series of stainless steel plastic chain conveyors was built to transport both full and empty cases of food product through nearly 50 ft. of conveyance.

The Turbo Compact Mixing (TCM) module offers integrated feeding with continuous mixing on a compact footprint.

The WOK can be used for controlled searing, cooking, simmering and browning. 

The BATCH FORMULA PRO High Shear Test Mixer optimizes mixing and processing times for products with varying viscosities, such as mayonnaise, dressings, sauces, beverages, dairy and more.

When the UK-based pre-fried and frozen potato producer Agristo was looking to expand its production, they turned to Ajax Equipment—a company that had supplied the first three mixers at the potato plant.