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Home » Multimedia » Image Galleries » 2013 Plant of the Year Gallery

2013 Plant of the Year Gallery

Chobani was chosen as Food Engineering’s 2013 Plant of the Year. Chobani's brand-new Twin Falls facility continues to evolve while keeping up with the American public's insatiable demand for Greek yogurt.

yogurt chobani twin falls
walking on ceiling chobani
chobani boiler room food plant
cartoning pick and place chobani
walking corridor led lighting chobani
eriez xray system chobani
Chobani tubes filler tubes
frick ammonia compressors chobani
GE ro system water boilers chobani
gea separator greek yogurt
storage dry space green fabric air duct
germenting yogurt cultures chobani
lid sealing cups nova line
pick place system cartoning chobani
raw milk delivered chobani
led lighting separator room
chobani hepa filtered ducts
sleeving machine yogurt cups chobani
raw milk delivered chobani
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yogurt chobani twin falls

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Yogurt maturation tanks stand outside Chobani Twin Fall, ID plant.

walking on ceiling chobani

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Chobani’s walkable ceiling lets technicians and engineers drop piping and lines into the process area without creating any dust or causing interruptions in the process area.

chobani boiler room food plant

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Chobani’s boiler room currently houses five 800hp boilers (four are visible) producing 124,200 lbs./hr. of steam.

cartoning pick and place chobani

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A pick-and-place machine retrieves filled and capped cups and places them in cartons.
walking corridor led lighting chobani

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The main corridor provides plenty of space for people and uses LED lighting. Stairs to the walkable ceiling are through the left exit doors.

eriez xray system chobani

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Eriez X-ray systems are used on all lines to check for foreign materials.

Chobani tubes filler tubes

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Four flavors for Chobani’s Tubes are filled on this equipment.

frick ammonia compressors chobani

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Frick ammonia compressors provide the cooling for the plant, located in a detached, 28,000-sq.-ft. building.

GE ro system water boilers chobani

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A GE RO system provides clean, makeup water for the boilers.

gea separator greek yogurt

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A GEA Westfalia separator produces Greek yogurt.

storage dry space green fabric air duct

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Incoming storage space for cartons is served by a green fabric air duct.

germenting yogurt cultures chobani

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The lab checks the progression of fermenting yogurt cultures for quality.

lid sealing cups nova line

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Lid sealing of cups is performed on a high-speed NOVA line.

pick place system cartoning chobani

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Yogurt cups go through lanes to be picked up by the pick-and-place system for cartoning.

raw milk delivered chobani

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Raw milk is delivered at Chobani. Trucks are weighed before and after to verify delivery quantities.

led lighting separator room

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One of the separator rooms is lit by LED lighting.

chobani hepa filtered ducts

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The sleeving room at Chobani has a white air duct, indicating HEPA-filtered air.

sleeving machine yogurt cups chobani

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A sleeving machine prepares the labels to go on yogurt cups.

raw milk delivered chobani

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The control room for raw milk delivery checks weights, off-loads milk and has CIP functionality.

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