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FOOD ENGINEERING honors the most innovative new food or beverage plant built in North America each year. The automation strategy, processing and packaging line design, and supply chain management plan of each plant project submitted are reviewed.

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Food Engineering Plant of the Year Award
Plant of the Year

Submit your entries for Food Engineering's 2023 Plant of the Year award

Entries are due January 31
December 21, 2022
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We are now accepting entries for the 2023 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award. Submissions are due Tuesday, January 31, and eligible facilities need to have been completed in 2022 and opened by January 31, 2023.



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2022 Plant of the Year: Bell & Evans

Our 2022 winner established a new benchmark for innovation and efficiency in a poultry plant, while elevating employee and animal welfare.
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Michael Costa
August 1, 2022
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Bell & Evans earned our 2022 award by establishing a new benchmark for innovation and efficiency in a poultry plant, while elevating employee and animal welfare.


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Food Engineering Plant of the Year Award
Plant of the Year

Submit your entries for Food Engineering's 2022 Plant of the Year award

Entries are due February 28
January 19, 2022
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We are now accepting entries for the 2022 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award. Submissions are due Friday, March 4, and eligible facilities need to have been completed in 2021 and opened by January 31, 2022.



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Food Engineering Plant of the Year Award
Plant of the Year

Submit your entries for Food Engineering's 2022 Plant of the Year award

January 19, 2022
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We are now accepting entries for the 2022 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award. Submissions are due Friday, March 4, and eligible facilities need to have been completed in 2021 and opened by January 31, 2022.



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FE August 2021 Plant of the Year: Keurig Dr Pepper Facility. Photos courtesy of Keurig Dr Pepper
Plant of the Year | Just What The Dr Ordered

Keurig Dr Pepper Earns the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year Award

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Casey Laughman
August 2, 2021
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Keurig Dr Pepper wins the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award for its production facility and regional distribution center in Allentown, Pennsylania.
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Keurig Dr Pepper wins 2021 Plant of the Year

Cuisine Solutions wins Sustainable Plant of the Year
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Casey Laughman
February 15, 2021
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Keurig Dr Pepper’s 1.5-million-sq.-ft. production facility and distribution center in Allentown, Pa., has been named the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year. Cuisine Solutions was named winner of the 2021 Sustainable Plant of the Year for its plant in San Antonio.


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Plant of the Year

Submissions open for Food Engineering's 2021 Plant of the Year award

Submissions due by Jan. 31, 202
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Casey Laughman
October 19, 2020
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Submissions for the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award are now open.


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Smucker's Longmont, Colorado plant
Plant of the Year

​J.M. Smucker wins 2020 Food Engineering Plant of the Year​

Red-hot demand for ice-cold sandwiches drives J.M. Smucker’s growth
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Casey Laughman
April 13, 2020
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J.M. Smucker's Longmont, Colo. facility is the 2020 Food Engineering Plant of the Year.
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Plant of the Year
Plant of the Year

J.M. Smucker wins 2020 Food Engineering Plant of the Year

MycoTechnology wins Sustainable Plant of the Year
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Casey Laughman
January 7, 2020
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J.M. Smucker’s Longmont, Colo. production facility has been named the 2020 Food Engineering Plant of the Year.


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Plant of the Year

One week left to submit for the 2020 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award

Submissions due by Dec. 13
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Casey Laughman
September 9, 2019
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Submissions are now open for the 2020 Food Engineering Plant of the Year.


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Food Engineering’s 2018 Food Plant of the Year: Kraft Heinz

Take a look at Food Engineering’s 2018 Plant of the Year—Kraft Heinz’s Davenport, IA facility!

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Northeast Foods -Automatic Rolls of NC

Automatic Rolls of North Carolina was chosen as Food Engineering’s 2012 Plant of the Year.The Paterakis family owns Baltimore-based Northeast Foods, a commercial baking powerhouse with 13 production facilities either owned outright or in partnership. Five are part of the Northeast Foods group that stretches from Connecticut to Clayton, NC, where the newest plant began production in May 2011.

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