Plant of the Year

Annual award honoring a food or beverage plant as the best example of manufacturing excellence

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Valley Milk milk powder processing plant

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Adaptability and flexibility are critical components of project planning

Casey Laughman

April 15, 2019

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Being able to adapt on the fly is great, but it's a lot easier to do when you've accounted for as many potential contingencies as possible.

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Plant of the Year 2019: Valley Milk's new facility aids vertical integration

Milk processor pushes the envelope at every opportunity, earns Food Engineering award

Casey Laughman

March 28, 2019

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A collaboration among several dairy families and nutritionists in California's Central Valley led to the construction of a milk processing facility that exceeds expectations.

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Valley Milk LLC wins the 2019 Food Engineering Plant of the Year

Milk powder manufacturing facility honored for its commitment to sustainability and quality

Casey Laughman

January 7, 2019

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Valley Milk LLC has been named the winner of the 2019 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award for its new milk powder manufacturing facility in Turlock, Calif.

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Inside the 2018 Food Plant of the Year: Kraft Heinz

Advanced automation simplifies deli meat production at winning Kraft Heinz food plant

Debra Schug

April 9, 2018

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Food Engineering recognizes Kraft Heinz as its 2018 Food Plant of the Year. The first completed greenfield project for one of the largest food companies in the world results in a truly state-of-the art deli meat processing facility.

Food Engineering Plant of the Year and Sustainable Plant of the Year winners announced

Food Engineering recognizes two outstanding food plants, Kraft Heinz and Dairy Farmers of America.

Debra Schug

January 9, 2018

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Both awards will be presented at Food Engineering’s Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point in Bonita Springs, Fla. held April 8-11, 2018.

Food Engineering Plant of the Year 2017: Abbott Nutrition

High-tech production of science-based nutritionals

Debra Schug

April 11, 2017

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Abbott’s plant uses state-of-the-art equipment and advanced automation for safe, quality and efficient operations.

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Plant of the Year and Sustainable Plant of the Year winners announced

Food Engineering recognizes two outstanding plants

Debra Schug

December 21, 2016

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Food Engineering’s 2017 Plant of the Year goes to Abbott Nutrition.

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Food Plant of the Year 2016: SugarCreek brings home more than the bacon

Though SugarCreek started out as a bacon processor, its newest high-tech plant is poised for growth as consumers demand more sophisticated RTE food products.

Wayne Labs

April 8, 2016

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Yes, bacon has lately become a trend or fad, leaping its way out of the breakfast frying pan into food creations where it would have seemed an unlikely ingredient just a few years ago.

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Food Plant of the Year 2015: Mars Chocolate is lean, green and poised for growth

Wayne Labs

April 6, 2015

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As a kid growing up on a poultry farm, I couldn’t wait to help my dad truck cases of eggs to the local co-op, but I confess to an ulterior motive—hitting the candy machine just inside the door for a SNICKERS bar.

Two bulk and three bag packaging lines accurately fill 25- or 50-lb. bags or 2,000-lb. totes before sealing, labeling and palletizing. Photo by Candy Padilla.

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Plant of the Year 2014: Excellence and efficiency at Blue Diamond

Mikell Knights

April 8, 2014

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Built from a foundation of emerging collaboration tools and a unique, cross-functional, interdisciplinary approach, Blue Diamond Growers achieves its manufacturing goals with its new “dream” plant.

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Adaptability and flexibility are critical components of project planning

Plant of the Year 2019: Valley Milk's new facility aids vertical integration

Valley Milk LLC wins the 2019 Food Engineering Plant of the Year

Inside the 2018 Food Plant of the Year: Kraft Heinz

Food Engineering Plant of the Year and Sustainable Plant of the Year winners announced

Food Engineering Plant of the Year 2017: Abbott Nutrition

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Food Plant of the Year 2016: SugarCreek brings home more than the bacon

Food Plant of the Year 2015: Mars Chocolate is lean, green and poised for growth

Plant of the Year 2014: Excellence and efficiency at Blue Diamond

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