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Annual listing of food and beverage plant projects over $1 million planned, underway or completed.
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Automation, especially on the packaging and material handling side of an operation can assume a lot of jobs that are boring and tiring
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Automation beyond COVID: It’s about labor, labor, labor

Food processors have found labor scarce, difficult to retain and in need of ongoing training; automation can help fill these positions
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May 16, 2022
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Processors are turning to automation to fill jobs where people are unavailable



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Plant Construction Survey
Plant Construction Survey

Food Engineering’s 44th annual plant construction survey

Pandemic spawns solutions to supply chain and processing woes
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May 25, 2021
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Construction of new food and beverage plants continues to see a strong upward trend despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.


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Plant Construction Survey

Food Engineering’s 43rd Annual Plant Construction Survey

COVID-19 overshadows project planning and construction while decreasing already short labor supplies
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June 3, 2020
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Construction remains steady in the food and beverage industry, but the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not yet known.
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FE 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey
2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey: Part 2

The quest for the ideal food manufacturing site

Architectural and engineering design/build firms explain the site-related, key issues facing processors as they plan to renovate or build a new facility
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June 3, 2020
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While we've looked at the key issues - including COVID-19 - facing food processors and A&E/Cs this year in FE's 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey, there's a lot more to discuss.
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FE 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey
2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey: Part 3

FSMA: Getting to the security aspects of food

You’d think FSMA is a done-deal, but not so much for food defense and intentional adulteration, which still need attention in facility design
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June 3, 2020
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While we've looked at the key issues - including COVID-19 - facing food processors and A&E/Cs this year in FE's 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey, there's a lot more to discuss.
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FE 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey
2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey: Part 4

Plan a total, plant-wide automation system to improve facility performance and agility

Integrating all the systems on a line is important, but why stop there? Why not include HVAC, refrigeration, boilers, energy management, etc. to get total control?
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June 3, 2020
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While we've looked at the key issues - including COVID-19 - facing food processors and A&E/Cs this year in FE's 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey, there's a lot more to discuss.
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Plant Construction Survey

Food Engineering's 2019 Plant Construction Survey shows tax cuts spur investment

Federal tax cuts have encouraged upgrades to existing food plants and construction of new plants, but finding qualified labor remains a sticking point
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June 1, 2019
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Food Engineering's annual construction survey shows that tax cuts have encouraged construction and renovations, but the labor shortage is affecting those projects as well.
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Plant Construction Survey

2018 Plant Construction Survey: Rising Rate of Food & Beverage Plant Renovations/Expansions

Many food & beverage processors are renovating/expanding their existing plants to meet FSMA and consumer demands.
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June 8, 2018
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Food Engineering's 41st annual Plant Construction Survey reveals that the ratio of the number of plant renovations and expansions versus new, greenfield projects has again risen from last year, indicating several owners and operators are trying to stay put.
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2017 Plant Construction Survey

2017 Food Plant Construction Survey: Safety, consumers drive expansion

Processors realize that existing facilities must be updated and expanded to meet food safety regulations and increasing and challenging customer demands
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June 9, 2017
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Renovating and expanding older facilities beats building new by a factor of 5 to 2.
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39th Plant Construction Survey
Plant Construction Survey

39th Annual Plant Construction Survey: Projects peak as consumer demands grow

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June 7, 2016
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We thought we hit a peak when 2014’s total reportable food and beverage plant construction projects numbered 635. But, the number of construction projects recorded in 2015 is 9.29 percent greater and is the highest number in the last 10 years.
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