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Manufacturing News

Connected, secure automation yields positive results

March 5, 2015

Doing more with fewer resources. Big data.

TECH FLASH

ISA, Automation Federation applaud kickoff of 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition

More than 75,000 high school students compete in programs celebrating science and technology.

Jeremy Gerrard

January 23, 2015

Working with adult mentors, students have six weeks to design, build, program and test their robots to meet the season’s engineering challenge, RECYCLE RUSH.

Sanitary Plant Design

A clean slate: Use it wisely

Not all processors have the luxury of picking a new property to build a food or beverage plant, but when they do, several factors affect sanitary design.

Wayne Labs

December 2, 2014

Starting with a clean slate is usually easier than renovating an older facility to catch up with food safety specifications as shown in the Food Engineering November 2014 article, “Renovate for the right reasons.”

Plant Renovations

Renovate for the right reasons

Wayne Labs

November 5, 2014

You’ve received a less-than-stellar audit as you’re preparing for GFSI accreditation—not a good sign that your facility will also pass FSMA muster

Manufacturing News

The empathetic 21st-century engineer

Wayne Labs

November 5, 2014

While Dr. Frankenstein brought life to his creation, the result wasn’t exactly a warm, compassionate, empathetic being.

Technology Sourcebook

Carbon-graphite material

June 3, 2014

Metcar Grade M-133 self-lubricating carbon-graphite material is approved to the National Sanitation Foundation Standard NSF 51-2012 for materials used in the construction of commercial food equipment.

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.

Plant of the Year

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

Mikell Knights

April 8, 2014

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.

TECH FLASH

Southern Idaho sees food manufacturer influx

The region attracted $800 million in food company investments that created 5,000 jobs last year.

Shane O'Halloran

February 26, 2014

Seven projects were announced over 10 months in 2013.

TECH FLASH

Building information modeling allows better decisions based on workflow, budget and energy costs

Three-dimensional visualization allows designers to identify potential problems early on.

Shane O'Halloran

January 14, 2014

Energy use and efficiency also benefit from building information modeling.

chaobani separation room man working factory

Plant of the Year

Plant of the Year 2013: Chobani

Chobani's brand-new Twin Falls facility continues to evolve while keeping up with the American public's insatiable demand for Greek yogurt.

Wayne Labs

April 9, 2013

Chobani time might be defined as the time it takes a new company, which started in 2005, to rise to the top in US Greek yogurt sales in 2012, claiming 47.3 percent of the US market, according to AdAge, June 6, 2012.