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Inductive Automation selected the recipients of its Ignition Firebrand Awards for 2018, which were presented at the recent Ignition Community Conference (ICC) in September, 2018. Several entries included food applications.

Leading French dairy cooperative Maitres Laitiers du Cotentin (MLC) has deployed a combination of Quantum Corporation’s DXi deduplication appliances and Veeam software to meet the challenges of skyrocketing data growth and malware threats.

A radical transformation of the food processing industry is required, starting with the c-suite getting out of its comfort zone and embracing the ability to imagine the meal of the future, says Roy Henderson, CEO of Green Cell Technologies.

Tippmann Innovation of Fort Wayne, Ind. recently completed a cold-chain assessment for Wawa Inc., one of the nation’s leading convenience store chains. Over the last 60 years, Wawa has developed a reputation for the highest quality products in the country.

From seed production to farming to food processing, agriculture technology (AgTech) is fast becoming an answer to growing global food shortages. The city of Atlanta has decided to get an early start on finding solutions to future food shortages.

Severin Weiss, CEO of SpecPage and an expert in integrated software process solutions for recipe-based food and beverage processors, thinks PLM (product lifecycle management) and PDM (product data management) are two sets of tools that can help food processors avoid using fraudulent ingredients from less-than-scrupulous suppliers.

Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-op, has instituted a new way for employees to spend time outside their day jobs on internal company projects which would normally be outside their scope of work as defined by their job description. This match-making system is designed to enable employees with talent and skills they don’t normally use to get involved in projects that are exciting, but normally not open to them.