Fabulous Food Plant: Paramount Citrus
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Truck Receiving Area
The Pre-sort Line
Cold Storage
The Packaging Room
The Packaging Room, Up Close
Palletizers prepare the clementines for shipping
Alvey 910 palletizers get the Halos clementines ready to go to shipping. Source: Paramount Citrus Packing Company.
The roof at Paramount's new plant contains solar cells
Most of the roof at Paramount’s new plant contains solar cells that produce 2.7 MW of power per year. Source: Paramount Citrus Packing Company.
Natural gas-driven fuel cells from Bloom Energy at Paramount Citrus
Natural gas-driven fuel cells from Bloom Energy create 1.6 MW without combustion. Source: Paramount Citrus Packing Company.
This pre-grading line is the first step in sorting
This pre-grading line is the first step in sorting, which is followed by a final grading line. Source: Paramount Citrus Packing Company.
Both the pre-grade and packaging lines provide washing, drying and waxing of Halos clementines
Both the pre-grade and packaging lines provide washing, drying and waxing of Halos clementines. Source: Paramount Citrus Packing Company.
Packaging line 1 of 5 grades and sorts the fruit
Packaging line 1 of 5 grades and sorts the fruit before packaging into bags. Source: Paramount Citrus Packing Company.