Equipment

Heating and cooling in food processing facilities and product

Heating and cooling costs are a major expense for processing facilities. Perishable food items require very specific temperature, humidity and vent... continue reading »

Choosing the right vertical form fill seal (VFFS) bagger

It takes decades for a produce processor to build up its brand, but only seconds to ruin it. A product recall traced back to contamination in your ... continue reading »

Heat and Control kicks off platinum celebration

Founded in 1950, Heat and Control Inc., a world-leading equipment manufacturer and food processing industry supplier, celebrated its 70th anniversary ... continue reading »

Rocketfarm creates app to assist with machine-to-machine communication

The market leading producer of collaborative robots, Universal Robots, is now supporting the OPC UA standard to their robots. Norwegian software co... continue reading »

Eriez’s detection, screening equipment keeps food free of contaminants

Eriez metal detectors, magnetic separators and vibratory feeders, screeners and conveyors are successfully incorporated throughout food processing an... continue reading »

Key Technology offering virtual demonstrations, training

Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, offers food processors virtual equipment demonstrations, application tests and... continue reading »

Machine flexibility key in sorting different types of leafy greens

The two main goals of vegetable processing, food safety and product quality, are sacrosanct — but the goal posts keep moving. When a different ba... continue reading »

TOMRA Food announces potatoes category director

TOMRA Food has announced Marco Colombo as its new global director of potatoes. He joined TOMRA in February after 10 years with Lamb Weston Meijer. ... continue reading »

Duravant names Key exec Louis Vintro as new chief technology officer

Duravant stayed in the family for its new chief technology officer. The global engineering and automation systems provider has named Louis Vintro a... continue reading »

COVID-19 restrictions force innovation by food industry

Stay-at-home and non-gathering mandates due to COVID-19 concerns have led to massive reductions in worldwide foodservice demand. According to the U... continue reading »