Facility Operations

JLS names director of integrated systems

JLS Automation has named Gary Pickett as director of Integrated Systems Group. JLS has also named Justin Fredricks as regional applications engineer. ... continue reading »

System offers new tool for sanitation monitoring

Kikkoman’s new LuciPac A3 Sanitation System, distributed by Weber Scientific, produces a test result an order of magnitude or higher than competitiv... continue reading »

FlexPak adds ambidextrous lid operation to leak detector

FlexPak Leak Detector has added an ambidextrous lid to its FlexPak leak detector and seal tester. The new feature eliminates the lid stay normally ... continue reading »

Michigan Farm to Freezer creates new customers with value-added processing

Brandon Seng tells a story about one day while he was running a school lunch program in Manistee, Michigan. Seng happened to learn from a 14-year-o... continue reading »

Lamb Weston invests $250 million in new fry line

Lamb Weston Holdings is growing its french fry processing capacity in North America. The company said it will expand operations at its Hermiston, O... continue reading »

$2 million grant bolsters N.C. Food Processing Innovation Center

The N.C. Food Processing and Innovation Center received another round of support today as the Golden LEAF Foundation issued a grant for $2.2 million t... continue reading »

Flagship Foods plans new frozen food distribution center

Flagship Food Group will expand its manufacturing and distribution facilities in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area by creating a 76,000-square-foot fro... continue reading »

J D Neuhaus rolls out new series of air hoists

The latest Profi TI series air hoists from J D Neuhaus (JDN) are designed to ensures their suitability for a wide range of applications in the process... continue reading »

New forms of mechanization making their way into produce processing

Technology and innovation have always been key to farming. Lately, advanced robotics has been trickling into the industry and is becoming more of a fa... continue reading »

Design Group, Barry-Wehmiller International merge to form consulting platform

Barry-Wehmiller Design Group and Barry-Wehmiller International have officially merged to form a single, unified consulting platform, which will operat... continue reading »