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Food Engineering January 1, 2009 Kevin T. Higgins |
Cover Story: The Greening of Manufacturing Food plants often outlive the people working in them. No wonder more attention is being paid to their sustainability.  |
Food Engineering October 2, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins |
Fabulous Food Plant--Gatorade: Sustainability with Attitude More than a million cubic yards of earth and rock were shifted to create a level surface for Gatorade's 950,000-sq.-ft. Blue Ridge plant.  |
Food Engineering January 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Water Gets Its Due The sustainability bandwagon is groaning under the weight of corporations climbing aboard. The time for water resource management has never been better.  |
Food Engineering June 4, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Automation & Manufacturing 2007 Conference and Expo Challenges abound for food and beverage processors, but creative solutions were the order of the day at this annual conference.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2009 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference Report Engineers and other food professionals meet at happy hour to unwind and discuss the day's presentations. Here's a summary.  |
Food Processing September 2013 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Plants of the Future: Not Bigger, Just Smarter The next generation of food and beverage production facilities will be sanitary, flexible, more pleasant to work in and self-sustaining.  |
Food Engineering June 4, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Automantion & Manufacturing 2006 Conference and Expo Masters of Innovation Process and product innovation - and engineering's role in mitigating its risk - formed the subtext of this year's meeting of industry professionals.  |
Food Processing September 2008 Diane Toops |
Food and Beverage Companies Go Green Consumers are making choices based on sustainability efforts; here's what the top food and beverage companies are doing.  |
Food Processing September 2010 Kate Bertrand Connolly |
Food Processing Awards Kettle Foods Green Plant of the Year Kettle Foods in Beloit, Wis. receives the first ever Green Processor of the Year Award for making a greener potato chip.  |
Food Engineering August 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Training: The Ultimate Plant Optimization Tool Degreed engineers certainly are needed, but the need for technically savvy operators and maintenance professionals is even greater.  |
Food Processing September 2008 Bob Sperber |
Hormel Cultivates a `Green' Plant For a new shelf-stable meals plant, Hormel will pursue green-building LEED certification. We'll follow the plant throughout the process.  |
Food Engineering January 1, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins |
Igniting Innovation: The Push for Creativity Wringing costs out of operations and overhead is great for short-term profitability, but where are the new processes and products that kick-start growth? Innovative systems and creative new products are the lifeblood of all food and beverage firms.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2009 Wayne Labs |
32nd Annual Plant Construction Survey The weakened economy has slowed food plant construction projects in 2008 compared to 2007, and total new, expansion, renovation and distribution/storage projects were also down.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2008 Wayne Labs |
31st Annual Plant Construction Survey LEED provides the tools to measure sustainability in new and existing projects.  |
Food Processing September 2011 Diane Toops |
Top Food and Beverage Companies: Leaders in Sustainability How big food and beverage companies and small ones are protecting the planet and their bottom lines.  |
Food Engineering November 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Cover Story: How Green Was My Factory Renewable energy is becoming a factor in all types of food facilities, though it's only one part of a wider drive toward green building design.  |
Food Engineering October 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Energy Management: Your New Competitive Edge Reclamation of thermal heat is a conspicuous example of the many energy initiatives underway as the food industry rethinks the ROI on energy management.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Automation & Manufacturing 2005 Conference and Expo: Information Abundance Shifting markets are impacting production demands in food processing, says keynote speaker at Food Automation & Manufacturing 2005 Conference and Expo.  |
Food Processing September 2011 Dave Fusaro |
Food Processing Awards ConAgra/Lamb Weston 2011 Green Plant of the Year ConAgra Foods' Delhi, La. sweet potato processing plant not only contributes to a healthier Earth but also to a healthier bottom line for the Omaha, Neb.-based food company.  |
Food Engineering September 5, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins |
A Higher Sanitary Bar From the machines to process food and beverage to the floors they rest on, the sky's the limit when it comes to sanitary design in today's plants.  |
Food Engineering September 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Plant of Tomorrow For half a century, the US food industry pursued the goal of the most food at the least cost, and its plants delivered on that goal. But today, identity preservation, waste solutions, new consumer tastes and other considerations are shaping a new breed of food plants.  |
Food Processing September 2012 Dave Fusaro |
Food Processing Awards Hormel Foods/Progressive Processing 2012 Green Plant of the Year Being able to produce high-quality products in a sustainable and energy-efficient facility garnered Hormel's Progressive Processing facility in Dubuque, Iowa our third annual prize.  |
Food Processing April 2012 Dave Fusaro |
PepsiCo Casa Grande Plant Reaches 'Near Net Zero' for Sustainability Frito-Lay's Casa Grande, Ariz., plant is nearly self-sustaining in water, heat and electricity.  |
Food Processing September 2007 Mike Pehanich |
The changing fortunes of food manufacturing The food industry may not be ready for lights-out automation, but some next-generation manufacturing models are taking hold.  |
Food Processing September 2011 Dave Fusaro |
ConAgra Foods Offers Practical View of Sustainability ConAgra Foods' view on green or sustainable food manufacturing is an outgrowth of the company's philosophy on good corporate citizenship.  |
Food Engineering November 1, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins |
The New Math of Energy Efficiency Mothballing energy management plans probably isn't a prudent idea at this juncture in the nation's history.  |
Food Engineering March 1, 2009 Kevin T. Higgins |
Tech Update: Sanitary Design Aggressive cleaning programs and advanced technologies are improving food plant hygiene, but sanitary design principles also should be considered.  |
Food Engineering January 1, 2007 Wayne Labs |
Implementing Best Practices Applying a best practices strategy in parallel with an automation strategy can enhance your competitive edge. But one size doesn't fit all.  |
Food Engineering October 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Packaging Trends Study With customers demanding less material waste and manufacturing looking for ways to trim transportation costs, the trend toward sustainable packaging is gathering momentum.  |
Food Processing April 2013 Kevin T. Higgins |
Making a Case for Capital Spending Splicing the genes of an accountant and an engineer might help cost-justify plant improvement projects, but a dash of showmanship and passion also help build capex consensus.  |
Food Processing April 2013 Kevin T. Higgins |
2013 Capital Spending Outlook: Processors Invest in the Tools of Production, Not Brick and Mortar Balance sheets look strong, but food companies are holding the line on capital projects, projecting only a 5.4 percent increase this year.  |
Food Engineering July 30, 2009 Kevin T. Higgins |
Water Efficiency: Don't Let Your Liquid Assets Go Down the Drain Food processors confront both financial and behavioral issues when they implement green water practices.  |
Food Processing February 2006 Mike Pehanich |
Electro-shock therapy Energy management suddenly has taken on grave importance. Read what Tyson, ConAgra, Publix and other processors are doing to reduce consumption and find alternatives.  |
Food Processing September 2005 Pehanich & Fusaro |
The 21st century food manufacturing organization Five years into the new millennium, a handful of manufacturing visionaries assesses the current state of American food processing and whether it's prepared for the future.  |
Food Processing January 2006 David Feder |
Annual Manufacturing Survey: Safe and Secure Once again, food safety is manufacturers' No. 1 concern -- but security continues to be an important factor in plant operations.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2009 Kevin T. Higgins |
The Flexible Facility -- Yoga for Manufacturers Operating a production facility that delivers high throughput while maintaining flexibility is like a delicate balancing act that requires careful consideration of the potential and limits of both man and machine.  |
Food Processing February 2010 Bob Sperber |
Plant Upgrades on a Budget ... With Quick Paybacks Whether your food and beverage manufacturing budget is slowly rebounding or your big projects are still on hold, lots of upgrades can be accomplished quickly to offer both rapid returns and long-term gains.  |
Food Engineering October 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins |
State of Food Manufacturing: Period of Polarization Emerges The middle ground is shrinking as processors gravitate to one extreme or another in their approach to food and beverage manufacturing.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Manufacturing Is Not For the Faint at Heart -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Comments When asked to comment on the state of the industry, manufacturing managers throughout the United States share a common concern that the odds seem to be stacked against them.  |
Food Engineering February 1, 2009 Joyce Fassl |
Editor's Note: A New Tradition in Sustainability Food and beverage manufacturers continue to uncover innovative ways to be environmentally friendly as they increase efficiency.  |
Food Processing September 2013 Rory Gillespie |
Food Processing Awards Anheuser-Busch/Fairfield 2013 Green Plant of the Year Anheuser-Busch's Fairfield, Calif. brewery is a leader in renewable energy technology for AB InBev breweries around the world and uses green energy provided by an on-site solar array and wind turbine to provide an average 15 percent of its energy needs.  |
Food Processing April 2007 Dave Fusaro |
Annual Capital Spending Outlook: Spend Now to Save Later Some of the biggest food companies are budgeting capital expenditures for multi-year programs meant to reduce costs in the long run.  |
Food Processing May 2005 Mike Pehanich |
How to retrofit an aging plant Food processors looking to retrofit aging facilities to get more out of their capital budgets should heed these "rules of retro" before they bring their plants into the 21st century.  |
Food Engineering August 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins |
The New Copack Matrix Outsourced production has always been part of the food industry, but the complexity of today's relationships goes far beyond simple low-cost computations. Today, every manufacturer with excess capacity is a potential copacker.  |
Food Processing December 2010 Bob Sperber |
TreeHouse Foods: Flexibility With Efficiency In any given category, TreeHouse's 19 manufacturing plants must make dozens of varieties in dozens of formulations, all at low cost.  |
Food Engineering October 1, 2005 Wayne Labs |
Process Control Performance Management If you've been waiting to update your control technologies just to satisfy the government, you might want to rethink your goals in terms of maximizing your profits. Manufacturers that have already updated now have the edge.  |
Food Engineering August 12, 2009 |
Tech Flash Vol. 5 No. 15 -- Food Engineering's E-Newsletter Kraft Foods cuts global water usage... Nestle to offer "shared value" awards... Rethinking food production in the UK... People, plant and industry news... etc.  |
Food Engineering September 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
The State of Food Manufacturing From recall readiness to raw material and energy costs, Food Engineering readers weigh in on issues affecting workers and the workplace for food manufacturing.  |
Food Processing September 2011 Dave Fusaro |
Editor's Plate: The Triple Bottom Line Should your CFO be your company's sustainability watchdog?  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2007 David Blanchard |
Manufacturing's Biggest Challenges -- IndustryWeek's 2007 Salary Survey Responses If you come to work everyday worrying about global competition, finding and keeping skilled labor, raw material shortages, and the quality of your product, you're not alone.  |