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Smart Automation

Automation is the application of equipment and technology to produce food products with the goal ...

Energy Efficiency

Efficient use of energy is both a design and operations issue. In order to achieve a total reduct...

Building Green: The Future of Food Plants?

Will "green building" construction become an everyday standard? If so, when? Should you be making...

Sustainable Construction

Smart Use of Building Materials Sustainable construction strives to improve the long-term afford...

Ammonia Refrigeration Simplified

Cooling with Ammonia: The Facts. Ammonia or Freon? It's a dilemma for many facility operators. Th...

Freon Refrigeration Simplified

Cooling with Freon: The Facts. Freon (a trademark of Dow and the most recognized halocarbon refri...

How To Achieve Solid Workflows For Your Food Processing Plant

The flow of the production process and how it is integrated with employee movement is critical fo...

Lean Manufacturing for Food Plants

How to save money and improve food safety You've got to be kidding, right? Nope, and we're goin...

Top Ten Critical Food Facility Issues

We have developed a list the top ten critical food facility issues. These are the issues we have ...

Food Facility Sanitary Design Principles

A facility design task force was commissioned by the American Meat Institute to develop a list of...

Sanitary Design

A solid food safety system depends on many elements, such as HACCP plans and Sanitation Standard ...

Food Plant Floors: Seamless Options

Here's a good question. Can you think of anything more important than floors? Well, maybe. Howeve...

Food Safety

Food Safety is the single concern shared by all food manufacturers. The production of safe food ...

The Food Allergen Dilemma

While exhibiting at a national food industry trade show, we attended a presentation on food aller...

Food Defense

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has created a mandate for food manufacturers to safeguar...

Food Safety Scorecard

What factors are important for producing safe products in a plant environment? We are constantly ...

Regulatory Compliance

Food facility planning, layout, and design cannot be undertaken without considering the variety o...

What is SQF? Basics for Hygienic Facility Design

A Crash Course in the Safe Quality Food program Running your food safety program without using a...

Preventing Condensation in Food Plants

Condensation: Solving the Problem Bring out the mop patrol; the dog days of summer are here! If t...