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FEBRUARY 2022

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DEPARTMENTS 6 From the Editor

Don’t get caught without a cybersecurity plan.

11 In the News

A nonprofit emphasizes education to fight foodborne illness.

ON THE COVER Put Your Cyber Defenses Up Before They Take You Down As cyber attacks escalate, the food and beverage sector eyes a fresh course of action to safeguard operations and prevent disruptions to the supply chain.

14 OpX Intel

Achieve operational excellence during challenging times.

19 Packaging Technology

A meal kit brand tests ‘world’s first’ edible film.

109 Plant Floor New Products

Take an inside look at the latest machinery and technologies for production facilities.

117 Case Study: TMRW Foods

An ERP system helps a startup grow in the right direction.

121 Case Study: Nourish Juice HPP and PET kegs help a juice maker tap the market.

219 Point of View: Food Safety Ten common problems and solutions for processing facilities.

FEATURES 35 PACK EXPO Las Vegas Innovations Report

Check out the latest industry innovations that were unveiled during PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

97 Tech Today: Efficient CIP Technologies Improve Safety, Costs

Comprehensive sanitation and hygiene practices are more important than ever. Improvements in several aspects of the equipment are making clean-in-place systems increasingly indispensable in food and beverage plants.

REFRIGERATION AND FREEZING SOLUTIONS 105 New Products

SPECIAL SECTION 125 Leaders in Processing

ProFood World’s Leaders in Processing section recognizes many innovative suppliers to the food and beverage manufacturing industry.

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FROM THE EDITOR AARON HAND | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Don’t Get Caught Without a Plan Though you might think your operation isn’t one worth targeting, cyber attackers are just not that discerning about who they go after for profit.

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n this space previously, I gave you a glimpse into my background, which includes more than 30 years of technology coverage, but only about a year and a half now within the food and beverage industry. In fact, my recent visit to the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta just reinforced that, with every bit of information I take in, it’s that much more obvious what I still have to learn.

One thing I do know something about, however, is the need for a solid, ever-adapting cybersecurity plan—no matter which industry you work in. At our sister publication Automation World, I covered primarily automation for such industries as oil and gas, water/wastewater, and power generation—all industries that are considered “critical infrastructure” and commonly operations where, if something goes wrong, things can go boom. For these industries, I regularly wrote about cybersecurity, the growing struggle against well-resourced bad actors, and the need to get defenses up to snuff.

It’s not something we get into often here at ProFood World, but for our annual cover story on automation, I wanted to focus in on cybersecurity. One thing the COVID-19 pandemic has made crystal clear is not only how critical the food and beverage industry is itself but also how much it and the public can be affected by disruptions to supply, no matter where or why they might occur along the chain. And I certainly don’t have to tell you how much it will hurt if your own operations are brought down—even just for a few days—by a cyber attack.

I don’t mean to make this sound like doomsday because it certainly doesn’t need to be. Just don’t ignore the issue, thinking that yours is an industry that is not likely to be targeted. Or that you’re too small an operation for anyone to care about attacking. Anyone can get caught in the net.

Although there might come a day when the bad guys target a food operation specifically to poison the supply, right now it’s much more about a lucrative business model that’s fed by businesses being unprepared for a ransomware attack.

Please read “Put Your Cyber Defenses Up Before They Take You Down” beginning on page 22. And don’t get caught without a plan.

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Consumers seek beverage products that provide added functionality to their lives, enhance their overall health, and are available in convenient formats for hassle-free consumption, according to the Beverage Trends Driving Change infographic and white paper from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. In addition to these traits, consumers are increasingly concerned about the sustainability of beverage packaging.

The top challenges beverage producers need to overcome to meet these consumer demands include maintaining sufficient production capacity, reliably sourcing ingredients and materials, finding adequate labor, and upgrading outdated technology. There is no better place for beverage manufacturers to find the right solutions for these challenges than PACK EXPO East (March 21-23, Philadelphia). Show attendees will see a comprehensive range of packaging and processing technologies and still have time for personal, productive discussions with suppliers.

The biennial event, produced by PMMI, provides professionals from the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and life sciences rich Northeast corridor a convenient and rewarding opportunity to explore the latest packaging and processing technology in person, connect with suppliers, and find applicable solutions in a changing marketplace.

“The dominant trends in the beverage industry—sustainability, functionality, convenience, and health consciousness—are driving SKU expansion and the demand for innovative products,” says Jorge Izquierdo, vice president, market development, PMMI. “PACK EXPO East is the ideal opportunity for busy professionals to bring their entire project teams to vet the latest solutions for keeping up with these trends in person.”

As the PMMI white paper points out, it is almost impossible to discuss manufacturing trends without examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the infographic, the pandemic has expanded the reliance on e-commerce, with 73% of consumers purchasing groceries online, 44% of manufacturers shipping products direct-to-consumer, and 22% of beverage companies planning to add new production lines for online orders.

To aid CPGs seeking e-commerce and other manufacturing solutions, PACK EXPO East will feature several educational and networking opportunities, including the Forum at PACK EXPO, free 45-minute open sessions on the latest industry trends; 30-minute seminars on the Innovation Stage; multiple networking events; the Workforce Development Pavilion; the Future Innovators Robotics Showcase; and the Association Partner Pavilion.

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In coordination with the Canadian Space Agency, NASA has launched the Deep Space Food Challenge, calling on the public for innovative, sustainable food production technologies or systems that require minimal resources and produce minimal waste.

Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste The EPA “From Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste” report explores the environmental footprint of food loss and waste in the U.S., focusing primarily on five inputs to the cradleto-consumer food supply chain, plus greenhouse gas emissions.

Plan to Fund Small Meat Producers The Biden-Harris Administration released a fact sheet on a plan that will dedicate $1 billion in American Rescue Plan funds to expand independent meat processing capacity. Administered by the USDA, the plan will make funds available to smaller meat producers to create a fairer, more competitive, and more resilient meat and poultry supply chain.

McCormick Ranked World’s 14th Most Sustainable Corporation McCormick was named the 14th most sustainable corporation and No. 1 in the food products sector by the Corporate Knights Global 100 Sustainability Index. Rankings are based on an assessment of 6,914 companies with more than $1 billion in U.S. revenues.

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Nonprofit Emphasizes Education to Fight Foodborne Illness MELISSA GRIFFEN | CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

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Occurrences span from contaminated water used in the field to improperly cleaned machines between batches during processing to consumers cutting lettuce with the same knife they just used to cut raw chicken. A key part of the solution that these different audiences have in common is education.

Stop Foodborne Illness—a national public health nonprofit—not only advocates for effective food safety policies and regulations for food manufacturing, handling, and processing, but also emphasizes the need to improve food safety culture through education. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 48 million, or one in six, Americans experience a foodborne illness annually, with 128,000 of them needing hospitalization and 3,000 resulting in death.

“Stop delivers the ‘why’ in educating individuals about food safety by sharing real stories of severe foodborne illness,” says Mitzi Baum, CEO of Stop. “We explain that people lose their lives due to lack of food safety measures and food safety culture.” Baum, an adjunct instructor for Michigan State University’s online food safety program, is also a member of the International Association of Food Protection, the Conference for Food Protection, and the Association of Food and Drug Officials.

Two particular areas of concern: • Produce and poultry: There are many opportunities throughout the growing/raising, transportation, and delivery of products for mishandling, meaning that product could arrive at a processing plant already contaminated.

• Frozen foods: Maintaining the right temperatures throughout the supply chain until it is used by the consumer can prove difficult without proper cold chain technologies and handling.

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er food safety standards are not followed. Building a robust food safety culture must start at the top, with leadership emphasizing the importance of the culture and empowering workers to embrace the company’s food safety vision.

Leadership should empower its employees to report breaches in food safety protocol and institute a reward system for those that muster the courage to say something, Baum notes. This concept is still gaining traction in industry but is a significant factor in developing a food safety culture.

Salmonella continues to be a leading cause of foodborne illness Stop was initially organized in response to the 1993 E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with ground beef, which resulted in the deaths of four children and illness for hundreds more. Recently, Stop began collaborating with the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) to battle another significant cause of illness: salmonella. The nonprofit aims to get certain strains of salmonella in poultry declared pathogens, following the same process it used to combat E. coli.

“We want to focus on a finished product standard, meaning that there shouldn’t be any salmonella that’s known to cause harm in humans when the product is finished and ready for packaging,” Baum says. “Finished product should be tested and if it doesn’t meet the standard, it should not be put into commerce. There currently aren’t enforceable standards that are science-based, risk-based, or tied to public health outcomes.”

Tools for small to medium-sized companies The Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness, a program of Stop, is developing a toolkit on food safety culture for small and medium enterprises that don’t have the financial or human resources to develop and grow their internal cultures. The toolkit is set to be released in spring of 2022.

Stop has also been working on recall modernization with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make it more user-friendly for consumers.

Titled “Collaborative Plan to Achieve CustomerFocused Recall Modernization,” the document outlines the steps needed for the U.S. to improve its antiquated and disjointed recall process.

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Productivity Under Pressure Multifunctional equipment and changeovers, as well as the use of predictive process analytics, can make the difference in achieving operational excellence during challenging times for food and beverage manufacturers.

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OOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURERS are constantly under pressure to improve productivity. So, what else is new? But many of these manufacturers admit they have never seen anything like the double whammy of SKU proliferation during pre-pandemic days and the supply chain disruptions over the past 18 months.

Prior to the pandemic, SKU proliferation brought on by ever-increasing consumer demand collided with the “thinning” of manufacturing operations, resulting in food manufacturers having to do more with less, putting unprecedented stress on their manufacturing operations. During the pandemic, failure to meet consumer demand has been exacerbated by worker shortages due to safety concerns, supply chain disruptions, materials and ingredients shortages, and a host of other issues, all contributing to unparalleled pressure on productivity.

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Getting Started in Predictive Process Analytics 1 Assess goals and reasons for implementing a predictive process analytics initiative.

Determine whom the system is for—empowering the plant floor workers.

2 Form a team of stakeholders, especially IT associates.

3 Create new operational standards.

4 Decide where to start.

5 Build the system from the bottom up.

6 Leverage what already exists.

7 Focus on waste.

8 Look ahead, not in the rearview mirror.

9 Adopt a walk-to-run strategy.

10 Remember, there is no silver bullet to solve all problems.

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bles earlier this year with European and American processors, including more than 30 CPG manufacturers sharing their ideas. The European roundtable—led by panelists John Giles, Amway; Joe Zembas, The J.M. Smucker Company; and Bernard Cubizolles, GE Digital—focused on multifunctional equipment and changeovers. The Americas roundtable—led by panelists Jim Prunesti, Conagra Brands; James Couch, Smithfield Foods; and Cobus Van Heerden, GE Digital—focused on predictive process analytics.1 Following are some of the key takeaways from those roundtables.

Multifunctional equipment and changeovers • Build a business case if you haven’t already.

How a long run vs. shorter run strategy is justified isn’t always clear, so it’s critical to determine how to “cost” things, including what’s in the calculation and what’s not, and to get agreement on it. To do this, use cross-functional teams to build the business case to get broader input, better direction, and role clarity, as well as greater alignment by all. There should be a clear answer to the question as to how and why certain changeovers are better. Avoid too much complexity in explaining the business case—it should be readable, understandable, and manageable for all.

• Put a premium on agility. The ability to move quickly and easily—agility—is a common challenge in the manufacturing community.

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To speed up, focus on process innovation and smaller operator-driven improvements by engaging the workforce—your internal experts—like never before.

• Rethink yield loss and what it means. Getting the most out of assets is a common aspiration for all manufacturers, and it’s generally accepted that the proliferation of SKUs will inevitably lead to yield loss. But a critical question to ask about changeovers in today’s environment is: Do you really need the extra capacity that the changeovers bring? Let your business case and its prescriptions guide you in answering this question, and don’t do it if you don’t have to or if your business plan isn’t met as a result of it.

Why invest in a production line that is only marginally utilized? Consult your business case for guidance on this as well.

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in end-of-line flexibility, where much of the latestage differentiation in production occurs, especially in the e-commerce space.

• Automate, but steadily. An all-too-obvious solution to the tight labor market is automation, but deciding what to automate requires contemplation. Is it end-of-line, materials handling, receiving, or any of the other myriad areas that could be automated? Also, it is important to think about the skill sets required for newly automated areas, as they are often higher level than before and perhaps more difficult to find in the workforce. For many manufacturers, learning and adapting at a slower pace are part of the natural evolutionary process in adapting to change.

• Reduce downtime, speed up, and maintain quality. To reduce downtime, many CPGs are more consciously focusing on asset reliability to gain a better understanding of downtime causes and solutions while building the business case for its implementation. Quality focus is driven by continuing consumer demand, especially for awareness of product origin and a packaging format that is responsive to a sustainable, circular economy environment.

• Build a compelling business case. Building a comprehensive, compelling business case is essential to beginning the journey to predictive process analytics.

• Why predictive process analytics matter.

Getting better visibility into production operations, measuring losses, and realizing the true performance of assets (actual and possible) are primary targets for utilizing predictive process analytics.

• Tools are already available. The newest technologies (artificial intelligence, machine learning, edge devices, etc.) are available for implementation to help accelerate the predictive process analytics journey.

• Clarify goals and ask the right questions.

Determining the goals of a predictive process analytics initiative helps in the formulation of the critical questions to ask.

• Start at the plant floor. Start with the plant floor operators, and build a team around them, then add the IT department and other critical stakeholders, to ensure the initiative’s success.

• Start with what you already have. Adopt a walk-to-run strategy by utilizing resources and systems already in place. Remember that the process is a journey that takes time—there are no silver bullets.

• Buy-in or bust. A predictive process analytics initiative that doesn’t resonate with plant-level associates is doomed to failure, as it is these www.profoodworld.com

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associates who must buy in, own, and advocate for the system.

• Ease into it. Don’t move too fast or expect immediate results. Instead, look for incremental improvements, the results of which may fund future projects.

The most significant reasons for adopting predictive process analytics are: • Using a visionary system will capture trends and performance and present information to allow for adjustments before an issue arises.

• Providing an opportunity to get better visibility on losses—small losses cumulate to much larger ones as greater visibility into them becomes available.

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Meal Kit Brand Tests ‘World’s First’ Edible Film Meal kit pioneer Gousto Recipe Box trialed a pea protein-based film that exhibits some of the barrier properties that plastic provides to powdered product. The edible film dissolves in hot water along with the stock cube and is consumed along with the meal.

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RITISH MEAL KIT PIONEER Gousto Recipe Box delivers kits containing pre-measured ingredients and expert instructions to help consumers create delicious meals for themselves at home. The company recently teamed with Xampla, a mission-based commercial spinout from the University of Cambridge, U.K., to trial an edible film specifically engineered for a commercial stock (bouillon) cube packaging application in one of Gousto’s meal kits.

After 15 years of research and another year of development, they have come up with what Xampla is saying is a world-first edible packaging solution made from pea protein. The product can also be described as a plant protein polymer, natural polymer, or protein polymer. This product is a single-layer film, designed for this precise application.

The edible stock cube packaging is being trialed to replace Gousto’s existing stock mix sachets, for a packaging-free stock that’s full of flavor.

Gousto beta-tested the technology in November 2021 as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce plastic packaging in its recipe boxes.

Following its first full year of profitability in 2020, the recipe box company recently became a certified B Corporation, joining a global community of businesses that are committed to growing the right way for people and the planet, including Xampla.

This was achieved in part by Gousto’s ongoing work to reduce plastic packaging in its recipe boxes. Last year, the business cut plastic by 50% in its boxes by switching to more cardboard packaging and launching the Eco Chill Box, an innovative insulator made of recycled cardboard, that keeps ingredients fresh in boxes.

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How the pea protein film is made The edible packaging is made primarily by engineering and drying a pea protein material into sheets that have the same benefits as plastic, being able to preserve the food’s flavor and shelf life, but with none of the packaging waste, the company says.

The material is vegan and gluten-free.

“The film is created using starch and pea protein,” says Simon Hombersley, CEO of Xampla. “Our process for manufacture includes the use of vinegar, but none remains in the final product. This process of controlling the self-assembly of proteins is how we create the strong, flexible film. Precise formulation of the material is a trade secret, but everything is 100% natural; we use no synthetic materials in our product or process.”

Home cooks who took part in the trial enjoyed the vegetable stock cube in Gousto’s Indian Spiced Carrot & Lentil Soup recipe, by simply dissolving the stock cube and its packaging in hot water. www.profoodworld.com

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“We have worked with Gousto to create a bespoke stock cube wrapper that delivers the barrier properties that their stock needs (in box and transit) but that dissolves in use,” Hombersley says. “This precise formulation to meet the customer requirements is Xampla’s expertise. For Gousto, the requirements for oxygen barrier are limited. Plant-protein films generally have very good oxygen barrier performance, and for other applications we are developing this is a priority.”

There is no specific secondary packaging required for this stock cube wrapper, Hombersley notes. “It is packaged alongside the other food ingredients in Gousto’s recipe box,” he says. “This application is dry, but we are working with other clients on applications for pastes, powders, and certain liquids.”

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Put Your Cyber D Before They Take You Down As cyber attacks escalate, the food and beverage sector eyes a fresh course of action to safeguard operations and prevent disruptions to the supply chain.

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INCE THE START of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all become aware of the supply chain issues facing the food and beverage and every other industry. Among the many pandemic-era product shortages was the case of cream cheese, which went missing from retail shelves last year just in time to put a damper on the making of cheesecake and many other holiday treats.

As it turns out, this cream cheese shortage was not the product of the typical supply chain issues seen by the industry. Instead, a ransomware attack knocked out core systems and operations for several days in October 2021 at Schreiber Foods. Not only was Schreiber on the hook for a reported $2.5 million in ransom, the attack wreaked havoc on

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peak production season for the large Wisconsinbased cheese producer. It was unable to conduct business as usual for days—a disruption that trickled down to smaller farmers, cooperatives, and companies that buy ingredients from Schreiber.

That’s just one example. Cyber attacks have hit the food and beverage industry hard this past year. In its State of Malware report, Malwarebytes clocked an eye-popping 607% surge in malware detections in the food and agriculture sector in 2020, with things dramatically settling down in first quarter 2021, yet still hovering at a notable 36% increase. One of the most high-profile incidents in 2021 was the strike at JBS Foods, a global meat processor that doled out $11 million in Bitcoin to the REvil ransomware gang and halted opera-

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r Defenses Up higher ransom demands, the alert cautioned. But smaller entities are not immune because they’re generally viewed as soft targets, especially those in the early stage of digital transformation that aren’t as tech-savvy and versed in cybersecurity best practices.

“Cyber criminal threat actors exploit network vulnerabilities to exfiltrate data and encrypt systems in a sector that is increasingly reliant on smart technologies, industrial control systems, and internet-based automation systems,” the report reads. “Ransomware attacks targeting the food and agriculture sector disrupt operations, cause financial loss, and negatively impact the food supply chain. Companies may also experience the loss of proprietary information and personally identifiable information (PII) and may suffer reputational damage resulting from a ransomware attack.”

A changing landscape tions in more than a dozen U.S. processing plants, prompting meat shortages around the country.

Smaller companies were also in the crosshairs. New Cooperative, an Iowa-based farm service provider, and farm co-op Crystal Valley were attacked by the BlackMatter ransomware group, while a U.S. bakery was one of more than 1,000 companies affected by the Kaseya supply chain attack as it lost access to key systems and had to pause operations.

The flurry of attacks on the sector prompted an official September 2021 warning from the FBI’s Cyber Division alerting food, beverage, and agriculture companies to the growing threat, especially as the adoption of smart technologies and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications increases the potential attack surface. Larger businesses are targeted because of their ability to pay

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Companies in the food and beverage sector are gearing up cybersecurity efforts on the plant floor in the face of escalating attacks.

The global pandemic also sparked major changes to manufacturing operations that increased cybersecurity risks as remote access capabilities were used to accommodate personnel unable to physically be on the plant floor. “What accelerated with COVID-19 was remote access as not everyone could be on premise,” says Marilidia Clotteau, food and beverage marketing manager for the consumer packaged goods segment at automation supplier Schneider Electric. “Before, everything was in the plant. But when you start having a mix of on-premise, cloud, and connected devices, there are more potential vulnerabilities. There needs to be constant review and implementation of barriers to ensure the house is well kept, managed, and secure.”

While many in the food and beverage sector are hungry for Industry 4.0 applications to stake out a competitive edge, often, their existing production environments aren’t ready to digest new technologies securely. Most industrial control systems—from simple programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to more complex supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and distributed control systems (DCSs)—as well as industrial networks were designed decades before cybersecurity was a major concern. As a result, many lack the basic encryption, authentication, and authorization controls along with automated asset management capabilities that are a staple of enterprise IT platforms. Moreover, the alphabet soup of proprietary protocols employed by industrial equipment, the landscape of siloed systems, and the lack of enterprise-grade monitoring tools makes it much more challenging to safeguard OT networks and assets compared with enterprise IT counterparts.

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“Most of the industrial and control verticals weren’t developed with cybersecurity as a first principle, and plants were dependent on the enterprise to protect operations,” notes Mike Lester, director of cybersecurity strategy, governance, and architecture for Emerson Automation Solutions.

“There’s now a spectrum of security capabilities and postures you have to deal with, but it hasn’t been the primary focus in this industry. That has been safety and control, and now there’s the cybersecurity wrinkle.”

Though there are federal and state regulations governing plant and equipment safety, they don’t yet extend to cybersecurity protocols, according to Colonel John T. Hoffman, senior research fellow at the Food Protection and Defense Institute (FPDI) based at the University of Minnesota and established by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to pursue research, innovation, and education programs to reduce food system disruption. In fact, some U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules, specifically those approval processes related to when devices or sensors are changed, are just cumbersome enough to act as a deterrent to upgrading to newer, more secure technology, he contends.

“The mentality in the OT world is: If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. And the result is legacy OT devices scattered through food production connected in many cases in totally illogical ways,” Hoffman says. Consolidation in the industry has made it even more difficult for OT and IT management to have visibility into exactly what equipment is in the plant, let alone have a complete understanding of potential vulnerabilities.

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Outdated equipment might still be functionally operational, but it packs a huge deficit when it comes to modern security controls, which means action is required.

While escalating attacks have put cybersecurity concerns on the radar of top executives in food and beverage companies, as well as in other sectors, it’s still not a top concern for too many. In its 2021 industry outlook, tax, audit, and advisory firm Mazars USA found cybersecurity ranked surprisingly low as a top concern for business, with only 10% of respondents reporting they were “very concerned” about threats, up slightly between 2019 and 2021.

Nevertheless, there is a growing mandate to move forward, and the first step is to embark on a security assessment—either on your own or, more likely, with a qualified partner—to evaluate the current state of the organization’s OT infrastructure and to define clear cybersecurity goals.

Implementing a controls firewall and network segmentation to ensure safe zones should be a central part of the evolving cybersecurity roadmap, along with standard processes for regular backup of data, including air gapping and storing password-protected backup copies offline.

Central to the FBI’s cybersecurity guidance to manufacturers in this sector is to create a recovery plan to maintain and retain multiple copies of sensitive or proprietary data and servers in a physically separate, segmented, secure location—a strategy that is also critical for business resiliency and continuity. Regular installation of software updates, including patches to operating systems and firmware, needs to be codified into ongoing cybersecurity best practices and system maintenance, the FBI alert says.

In terms of the technology stack, cybersecurity safeguards remain relatively consistent between IT and OT and, in fact, should be coordinated as part of a holistic security plan. Most experts suggest following the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework, a set of industry standards and best practices to help organizations manage and mitigate cybersecurity risks.

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Beyond the synergies, there are also key differences in IT/OT security requirements.

Enterprise IT security has historically focused on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but the order is reversed when viewed through the lens of OT priorities.

“The plant doesn’t necessarily care about confidentiality as long as operations are safe and they’re still producing,” Emerson’s Lester says.

Specifically, there’s the problem of incident response time—an area where there are stark differences between what constitutes acceptable downtime for IT systems compared with OT systems. “If I’m a consultant responsible for the service level agreement (SLA) of a large food and beverage IT infrastructure, email could be down for eight to 10 hours on a weekend and it’s not overly critical in terms of dollar importance,” explains Brian Deken, connected services commercial manager for Rockwell Automation. “Yet if I’m down one hour on the plant floor, it could be hundreds of thousands of dollars. You need some sort of automated response system as part of realtime threat detection to have more rapid incident response and recovery.”

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Traditionally, security efforts related to OT and plant floor technology have been outside the purview of IT and the enterprise chief information security officer (CISO), if one exists. Even if there’s some coordination, there hasn’t been much in the way of a formal, shared roadmap. That OT/IT divide needs to close in order to adequately safeguard plant floor assets as they are synced up with enterprise applications and potentially cloud platforms as part of ongoing digital transformation.

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The number of devices installed in food and beverage plants is an order of magnitude higher than other industries, and the equipment tends to be much more bespoke and varied. This can make manufacturers even more hesitant to upgrade legacy systems as needed.

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“If you need to take down a legacy system to patch it, every moment it’s down is loss of money,”

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Perform regular OT asset preventive maintenance checks. Check in regularly with vendors to determine when upgrades are coming out and regularly monitor log files to check for abnormalities.

In that way, you can spot something in short order when it starts to go awry.

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It’s not enough for enterprise professionals and key plant floor personnel to understand what’s at stake in the event of a cybersecurity breach—the greater organization needs to share the responsibility and be versed in an action plan for risk mitigation.

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T A TIME when COVID-induced uncertainty seems to color nearly everything we see and hear, it was nice to experience the in-person, hands-on, rock-solid, kick-the-tires certainty of a major trade show like PACK EXPO Las Vegas. It was the largest packaging and processing trade show in North America in 2021, drawing more than 23,000 attendees who showed up hungry for solutions. They were able to engage with more than 1,500 exhibitors across four expansive halls and more than 740,000 sq ft of exhibit space at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Jim Pittas, president and CEO of show producer PMMI, summed it up this way: “PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO was clearly a success.

Exhibitors and attendees alike were energized by the number of people who attended and by the business conducted from the moment we opened the doors on Monday.”

Returning favorites at the show included the Processing Zone and The Forum, and there were also new features like the PACK to the Future exhibit. Networking flourished at events like the Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network breakfast, which saw more than 500 attendees, as well as the ever popular Emerging Leaders Reception.

As in years past—including 2020, when PACK EXPO International was canceled and instead we covered a virtu-

al event called PACK EXPO Connects—the editors of PMMI Media Group fanned out to see what kind of innovations the 2021 show exhibitors had on display. Our report, which begins on the next page, is divided into four main categories: Machinery, Sustainable Packaging, Robotics, and Controls. This report is brought to you by: Matt Reynolds, Chief Editor, Packaging World Pat Reynolds, Contributing Editor, Packaging World Anne Marie Mohan, Senior Editor, Packaging World Natalie Craig, Features Editor, Packaging World David Greenfield, Director of Content/ Editor-in-Chief, Automation World Stephanie Neil, Editor-in-Chief, OEM, Senior Editor, Automation World David Miller, Senior Technical Writer, Automation World Keren Sookne, Director of Editorial Content, Healthcare Packaging Joyce Fassl, Senior Executive Editor, ProFood World Aaron Hand, Editor-in-Chief, ProFood World Melissa Griffen, Contributing Editor, PMG Kim Overstreet, Content Strategist, Alignment, PMG Jim Chrzan, VP Content and Brand Strategy, PMG Sean Riley, Senior Director, Media and Industry Communications, PMMI

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HAT BETTER PLACE to begin our coverage of machinery innovation than by taking a look at some end-of-line developments— specifically, case packers and cartoners.

Retail-ready packaging continues to grow in popularity in the U.S., and Somic Packaging Inc. announced on the opening day of PACK EXPO Las Vegas that it has reached an agreement to provide Goya Foods with a proprietary, end-of-line packaging machine (1) for retail-ready packs.

At the Las Vegas show, Somic demonstrated the newest version of the Somic ReadyPack with Goya products packed in stand-up pouches. The new machine Goya has ordered is Somic’s 424 T2+ case packer, which rivals ReadyPack’s performance but on a slightly larger platform, says Peter Fox, Somic’s CEO. He indicated the new machine is being designed to handle wraparound case packing of both stand-up pouches and cartons.

Goya Foods is the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the U.S. As the premier source for authentic Latin cuisine, it produces more than 2,500 products from the Caribbean, Mexico, Spain, and Central and South America. Award-winning olive oils, beverages, confectionery, marinades, organic products, frozen items, and others are prepared and shipped to stores in bottles, jars, cans, and flexible packaging.

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a compact design, speed, packaging flexibility, and future considerations factored into his decision.

“I met Peter Fox a couple of years ago at PACK EXPO in Chicago. I was attracted by the machine’s compact and smart design,” says Arrubla, who has worked at Goya for seven years. “I did consider three other vendors, but none could deliver a small-footprint machine and meet our specifications. It provides the speed and type of package we need, and it offers the flexibility for other packaging design in the future. The biggest challenge was to accommodate all of the equipment in a small room. Somic’s case packer is the last piece of the puzzle to fit into the layout.”

Goya says the Secaucus facility is making preparations for the machine to be installed in the first quarter of 2022.

Elsewhere in the case packer arena, Heat and Control displayed new capabilities for its compact, all-in-one Ishida ACP Series case packer (2) for bagged snack foods. The fully automatic system features case packing, case alignment, bag packing, sorting, closing, and sealing in one machine at speeds to 150 packages (10 cases)/min.

A key capability for the system is its ability to run tape cases and push lock/slide lock cases in the same machine, even accommodating a combination of the two styles of top and bottom closures. For example, a company may opt away from

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Holden also noted that brands in the snack industry have been implementing reusable cases—often printed with branding—that drivers return to the processing site. This has led to rising demand for case packers that can accommodate reusable cases.

Case aligning and closing mechanisms are fully integrated, removing the need for additional conveyors and creating an all-in-one case packing solution.

An integratable seal checker checks for defective packs, while the system features gentle, vacuum-free bag handling that’s so important in the snack market. Changeovers can routinely be performed in three minutes, with preset options that allow for the machine to be automatically set up without the need for tools or any other manual operation.

How about an end-of-line bag-in-the-box solution that is in high demand from e-commerce users?

That’s what was highlighted at the booth of nVenia, a new operating company within Duravant’s Packaging Solutions Segment that was formed by combining Arpac, Hamer-Fischbein, and Ohlson into a single entity. The system (3) made its official debut at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

“This system is capable of loading bags into corrugated cases, which has become very useful in e-commerce spaces, where companies don’t want to take uncased bags and transport them,” says Chuck Mayberry, senior sales engineer, nVenia, a Duravant Company.

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At Aagard’s PACK EXPO booth, there was plenty of talk about and video footage of the remarkably flexible 436 Case Packer (4), even though the machine itself did not make the trek to Las Vegas.

“It’s what we call an ‘indiscriminate’ case packer,” says Jonas Capistrant, applications engineering manager for Aagard. “Typically, case packers are designed around the idea of all the cases being oriented one way. But this case packer doesn’t care, 38

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for example, about the orientation of the manufacturer’s joint on incoming case blanks. That makes it unique. Or picture some of our customers who have cases whose printing is oriented one way and other cases with printing oriented another way. They can’t run such cases on one case packer. With ours, they can.”

This machine, which handles 30 RSC or HSC cases/min, features a bulk magazine feed so that stacks of case blanks can be placed on a floor-level roller conveyor that feeds an elevator taking them to an upper level, where they get picked and sent into the case-erecting station. This represents a considerable improvement over the more typical routine of having an operator lift a stack of cases and place them into a magazine feed. Looking to the future, Capistrant asks, “At what point might we remove the operator who is loading stacks of blanks and insert a robot to load them automatically?”

Additional development now underway, says Capistrant, will enable the machine to perform an inspection of each case and validate that the case blank is good so that substandard case blanks can be automatically kicked out. Photocells or other conventional scanning devices could perhaps be used for this inspection, though Capistrant says there have also been discussions with Cognex about deploying some 3D scanners. These would make it possible to not only inspect for proper orientation of the case but also for defects like torn flaps and so forth.

The 436 also has a unique walk-through feature that lets an operator or technician avoid having to walk all the way around the machine should an issue on the other side of the machine need to be addressed. “There’s no need for a walk-over, or a safety gate, or a liftable gate, or anything,” Capistrant says. “And you can walk right through while the machine is running.”

Other features on the new case packer are diagnostic lighting and automated changeover. “With the diagnostic lighting, the operator sees a blue light if the supply of corrugated cases is low,” says

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And if everything is running smoothly, the light is white. It saves the operator a lot of time looking at the HMI panel to understand what needs attention.” As for automated changeover, it’s assisted by the more than two dozen Rockwell Automation servo motors on the machine. “You push a button at the HMI and the machine changes over to the next recipe,” says Capistrant. “Case-loading funnels get wider or narrower, the compression assembly moves appropriately, and so on. Plus, there are adjustable change parts, so there are no change parts dedicated to any particular size.”

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Producing as many as 26 million multipacks (165 million cans) annually, Bumble Bee identified the shrink-wrapped product as an opportunity to continue to meet its commitment to keep plastic out of landfills and out of the ocean. As the first in the seafood industry to invest in and deploy paperboard multi-packaging, the partners set a pace and precedent for the global seafood industry to innovate.

“Moving our multipacks from shrink wrap to paperboard was not a simple process, but as a company we felt strongly that it was the right change to make for our planet, our customers, our consumers, and also for Bumble Bee as a category leader,” added Jan Tharp, president and CEO, The Bumble Bee Seafood Company, at the unveiling.

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tage. It’s great to see part of our machine system exhibited at PACK EXPO and how it attracts other manufacturers—this confirms once again that opting for Schubert was the right choice.”

Joining St. Aubin (far right) and Schubert Sales Account Manager Stefan Hoffman (second from left) in the photo shown here (7) are three of St. Aubin’s Hudsonville colleagues: Cary Grover (far left), Danny Ellens (center), and Trevor Tyler (second from right).

“As a contract manufacturer, flexibility in manufacturing is key to success,” says John St. Aubin, operations leader at Hudsonville. “Future products and formats change frequently as consumer preferences keep altering. While producing for other brands as well as manufacturing our own branded products, flexible end-of-line systems, such as our new Schubert packaging machines, ensure competitive advan-

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The new lightline model presents brands an option with a lower barrier to entry in cost and commission time thanks in part to a higher degree of standardization.

According to Schubert’s Hoffman, the new lightline Cartonpacker offers CPGs a cost-effective case packer that quickly automates a packaging process with the most efficient technology on the market. With Schubert’s lightline solutions, most of the configuration already is built in.

Pre-configuration with limited need for customization provides CPGs with an affordable automation solution with quick commission times.

The exhibited lightline cartonpacker is part of a modular Schubert TLM system that it built for Hudsonville. The co-manufacturer/co-packer produces the famous frozen Greek yogurt bars for the brand Yasso. The case packer was installed together with four cartoners and one more case packer on-site in late 2021.

Another eye-catcher in the Schubert booth was the Partbox by Schubert Additive Solutions.

The digital platform lets manufacturers make their own production parts from anywhere in the world. 3D models with certified print jobs are stored on the digital platform and can be produced at any time anywhere using a standard FFF 3D printer. The technology was one of the finalists for PACK EXPO Las Vegas’ Technology Excellence Awards.

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Advances in inspection Flexibility in operation is a machine characteristic we heard about frequently in the aisles of PACK EXPO, and Wipotec-OCS was one of the exhibitors that had a lot to show in this important area. It introduced a new model of its Modular Multilane System (MMS2) intelligent weighing systems for machine manufacturers that is IP65-rated and is even more flexible than its predecessor.

The existing MMS has been used in multi-lane applications. The new MMS2 is more compact, approximately 50% smaller, and has an IP65 protection class, which means there is no need for an additional control cabinet. It is also more flexible.

The existing MMS is equipped with three, six, 10, or 14 slots in the base plate. The MMS2 is a modular design in which individual modules can be plugged in together side by side to the exact number needed in a space-saving manner.

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“The weigh cells with AVC technology are designed to eliminate all of the problems with vibration,” says Jack Smith, director of sales and marketing for Wipotec-OCS. “An issue we found in the market was that the electronics for each weigh cell are large and IP54. So we took all of our electronics and made it smaller and IP65.”

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FlashCell load cells weigh food products at speeds of up to 800 ppm, with precision better than required by Measuring Instrument Directive (MID). With three different load cell types in the FlashCell portfolio, food manufacturers can select the appropriate load cell for their products, weighing a complete product range up to 10 kg reliably and precisely. The checkweighers can process products more quickly and reduce product giveaway through greater weighing precision.

“FlashCell technology allows us to run a faster rate of products per minute, in addition to getting better accuracies,” says Brad Wood, regional sales manager with Mettler-Toledo. “In addition, we can actually shorten the scale and provide the same relative accuracy as the system and provide a smaller footprint within the plant.”

Mettler-Toledo carried out tests comparing FlashCell to current electro-magnetic force res-

toration (EMFR) load cells, and the firm has also installed its new load cell technology at customer sites. Through these tests and installations, FlashCell load cell checkweighers have demonstrated, for example, the ability to achieve throughputs up to 800 ppm and a 40% improved standard deviation for a 35-g cereal bar.

FlashCell technology delivers weighing results with a standard deviation up to four times lower than the previous load cell generation. The technology also works with shorter measuring times at high speeds. The weighing conveyor can therefore be reduced in length, with slower conveyor speeds helping to increase product handling stability and allowing shorter outfeed conveyors and product collection areas. The complete length of the checkweigher itself can be reduced by up to 24%.

With three different load cell types in the FlashCell portfolio, food manufacturers can select the appropriate load cell for their products, weighing a complete product range up to 10 kg reliably and precisely. The checkweighers can process

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The integrated packaging line (9) stars three of ProMach’s product brands: Matrix, Quest, and Wexxar Bel, and demonstrates the ease of how the brands collaborate together to fill and package candy mints.

Attendees saw mints weighed on a Yamato scale and released through a forming tube into a pillow bag created from rollstock film on a Matrix Morpheus Vertical Form Fill Seal Machine. The Morpheus was paired with an ID Technologies (also a ProMach brand) Compact 53C Thermal Transfer printer to code the packages. A conveyor then moved packages, each containing five to six mints, over a Matrix EC-E Checkweigher for a final weigh check to a Quest Quik Pick QP200 robotic case packer.

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Picking the mints off the conveyor was a neat thing to see as the QP200 uses two Fanuc delta-style robots.

These robots picked packages from the conveyors and top-loaded the mints into cases. The cases then continued their journey to a Wexxar Bel 250 Fully Automatic Case Sealer, where they were sealed and then moved to the final step of the live demonstration: robotic palletizing with a new Quest Box.

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A new digital platform, powered by new smart Sense software, is combined with advanced algorithms to allow entry-level models to deliver high sensitivity to all metal contaminant types with minimal false rejects.

Dynamic Stability Control innovations stabilize the core sensor of the metal detector to help protect against environmental noise and vibration interference for increased reliability. A full-color touchscreen makes operation simple, with key tasks accessible using the quick-access menu.

According to Alan Zeng, Mettler-Toledo business development manager for the OEM business, the M30-R series metal detector has a 100% digital window-based platform and is very easy to use. During a live demo at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Zeng showed how products are passed through the detector. “The machine will learn what frequency it will be operating,” he explained, “and will optimize set up.”

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The ability to flexibly handle a variety of products and formats is a key advantage in the highly competitive food market. “While developing the LFS, we paid special attention to a modular concept, which enables our customers with peace of mind that their new filling and packaging solution can be counted on for decades to come,” says Oguz Karcier, product manager at Syntegon.

The LFS consists of individual modules that include main machine functions such as cup supply, disinfection, filling, sealing, capping, and cup discharge. Each module can be configured, added, or retrofitted according to individual production needs for maximum flexibility. For example, the LFS can be equipped with either a servo-driven tank pump for homogeneous liquid products or a spool pump for viscous foods such as potato salad. And according to Jonathan Viens, head of sales and marketing, 2022 will see the commercial availability of a servo-driven single-pump system capable of handling a variety of different product viscosities.

“It could be a game-changer,” says Viens. “It will let customers go from one viscosity range to another simply by changing nozzles.”

The dosing station incorporates exchangeable nozzles as well as integrated clean in place (CIP) and sterilization in place (SIP) for ultra-clean configurations. The LFS processes all common container formats with a diameter between 60 and 160 mm on up to eight lanes with a maximum output rate of up to 20,000 cups/hr. In sequential indexing configuration, alternating carrier plates allow for processing two different packaging formats one after another without format changes needed.

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Optionally, the same technologies can be used to disinfect the lids before placing them on the cups.

In addition, HEPA filters purify the air, while container vacuums remove loose particles and debris from the cups before filling. Food producers can seal their product’s packaging either using pre-cut lids or by heat-sealing rollstock film. Integrated sensors perform seal integrity checks to detect any leakage or poor seals to ensure product safety.

Operators have accessibility to the LFS machine parts and can perform tool-less format changes safely and quickly. Digital solutions can be added to enable quick product changes. For example, recipe changes and all necessary machine parameter adaptions are done automatically by the push of a button. In terms of sustainability, the LFS saves energy and can be configured to process sustainable materials, including paper and mono-materials, for better recyclability.

As for the controls architecture, the LFS features distributed electronics from Bosch Rexroth as well as Bosch Rexroth servo motor/drive combinations in one form factor. “Distributed electronics eliminates the need for a remote electrical cabinet,” says Viens, “which in turn shortens the installation and commissioning time because you don’t have to run wires to and from the cabinet. Instead, you just bring power and air into one central location.”

Conveyors are critical, too Morrison Container Handling System’s Smart Changeover system (12), shown this year at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, includes automatic changeover of the timing screw system and automatic changeover of all the conveyor rails around the system itself.

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To that end, a color sensor reads the change part color and prompts for the proper recipe.

“The system is smart enough to know when there are no change parts on the machine,” Lee says. “As an operator puts on the next set, it will identify it and once it does that it will tell us we need to upload the proper recipe, and it won’t let me start the machine until I do so.”

When performing a changeover or setting up the line, the timing screws will automatically move to the correct location so as not to rely on an operator to visually inspect and set the timing between screws. All of the rails will automatically adjust to the proper setting.

With the push of a button on the HMI, and no tools needed, it’s possible to change over the rail locations to handle a wide variety of container sizes, allowing for infinite adjustment of rail position for

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Machinery for the food industry At the Harpak-Ulma PACK EXPO Las Vegas booth, a key emphasis was on a package format not seen very much in the U.S. but that is increasingly popular in Europe: trayless ground meat backflushed with a mix of oxygen and carbon dioxide and wrapped on a flow wrapper (13).

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Harpak-Ulma Flow Wrap Product Manager Hugh Crouch, who also talked about the format at an Innovation Stage presentation, believes this concept has a shot at being adopted in the U.S. because by eliminating the tray there’s not only a cost savings but also a source reduction advantage. In addition to removing one whole piece of packaging by going

trayless, you also eliminate the trucks and the fuel they would consume when trays need to be delivered. As Crouch puts it, “Just send a roll of film to the meat packer and that’s it.”

The Harpak-Ulma flow wrappers recommended for trayless ground meat are either the Ulma FM 300 for speeds to 70 packs/min or the FM 500 for up to 130 packs/min. The films being applied vary considerably according to shelf life requirements. European meat marketers are not inserting a soaker pad, paper only.

Testing in the U.S. has been done both with and without a soaker pad. The jury is still out on whether it’s needed.

Crouch admits that, historically at least, the U.S. consumer has not been all that receptive to ground meat packaging formats other than the tray plus film overwrap. But considering how vociferous consumers have become where sustainability is concerned, he thinks it might be time to try this format in the U.S., and in fact testing is now underway. Crouch also points out that the shelf life of such packs in the U.S. marketplace would need to be longer than what is required in Europe due to the greater distances that fresh ground meat needs to travel on this side of the Atlantic. So the flexible films and gas mixtures used would likely need some tweaking.

Worth noting is that Harpak-Ulma wasn’t the only PACK EXPO exhibitor talking about trayless ground meat. A similar MAP flow wrap concept was on display at the Omori booth.

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As consumers put more emphasis on health, demanding more natural, fresh foods, interest is growing in high pressure processing (HPP) and what it can do to extend the refrigerated shelf lives of natural products. At PACK EXPO Las Vegas, JBT Avure introduced its FlexiBulk system (14), which is aimed at optimizing efficiency and throughput significantly.

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In recent years, innovative bulk HPP systems have helped broaden the range of packaging materials in which HPP product can be marketed. With this bulk processing approach, rather than putting filled primary containers into the HPP basket, a flexible film bag goes into the basket and then gets filled and closed. Next, the basket goes into the pressurizing chamber for the required pasteurization time. Then the basket exits the pressurizing chamber and its pasteurized contents are transferred to what’s referred to as an A-Tank. Needless to say, the interior of the A-Tank is cleaned to a level every bit as hygienic as the pasteurized product itself. From this A-Tank the product is filled into primary containers that are also sanitized to a level of cleanliness that is suitable for the pasteurized product. These containers, it’s important to point out, can be glass or metal because they don’t have to withstand the pressure of the HPP chamber.

Why is this so important? Because plenty of food and beverage marketers who might be drawn to HPP are reluctant to embrace a technology that, until recently, required plastic packaging.

The downside to this bulk HPP approach is that it’s sequential. Only when all three critical processing steps—filling the bulk bag, pressurizing the bulk bag, and emptying the bulk bag’s contents into A-Tank—are completed can the next batch of product be filled into a bag and a new cycle begin.

And that’s where FlexiBulk comes in. Rather than relying on one HPP basket that must be filled, processed, and emptied before the next batch can begin, FlexiBulk deploys multiple HPP baskets. This means that filling of the bulk bag, high-pressure processing of the bulk bag, and emptying of the bulk bag into the A-Tank can all take place simultaneously, which greatly improves the throughput efficiency of the process. Also important is that the FlexiBulk baskets accept either bulk bags or single-serve plastic containers simultaneously.

This is extremely attractive to toll processors who, because they produce for a wide variety of brand owner customers, value any measure of flexibility they can find.

But what really gets JBT Avure’s Sam Mudgal, global product line manager, excited is the increased throughput. “Efficiency in a basket is typically 40, 50, 60% max if a customer is doing conventional HPP, where single-serve bottles go into the basket, because there’s so much wasted space,” he says. “And if a customer is doing bulk HPP, they get the same suboptimal efficiency because until now that process was a sequential one. Now with FlexiBulk, efficiency is more than 90%, so we can actually double throughput.”

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At JBT Avure’s PACK EXPO booth, Mike Stokes, chief supply chain officer for Los Angeles-based Pressed, said he was looking forward to the installation of a FlexiBulk system this past October. The cold pressed juice maker had been waiting for HPP to become more package-agnostic, according to Stokes. “Our consumers are all about sustainability,” he says, noting that Pressed wanted to be able to provide cold pressed juices in glass, aluminum, and carton containers, as well as plastic. “Not that plastic is not recyclable, but consumers don’t recycle.”

Flexibility is also key in how JBT Avure’s new system operates. “The FlexiBulk delivers the maximum in HPP flexibility—the ability to run bulk and in-package products in the same cycle,” says Ryan Pereira, president of JBT Avure. In this case, a bulk bag would occupy one basket and the in-package products would occupy a separate one.

Pressed runs a variety of bottle sizes for its juices. Running its 2-oz shots in PET bottles in an HPP basket maximizes the pack efficiency, since the small bottles can be packed so densely.

Pressed plans to run a bulk bag in one carrier of the machine while running the 2-oz bottles in the second carrier.

“The throughput vs. other bulk systems is profoundly different,” Stokes says, noting the benefits of FlexiBulk doing the basket filling and basket unfilling outside of the HPP press, thereby improving the speed and efficiency of bulk HPP. The FlexiBulk has fill speeds of up to 55 gal/ min. It can fill bags, in baskets, while other bags are being pressed and unfilled. Automated filling and unfilling at such high speeds combined with JBT Avure’s largest diameter presses can now help processors HPP food at throughputs closer to conventional liquid foods processing.

“HPP has always been niche,” Mudgal says. “With this, we’re really making it mainstream.”

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the dispensing of cut product into totes. The builtin conveyor also assists with the effective capture of slivered, small cuts of leeks, onions, or peppers to promote complete discharge from the machine.

Hinged/sliding panels offer full access to all key areas of the machine to simplify maintenance and washdowns, while sloped surfaces throughout the machine, including a self-draining frame, make cleaning easier. Engineered for elongated food products, the belt-fed unit employs different styles of 20-in diameter cutting wheels to create flat or crinkle slices and julienne cuts.

“The design of the Urschel E TranSlicer (ETRS) cutter streamlines processing with minimal elevation changes, plus controlled and contained transfer points, to ensure maximum product is processed,” explains Urschel Laboratories CSO Alan Major.

Built for reliability, efficiency, and longevity, the VDG IntelliDrive drum motor (16) features variable belt speed without torque reduction and a permanent magnet electric motor that is enclosed inside the drum, along with the gear reducer and gears. The drum motor has a service life of 80,000 hr before scheduled maintenance. For sanitary food belt conveyor applications, the all-316-stainless-steel motor is available with the belt profile machined onto the drum that drives the modular belts without the use of sprockets.

the system, the door engages only where there is product, opening and allowing maximum airflow through the product while eliminating wasted airflow. The door also is available with the QTR Zone solution for thawing palletized product.

“The QFR Zone Pallet Fit door provides optimum flexibility for our customers, so they can tackle any situation,” says Sean Slain, Tippmann Group vice president of sales. “This cutting-edge technology was designed from customer feedback. We listened, and we delivered a system that provides maximum operational flexibility and labor savings to our customers.”

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“The difference with the VDG drum motor is that all components, including the motor and gear reducer, are enclosed inside the drum, providing a compact, space-saving solution that is up to 96% mechanically efficient and consumes 30% less energy,” states Matt Lepp, a VDG heavy industry drive specialist.

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Unibloc Pump displayed its QuickStrip positive displacement pump (18) for fluids, which features an all-stainless design with no rotor bolts or O-ring, helping eliminate the most common causes of foreign material entering the process stream and reducing damage during sanitation.

The pump has a sanitary swing arm that comes out from the side of the bearing housing and holds up the front cover, notes Pelle Olsson, a sales engi-

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A unique feature of the rotor design is that it has no rotor bolt. “It’s designed for manual clean or COP applications in the food, cosmetics, or pharmaceutical industries,” says Olsson. “The rotor comes out with your fingertips. It’s all stainless steel. There is no O-ring behind it, and there are no O-rings on the rotor bolt.”

With fewer components than other sanitary pumps, QuickStrip pumps can be assembled and reassembled with no tools, minimizing wear and tear during sanitation cycles.

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Brand new at PACK EXPO Las Vegas was the FCM Colloid Mill (19) from Fristam Pumps.

Designed for products such as sauces, dressings, mayonnaise, and a range of oil and fat emulsions, the new system saves time between batches because it’s never necessary to open the mill between products—either for product change or for cleaning.

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The FCM’s variable gap makes it possible to dial in the particle size needed for shelf-stable emulsions. It allows for consistent particle sizes with a tight distribution.

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In very aggressive food production environments, the optical sorter is subject to water and other materials splashing against sensors, causing debris to collect on both sensors and lights, notes Marco Azzaretti, director of marketing at Key Technology. “Over time, the challenge is to operate the same as Day 1,” he says.

The system’s optimized mechanical layout addresses this. The sorter’s architecture houses all utility components within the frame, eliminating the need for an external enclosure. All door seals have been updated to a new patented design, and additional sanitation upgrades further ensure Veryx 2.0 can withstand harsh operating environments over long production cycles.

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On the software side, new AI algorithms are helping to improve Key’s FM Alert monitoring tool as well as its Sort-to-Grade (STG) software. With FM Alert—which sends alerts if foreign materials are found in the product stream and records a time-stamped image of each critical foreign object detected by the sorter—AI techniques help to analyze captured images to further improve the accuracy of its record-keeping. The STG software categorizes every product defect and the dimensions of every object and automatically makes optimal accept/reject decisions based on the target quality spec defined by the operator. Here, AI helps to achieve more accurate dimensional grading of the product by digitally separating clumps of products into distinct objects for evaluation.

Also new from Key Technology is Discovery, a suite of data analytics software that enables Veryx 2.0 and other Key equipment to collect, analyze, and

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“Increasingly, customers are using our sorters as information centers for the whole process line,” Azzaretti says. “They’re able to capture more information than just what the machine needs for its core function, and they can provide valuable insights to customers.”

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As one example, if sorting diced or formed product, the system could detect how the shape profile has changed over time, Azzaretti notes. The system could alert an operator further up the line about a possible problem with the dicer or former.

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he Syntegon Kliklok topload carton formerly known as ACE—developed with a particular focus on ergonomic design, sustainability, and increased efficiency—made its North American debut at PACK EXPO Connects 2020 (for more on this machine, go to pfwgo.to/7430). The ACE (Advanced Carton Erector) was on display once again in Las Vegas, but now it is available with a special head that lets it form a unique compartmented paperboard tray (1) that is certified as compostable.

Syntegon sees the new tray as a far more sustainable alternative to the plastic trays that are widely used in packaging cookies, for example.

Samples of the tray shown at PACK EXPO were 18-pt natural kraft, though a range of thicknesses are available from CMPC Biopackaging Boxboard, which produces the tray. Trays can also be offered with a barrier coating, says CMPC Biopackaging Boxboard, that is repulpable, recyclable, and compostable.

The ACE machine is capable of forming either glue-style cartons or lock cartons that require no glue. The paperboard carton introduced at PACK EXPO is a lock style requiring no glue, and Syntegon indicates that a three-head ACE system can handle 120 of these paper trays/min. “Getting mechanical fingers to form a tray like this having compartments as it does is a significant accomplishment, especially when there’s no glue involved,” adds Janet Darnley, product manager for Syntegon.

On display at the AR Packaging booth was a package just now being launched by Torontobased Club Coffee that takes full advantage of AR’s Boardio technology. In an upcoming issue, we’ll have feature-length coverage of this recyclable, mostly paperboard alternative to today’s multilayer packaging, which is difficult to recycle.

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is the launch of a paperboard tray concept (2) intended for modified atmosphere packaging of ready meals, processed meat, fresh fish, and other chilled foods. The fully recyclable TrayLite solution provides an efficient and convenient alternative to full plastic barrier trays and reduces plastics by 85%, says AR Packaging.

Alternatives with recycled or renewable plastics are available today, but many brand owners, retailers, and food producers have set targets for fully recyclable packaging with maximized fiber content.

By combining its expertise in both cartonboard packaging and flexible high-barrier materials, AR Packaging was able to develop a tray that has an oxygen transmission rate lower than 5 cc/sqm/24r.

Made of sustainably sourced cartonboard, the two-piece paperboard tray is lined and sealed with thin higher barrier mono-material films to ensure product protection and extended shelf life. When asked how film is attached to cartonboard, AR says only this: “The cartonboard and the liner are developed to adhere without any use of glue or adhesive and in a manner that makes it easy for the consumer to separate for recycling after use.” The cartonboard tray, liner, and lidding film—a multilayer PE with a thin EVOH layer for gas barrier purposes—are easy for the consumer to separate from each other and recycle in separate well-established recycling streams across Europe, says AR. “Designed for recycling and easy to handle, heat, and eat from, TrayLite is ideal for a wide range of products such as ready meals, chilled meat and fish, and nutritional food,” says Yoann Bouvet, global sales director food service at AR Packaging. Being lightweight and using 85% less

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Thanks to the patented design of the tray, the thicknesses of cartonboard can be tailored to the exact needs, and therefore fewer resources are used while tightest seal integrity is achieved. The inner liner is recyclable as mono-material PE with an ultrathin barrier layer that provides the crucial product protection and thereby minimizes food waste.

“Our goal is to create safe and sustainable packaging solutions in cooperation with our customers and thereby help meet consumer needs and our customers’ ambitious sustainability targets,” says Harald Schulz, CEO at AR Packaging. “The launch of TrayLite confirms this commitment and is one more addition to our wide range of creative innovations provided by our multi-category packaging group.”

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Developments in pouches UFlex partnered with Mespack, a manufacturer of flexible packaging, end-of-line, and soluble pods equipment, and Hoffer Plastics, a leader in the custom injection molding industry, to develop a sustainable solution that will address the complexities of recycling attached with hot-fill pouches.

These three innovative firms have jointly developed a turnkey solution (3) that not only enables 100% recyclability of hot-fill pouches with its new mono-polymer structure but also the spout caps, thus bringing many ecologically responsible brands closer to reaching their sustainability goals.

Commonly, hot-fill pouches are used to pack ready-to-eat foods, allowing sterile packaging of a range of fresh, cooked, or semi-cooked food,

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juices, and drinks. It’s used as an alternative to traditional industrial canning methods. The utility of hot-fill pouches has outshone the expectations of consumers due to the functionality of easy storage and direct consumption of food content after heating it within the pack itself.

The newly designed, recycle ready, single material, PP-based, hot-fill pouch combines the strength of Oriented PP (OPP) and Cast Unoriented PP (CPP) in a layered laminated structure designed by UFlex offering enhanced barrier properties, easy heat seal-ability, and longer shelf life for unrefrigerated food storage. Sealing is done with patented closures from Hoffer Plastics in the form of tamper-evident, strong-seal spout caps. And pouch production features the mechanical integrity of the Mespack HF Series fill and seal machine, which allows efficient fill through the spout of pre-made pouches. The new design offers 100% easy recyclability of the laminated structure and spout cap as well within existing PP recycling streams and infrastructures. These pouches manufactured at a UFlex plant in India will be exported to American markets and will be used primarily for packing edible products such as baby food, food puree, and pet food, etc.

Thanks to Mespack technology, the HF Series is completely developed and designed to work with recyclable materials. Due to the continuous through-the-spout filling, up to 15% of the headspace is reduced by eliminating the wave effect.

“With our future-ready approach focusing on circular driven packaging, we are trying to offer products that widen our sustainable footprint in the ecosystem,” comments Luc Verhaak, vice president of sales at UFlex Packaging. “Designing with mono-materials, like with this recycle-ready PP hotfill spouted pouch, creates value for the recycling industry and helps in the development of a better recycling infrastructure. This co-creation with Mespack and Hoffer Plastics is an accomplishment backed by collective vision for a sustainable future and excellence in packaging, and it also marks the beginning of new opportunities in the future that can be tapped with our respective strengths.”

“One of our Mespack promises is to focus on developing innovative equipment for sustainable packaging solutions to preserve the environment and reduce the carbon footprint,” states Guillem Clofent, managing director of Mespack.

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the machine was again a highlight, and this time the news was that Elevation Brewing (4) has begun using the machine at its Poncha Springs, Colo., facility.

The E6PR (Eco Six Pack Ring) is compostable in municipal composting facilities, and home compostability certification is underway. The carrier is made of by-product waste from the food and beverage manufacturing industry. Like molded pulp products, the process involves a slurry that is poured into heated molds. But no paper or cellulose is in the mix, and considerable development work and customization lies behind the molds and the process in general, says E6PR. “We started talking to the E6PR guys two years ago,” says Christian Koch, co-founder of the Colorado brewery. “At the time, we were applying plastic ring carriers with an automated system, and as appealing as the fiber-based carrier was, it could only be applied manually. And once you have that kind of thing automated, you don’t really want to go back to manual.

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Koch confirms that the fiber-based carrier is more expensive than the plastic carriers it had been using. But consumers and retailers alike had made it clear that this was a move that had to be made.

Koch adds that one other option the firm had considered is going to paperboard instead of ring carriers. But that would have been even more expensive than the E6PR option.

Currently, Elevation Brewing is doing primarily sixpacks, but soon four-packs will be added. The tooling change required takes only a few minutes, says Koch.

A trend in multipacks PMMI Media Group has been tracking a recent trend among some food and beverage companies that has them switching their multipack material from plastic shrink film to fiber-based paperboard wraps.

There are a lot of variables at play as brands choose between the two substrates for their multipacks.

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WestRock isn’t just surfing this plastic-to-paperboard wave, the company is also helping to drive it. A commercialized example covered earlier this year (read more at pfwgo.to/7355) is of a Heinz canned food multipack rollout in the U.K. This Heinz application represents what John Perkins, VP, global packaging systems, says is WestRock’s ability to link together three different pillars of company focus—paperboard material, package design, and automation with machinery that wraps multipacks.

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It’s a glue-free pack that passes all the performance tests. It’s the most fiber-reduced pack of its kind, so it delivers on multiple fronts. And it ties back to the materials, because coated natural kraft [paperboard] does a great job. The long pine fibers have a lot of tear strength—that’s where it really excels vs. recycled board. And that way, you can pick this pack up, and handle it fairly aggressively, and it’s not going to tear.”

The Heinz application used multiple formats of the cluster wing, from three- to eight-packs. The three-pack runs at 400 packs/min, equating to 1,200 cans/min.

“All that backs up to the fact that they’re running their lines at faster than 1,000 cans a minute, they want surge capacity on top of that, and they can’t back up,” Perkins says. “We have to guarantee 98% efficiency. We have high-end visual cameras that are making sure all these tabs are locked properly.

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hat do you get when you mash up the words “sidekick” and “robot?” The answer was clear enough at Wyzo’s PACK EXPO Las Vegas booth, where the world’s first “sidebot” was on full display.

Wyzo (1) is a high-speed delta-style pickand-place robot capable of 90 picks/min that is designed to work safely beside people—i.e., a robot that is a sidekick, otherwise known as a sidebot.

It relies on two laser scanners from Sick that constantly screen the environment around the machine and notify the controller which of three zones an operator is in. If the operator is in the farthest zone, the speed of the delta robot is reduced. If the operator is in the middle zone, speed is reduced further. And if the operator is in the zone closest to the robot, speed is reduced yet again. Should the operator be so close as to come in contact with the robot, all motion comes to a halt.

Also making the Wyzo stand out is its use of the Genesis LiveDrive LDD 1800 Series of actuators, a high-torque direct drive solution designed for robotics and automation in food, packaging, pharma, and electronics industries. These actuators provide high enough torque that robots can now be created without the need for a gear box. That brings a number of benefits. First, it means no lubrication, and because

a typical delta style robot has its gearbox mounted directly above the product being packaged, these new Genesis actuators mean no more leaking of oil onto product. It also means a maintenance-free drive train. And finally, it greatly reduces the amount of space a finished machine occupies (1a).

“The actuator is a complete package,” says David Lokhorst, vice president of technology at Genesis. “In it is a brushless DC electric motor, but the topology of the geometry is unique and it uses our live drive technology, which is a patented arrangement of the magnets within the motor to deliver that high torque density that we can achieve. It also includes two encoders for position sensing and safety, and a brake so that when the power’s off it holds in position. All of that is completely enclosed in a sealed enclosure that is rated IP67 for washdown purposes.”

Governing the Wyzo are two PC-based controllers from Keba. According to Frank Souyris, Wyzo CEO, this deliberate redundancy means that “while one is doing, the other is checking.”

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Elsewhere in the robotics application space is the always popular category of case packing, and PACK EXPO Las Vegas exhibitors showed a number of examples. Among them was Brenton Engineering, a ProMach brand, which debuted a new model of the modularly designed RT1000 top-load robotic case packer system (2). Sam Weller, business segment manager of robotics and systems, says the RT1000 brings a higher level of efficiency to established CPGs with growing demand who are looking for automation promising 80

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Specific target markets and applications for the RT1000 include consumer/commercial packaged foods, household chemicals, and personal care products, among others. Brands that intend to add products or add pack patterns within a defined range without change parts should benefit from this system.

Weller says the system provides the flexibility needed to accommodate a wide range of products, and the ability to quickly program them into the system, without outside assistance. This is accomplished through a simple-to-use HMI that can be operated by staff with varied skill levels.

The model demonstrated on the show floor used a Fanuc robot in the case setup area that picks corrugated blanks, opens them, folds the minor flaps, and introduces the erected cases to a flight system.

Once the cases are moved into the load station, another Fanuc robot loads product from the infeed.

“The RT1000 includes standardized main design, but the infeed side is what we’ll customize to your applications,” Weller says. “It could be tubs, cartons, jugs, whatever you need.”

Once cases are loaded and need to be closed, the floor model used top and bottom Dekka tape heads, but the machine offers a hot melt glue-seal option as well.

More generally, the system features a clean design with all cables and wires embedded into frame, and a modular component design that allows customers to use an existing case erector and sealer. Mechanical changeovers are automated and simple, and remote connectivity is available as well, with optional onboard cameras for remote support.

Brenton summarizes the RT1000 as a flexible solution in a compact footprint that will be available in a rapid lead time at a competitive price. The single-skid design enables the machine to fit into a truck for easy transport and set-up.

With unpredictable demand and mass customization pushing manufacturers to engage in less make-to-stock and more just-in-time manufacturing, flexible conveyance systems that allow for rapid changeover and batch sizes of one have grown in popularity. At PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021, B&R Automation showcased its Mini-Geo conveyance system as well as its Acopos 6D planar conveyance system, both of which seek to address these trends.

The Mini-Geo is a modification of B&R’s Acopostrak shuttle transport system that is synchronized with an IRB 1200 robotic arm from ABB and several vision sensors. The Acopostrak uses independently controlled shuttles to transport products between processing stations as batches of one. Its design is particularly well-suited to the increasing demand for mass customization currently sweeping over many markets. By employing a series of looped tracks, Acopostrak is able to diverge and merge individual products into small, customized batches. Moreover, its set of looped tracks allows for parallel processing, meaning that multiple stations can perform the same process concurrently. If a piece of equipment—such as a bottle filler head—breaks down, remaining products can be redirected through a different route without ceasing production. The addition of the IRB 1200 allows the Mini-Geo to engage in automated changeover, and the vision sensors enable track and trace procedures.

Like the Acopostrak, the Acopos 6D (3) consists of separate movers that allow individual products to be transported as batches of one. However, rather than using motor modules to move along a track, the system employs planar movers that magnetically levitate above a tiled surface. By allowing for entirely free-form movement unimpeded by the limitations of a set track, the Acopos 6D can facilitate more precise and flexible positioning of products, while also reducing wear and tear on the system itself.

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Also featuring cobot solutions at its booth was Mitsubishi Electric Automation, which debuted its Assista collaborative robot during PACK EXPO Las Vegas. Assista is designed to share its workplace with humans in a safe and efficient manner, and its unique internal wiring and piping reduces the risk of cables being caught or snagged, increasing uptime and decreasing the risk of needing repair, according to Jeff Brown, senior manager of new business development at Mitsubishi Electric Automation.

“This is a solution for replacing labor,” Brown says. “For example, if you have labor that is picking fruit while also detecting anomalies and then placing the fruit in a certain orientation, to replace this labor, you need a specific robot, end-of-arm tooling, as well as a vision system that can detect different anomalies and determine what to do.”

The Assista also includes an H1 food-grade grease option for implementation in food processing facilities. For those customers with a focus on throughput and production, Assista features accuracy that has been measured to be ±0.03 mm per cycle. Safety considerations include the elimination of hand and pinch points to protect hands and fingers of operators, and the robot reacts to its environment by going into a collaborative mode when operators approach it.

Finally, Assista can be programmed without a teach pendant to be more easily operated by those without prior industrial robot experience. While Assista is still compatible with a teach pendant, it can also be operated by buttons on the robot body or by “hand guiding” it to various positions.

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In line with the trend of smaller cobots expanding into higher speed, greater capacity, and heavier payload territory, Columbia/Okura recently upgraded its miniPAL with the enhanced UR10e cobot arm by Universal Robots. Displayed at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, the upgraded system (4) increased its payload to 12.5 kg (27.55 lb), accom-

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modating 2.5-kg heavier cases than its 10-kg predecessor and affording new application possibilities with heavier payloads.

The new model also replaces pressure-sensitive safety mats with area safety scanners on all sides of the equipment footprint. Three area safety scanners detect human presence in the palletizing work envelope. This ensures safe operation in collaborative mode when in the presence of human workers, while allowing the miniPAL to operate at maximum rates while people are not within the palletizing work zone.

The compact design also includes an automated lifting column for tall loads, dual stacking locations for continuous load building, built-in fork pockets for easy mobility, and intuitive pattern-building software for ease of use. The flexible miniPAL, with a total workspace footprint of 11 x 13 ft, can palletize at two pallet locations at once for optimized productivity. The robotic arm’s lift height accommodates 84-in. load heights from the ground.

“This piece of equipment is totally movable,” says Jordan Huffman, resident service tech for Columbia/Okura. “Two inserts [on each side] of the footprint means you only need a pallet jack or a forklift to take the machine wherever it’s needed.”

The system plugs into 110 VAC wall power and can be set up in hours. A typical installation delivers an average payback in eight to 10 months, depending on application and industry.

“The latest upgrades to miniPAL make an excellent mobile, collaborative palletizer even better,” says Brian Hutton, president of Columbia/Okura.

“In this environment of critical labor shortages in every industry, miniPAL allows clients to quickly and cost effectively automate routine palletizing operations, and to redeploy existing resources to higher-value activities.”

video of the new miniPAL 2.0 at pfwgo.to/7408.

Picking, Packing, Fulfillment A wide range of automation solutions for picking, packing, fulfillment, and palletizing were demonstrated at the Fanuc booth during PACK EXPO. Here we look at some of these solutions.

Fanuc’s CRX cobot is an easy-to-use and flexible solution for a variety of applications, including palletizing, packing, inspection, and more. Built-in sensors on each axis can allow the CRX cobot to work safely alongside people without the need for expensive guarding. In addition, the CRX can operate for eight years maintenance-free, says Fanuc.

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The CRX collaborative robot offers the same level of performance. It supports several of Fanuc’s features including iRVision and is a perfect fit for any application where collaborative robots can help customers achieve higher efficiencies. Also, interactive programming enables users to teach the cobot what to do using hand guidance or a new tablet interface with drag-and-drop icons.

Also a highlight at the PACK EXPO booth was Fanuc’s DR-3iB/8L food-grade delta robot, which used 3DV iRVision and iRPickTool line tracking software to pick randomly oriented pieces of chicken from a continuous infeed conveyor.

Equipped with a Soft Robotics gripper, the robot picked chicken breasts and reoriented them onto an outfeed conveyor. The cell features high-speed picking with product reorientation. The DR-3iB sets a new standard for robotic food handling in terms of payload, speed, reach, and sanitation.

The DR-3iB delta robot is Fanuc’s latest solution for picking and packing primary and secondary food products. Rated IP69K, the robot meets the strictest food-handling regulations. Its design features corrosion-resistant materials, an unpainted finish, and a fully enclosed body allowing it to tolerate high pressure/temperature and sanitizer wash down environments.

A powerful four-axis design and higher wrist inertia allows the DR-3iB/8L to handle 8-kg payloads at very high speeds. Improved repeatability maximizes accuracy, and a hollow wrist design keeps all gripper wires and piping tucked inside. In addition, a large work envelope featuring a 1,600mm reach (500-mm height) is ideal for applications that require more range such as reaching into tall boxes or handling product on wide conveyors.

The DR-3iB operates with Fanuc’s latest R-30iB Plus controller with integrated intelligent functions such as iRVision, Force Sensing, Robot Link, Collision Guard, and Zero Down Time (ZDT).

Finally, an M-10iD/12 robot created random orders by picking from four homogenous totes, each with a 3DV/400 vision sensor mounted overhead. Each of the four sensors provided “best pick” locations from the homogenous totes, and then the robot picks parts to fill a customer order.

Once the order is complete, the order tote will move to an LR Mate 200iD robot station also equipped with a fixed 3DV/400 to remove the parts from the bin for further order processing.

The demonstration highlighted how the use of fully integrated robotic 3D Vision is an ideal solution for applications in the warehousing, logistics, and e-commerce markets.

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video of Fanuc robotic solutions at pfwgo.to/7409.

Palletizing/depalletizing E-commerce boxes come in all shapes and sizes, which is impossible for a palletizing robot—programmed to pick and place specific items—to respond to. To deal with such challenging complex applications, Yaskawa Motoman partnered with Mujin, a provider of intelligent robot control systems, allowing the Yaskawa robot (5) to sense different shapes and sizes of packages on the fly.

During PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Yaskawa showed a palletizing and depalletizing robot integrated with Mujin’s 3D imaging that automatically creates a path for the robot. The Mujin controller utilizes real-time perception, motion planning, and universal control.

The controller is completely teachless, which means no coding or teaching of waypoints and makes any robot intelligent, allowing for use in applications that were previously too difficult or impractical.

Mujin controllers can automate any robot picking task from palletizing/depalletizing and piece/ each picking in logistics to bin and container picking in manufacturing. Yaskawa Motoman’s robotic automation and Mujin’s patented 3D perception system with motion planning AI technology combine to highlight fast and precise picking of various shapes, materials, and packaging patterns.

“This is a truly autonomous palletizing and depalletizing application with [Mujin’s] 3D imaging creating a path for our robot,” says Chris Caldwell, a product manager at Yaskawa Motoman. “And you can eliminate the traditional robotic programming and just have their controller pick up your cases on the fly.”

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etort manufacturer Allpax, A ProMach brand, saw PACK EXPO Las Vegas as an opportunity to debut a solid-state digital chart recorder (1) that offers data recording and data integrity benefits and eliminates deviations common to paper charts.

“In a typical retort installation, the operators have lots of things to do. Even though standard control systems prompt them to do certain things, so many people are still printing out manual records—and each record for each process can be two or three pages—then they have to review it and sign, then it has to go to a quality assurance person to review and sign, and so this is one of the steps we’re taking to eliminate the paper trail and make everything all electronic, and still validated by the FDA, USDA, etc.,” a representative from Allpax told PMMI Media Group at the booth in Las Vegas.

This digital device offers safe and secure data storage, fully compliant with the regulatory requirements of 21 CFR Part 11 for electronic record keeping. When connected to a printer, the device can be set up to automatically print the process record trends to a paper report at the end of each batch period, thus allowing it to serve as the official temperature recording device (TRD) in both electronic record keeping systems as well as legacy record printing systems. The presentation of the electronic data and the printed data is specifically designed to improve the record review process and thus reduce risk and increase efficiency in the review process.

Additionally, the digital chart recorder eliminates the typical process deviations caused by print skipping, improper paper installation, and the other issues associated with mechanical chart recorders.

Installation is easy—simply move the wires from the mechanical device to the new Allpax digital device.

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alongside an existing pen-and-paper recorder and function as an electronic backup. This Allpax solution eliminates paper-chart deviation issues caused by paper jams, skips, dry ink, pen adjustments, paper replacement, and incorrect paper installation. The Allpax digital chart recorder is compatible with both batch and continuous retorts. This device records real-time data and graphically displays it in a user-configurable format. Custom-definable ranges, scales, and chart graduations optimize legibility and adhere to the best practices described under 21 CFR Parts 113 and 114. The Allpax digital chart recorder stores electronic records in a secure Microsoft SQL server database. The device also offers customizable on-screen notifications and alarms with the ability to send these messages via email.

Predictive maintenance Featuring the industry’s first, patented bottom-bearing wear sensor, the Ashworth Bros. SmartSpiral monitoring system (2) takes the guesswork out of when an Ashworth spiral conveyor system will fail. It allows access to multiple spiral systems at multiple plant locations from a phone or tablet to continuously monitor temperature, belt tension, and cage power. Live data is collected and transferred via a proprietary application to a cellphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer—without having to use an intranet system. “We designed our SmartSpiral monitoring system to help users run their spiral systems correctly,” says Chris Trinch, senior product engineer for Ashworth Bros. “We monitor data from five different locations in a spiral. We take that data, analyze the alarms, and store that informa-

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Servo-pneumatics Among the various automation and control trends apparent at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, the growing combination of pneumatic and electric automation, such as servo motion control, could be seen at the booths of both Emerson and Festo.

Emerson showcased its smart pneumatics and servo motion systems that feature advanced analytics and edge computing to help users increase productivity and profitability as well as meet sustainability targets. Emerson refers to this combination of pneumatics and servo motion as servo-pneumatics, a technology mix used widely in packaging applications.

Pneumatic positioning is preferred by many OEMs and consumer packaged goods manufacturers because of its budget friendliness and ability to reduce machine development time.

A key aspect of Emerson’s servo-pneumatic approach begins with a filter regulator assembly, which is used for conditioning the air quality before it enters the servo-pneumatic system. The air pressure from the filter regulator unit then leads into proportional valves that enable the force, speed, and position of the actuator to be controlled. As pressure on both sides of the valve’s piston is regulated, digital pressure sensors in the system allow real-time data from the proportional valves to be viewed. A hygienic, IP69K-compliant actuator with a built-in measurement sensor tracks the piston position, completing the closed-loop system back to the controller.

Emerson’s Advanced Electronics System control unit allows for direct communication to a PLC via multiple fieldbus protocols. It also contains a PID module to control the proportional valves based on position or force commands from the PLC. The servo motion aspects of the system highlighted by Emerson showcase the combination of PLC and motion controller in one backplane, allowing for the motion controller to communicate with the PLC directly through the backplane. Because the backplane also powers the unit and handles communication, this creates an integrated system for servo-pneumatic applications. Each motion controller/PLC system can communicate with up to four axes and will automatically synchronize and communicate with additional systems as they are added to a line to control more axes as needed.

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Emerson’s Aventics AF2 smart flow sensor (3) is used to identify when equipment is wasting energy and to prevent downtime. It measures air flow and pressure, as well as energy being used with readings displayed on the AF2’s built-in OLED screen.

Statistical data gathered by the sensor calculates the cost of air being used by the equipment. Alerts can also be sent when acceptable operating parameters are not met to avoid unplanned downtime.

The sensor can be connected with an industrial or Power over Ethernet (PoE) M12 interface.

The industrial version offers analog, frequency, switched, and IO-Link outputs, allowing users to capture data on a PLC or other industrial controller. The Ethernet PoE version supports many of the open protocols being used in IIoT systems, such as MQTT and OPC UA, enabling connections to existing overall equipment efficiency (OEE) monitoring software or larger cloud systems. Data from the Ethernet PoE sensor can be viewed in real time on the device’s internal web server or via any computer or monitoring system connected to the same network.

Meanwhile, Festo showcased its new Simplified Motion Series (SMS) all-in-one integrated-drive axes (4). The company says SMS represents an “engineering breakthrough” in that it combines pneumatics with electric automation. This breakthrough is based on how Festo’s SMS integrates ball screw axes, toothed belt axes, mini slides, electric cylinders, piston rod, and rotary actuators with an onboard servo drive.

SMS actuators are designed for use in positioning, indexing, clamping, feeding, and cut-to-length tasks. Because all SMS components are integrated into a single unit with a unique part number, this simplifies the ordering, inventory, and replacement of SMS units, which is especially important for OEMs. Units in the series include: ELGS-BS ball screw, ELGS-TB toothed belt axis, EGSS mini slide, EPCS electric cylinder, EPCE compact electric cylinder, ERMS rotary drive, and ELGE toothed belt axis.

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Festo points out that no additional software is required to operate SMS, as commissioning is accomplished via onboard push buttons for two-position functionality. Digital I/O (DIO) and IO-Link control come standard with each SMS unit. With DIO control, two positions are available—home and a configurable end point. Festo says that when controlling SMS with IO-Link, positioning along the axis length is infinitely variable, which enables SMS axes to be used as a cost-effective alternative to traditionally higher-cost servo motion. Using IO-Link, technicians can remotely adjust movement parameters as well as copy and backup functions for parameter transfer and read functions of essential process parameters. This level of capability opens up more applications to electric motion, including conveyor material handling and mobile applications, according to Festo.

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Bringing the smartphone principle to industrial IT The ctrlX Store (5), an online application marketplace for Bosch Rexroth’s ctrlX Core automation control platform, was showcased at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021.

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by Bosch Rexroth as well as by a growing number of third-party providers. According to the company, the primary goal of the marketplace is to help machine builders, packagers, and other manufacturers speed time-to-market while maintaining the ability to customize their offerings and differentiate themselves from their competitors. By making an ecosystem of turnkey applications available, the challenges that come with configuration, programming, and design when setting up a line or engaging in product changeover can be greatly reduced. Moreover, to enable as

much flexibility as possible, end users writing their own applications can do so via a variety of programming languages or utilize low-code methodologies such as Google’s Blockly visual programming environment.

The shift toward low-code approaches has become increasingly common as software applications have increased in complexity. Whereas it once took thousands of labor hours to write the code for a software product line-by-line, doing so today is considered excessively costly and time-consuming.

Luckily, large, online libraries of pre-existing code have become commonly available as the software industry has matured, lowering the barrier to entry for developers.

As innovation increasingly occurs at the software level, platforms like the ctrlX Store will also enable companies to quickly install updates remotely, allowing them to keep their businesses competitive more easily than if physical upgrades to hardware assets were needed, says Dave Cameron, director of sales at Bosch Rexroth.

“I’ve seen examples where making a dashboard in a cloud environment that can be looked at anywhere in the world, whether you’re at home or talking to the controller directly, and it has been done in as little as 15 minutes,” Cameron says. “It’s just one more method to drive ease-of-use and speed-to-market.”

The open availability of schematic and configuration data the ctrlX Store offers also enables end users to begin programming applications for new equipment via a computer-aided design (CAD) simulation before machinery has even been put in place, further accelerating the production pipeline.

The ultimate aim of the ctrlX Store is to bring a “smartphone principle” to the sharing of industrial software and applications.

a video demo of ctrlX Store at pfwgo.to/7424.

SaaS and cybersecurity Recently named a winner in the FDA’s Low- or NoCost Food Traceability Challenge, Wiliot’s Sensing as a Service (SaaS) platform (6) consists of stampsized computers called IoT Pixels that can be affixed to any package to detect and understand various conditions, including package location, temperature, tamper detection, humidity, motion, fill rate, as well as product identification.

In real time, the IoT Pixels are built to securely communicate the information to the Wiliot Cloud via Bluetooth from phones and nearly all Wi-Fi access points, thus becoming the IoT Pixels’ infrastructure. From the Wiliot Cloud, information can be accessed and analyzed by brands, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to make more informed decisions along the supply chain.

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ing radiofrequency energy. We’re in the Reusable Packaging Pavilion here at the show, and that’s doubly appropriate because we reuse the radio waves that surround us to power these tiny computers.”

When companies can closely monitor the status of goods in Wiliot-enabled RPCs, they can more accurately match supply and demand so they’re not over-producing but increase revenue; they can more efficiently deliver goods where they need to go, using fewer vehicles or shorter delivery routes to reduce emissions; and they can gain greater visibility into inventory to improve business performance and offer superior service to their customers.

We conclude this section of our Innovations Report with a look at a cybersecurity platform (7) from Siemens. As industrial companies connect plant-level software and devices to internet-connected enterprise systems, cybersecurity has become a critical operations issue for manufacturers of all sizes. While the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) greatly expands the efficiency of plant floor operations, it also introduces countless new vectors for potential cyber attacks. With more data flowing in and out of plants, the concern is that once localized networks will become more vulnerable.

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To address this growing concern, Siemens’ SiberProtect cybersecurity platform was on display.

In addition, the company was also exhibiting its realtime locating system (RTLS).

SiberProtect is an operations technology (OT) threat-detection system that can isolate or quarantine plant and field assets upon credible identification of a cyber attack. According to Siemens, the system operates in real time—independent of the site network—and is capable of responding to a potential threat in mere milliseconds. Upon receiving a cybersecurity notification, SiberProtect initiates a pre-determined series of equipment management actions designed to protect high-value or mission-critical assets and initiate other desired responses. To achieve this latter goal, notifications are communicated to operators and other stakeholders via lights, sirens, emails, and text messages.

The SiberProtect system is in line with a common cybersecurity trend. Whereas companies once relied on perimeter strategies that used firewalls and other network-based strategies to inspect and validate users entering and leaving the network, this approach has become increasingly untenable as digital transformation has mandated that plants connect more and more devices outside of the IT team’s control. As a result, defense-in-depth strategies that seek to use intentional redundancies at every layer of a system—down to the device level—help ensure that proper security measures are becoming more common. These technologies require individual machines on the plant floor to possess security certificates and only send data via encrypted communications.

Siemens’ RTLS technology tracks the position of assets, containers, vehicles, and other materials in indoor and outdoor environments. Infrastructure devices are placed throughout a facility that function similarly to satellites used to triangulate a GPS network. After the devices are in place, transponders are attached to assets or materials to be to tracked, and date can be fed into an MES or other system.

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Efficient CIP Technologies Improve Food Safety, Costs Comprehensive sanitation and hygiene practices are more important than ever.

Improvements in several aspects of the equipment are making clean-in-place systems increasingly indispensable in food and beverage plants.

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ODAY’S CONSUMERS are more attuned than ever to issues of food safety and health.

The food and beverage processing industry has responded with more comprehensive sanitation practices and hygienic equipment designs.

Improvements in technologies such as spray balls, valves, pumps, and sensors, as well as multi-tank cleaning systems, are also enabling more efficient cleaning processes.

In the decade since the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in 2011, sanitation technologies have continued to mature, and automation is being employed in both clean-in-place (CIP) and clean-out-of-place (COP) systems. With

the detailed cleaning records required by the FSMA to verify compliance, electronic record-keeping and cloud-based data storage are becoming more common as well.

CIP is being broadly applied across many industries because it’s more reliable and less labor-intensive than other methods. The food, beverage, health, and semiconductor industries all use CIP. The dairy industry and 3-A Sanitary Standards have been CIP leaders and remain the largest installed base. The aseptic market, which involves low-acid products packaged for ambient transport, is considered by experts to be the most advanced in using CIP and sterilize-in-place (SIP) systems. www.profoodworld.com

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Many processors are moving to three-tank CIP systems because they allow cleaning chemicals to be reused and water from the final clean water rinse to be recycled for pre-rinsing in the next CIP process.

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Automation makes a difference Producers are now focused on deploying more efficient cleaning processes that use less water, energy, and chemicals, according to Bryan Downer, vice president of sales and marketing for Sani-Matic.

While various solutions are being employed, they usually involve increased use of automation.

“One of our customers, a processed foods company, did a cleaning efficiency study and realized they were using chemicals to fix a CIP process problem,” Downer explains. “We also identified that while a more effective CIP system could reduce cleaning time significantly, they would still not be able to recover that time for production because their manual cleaning process was still the bottleneck.”

Because of space constraints, the customer opted for a CIP/COP combination unit that provided proper velocity and temperature for CIP, reducing time and chemical use considerably, Downer notes. “Most important, they were able to automate the majority of the manual cleaning, which allowed them to go back into production nearly twice as fast and recognize a full return on investment in less than 12 months.”

Downer points to another example of a customer using its process tanks to perform CIP, sometimes referred to as a “pot and pump” method. “Although reasonably effective, it was time-consuming and there was no good way to monitor or record cleaning parameters like time, temperature, flow, or chemical concentration,” he says. “By implementing a small, portable CIP mini system, they were able to clean much faster and with better results since they could monitor and record what was occurring. The small system fit their budget needs at the time until they could upgrade to a more automated and sustainable multiple-tank systems.”

CIP programs must be tailored to the operating conditions in different plants and correctly sized for cleaning effectiveness.

Many processors are moving to three-tank CIP systems because they allow cleaning chemicals to be reused and water from the final clean water rinse to be recycled for pre-rinsing in the next CIP process, reducing use of both water and chemicals, says Trent Bullock, manager of engineering services for Central States Industrial (CSI).

New CIP-able process equipment designs eliminate baffles and other barriers that could hinder cleaning and use advanced spray balls and valves.

Another trend is to integrate cleaning and processing equipment, which enables a plant’s programmable logic controller (PLC) to communicate with the CIP system, often from feet or yards away.

New process equipment is designed to manage CIP without operator intervention. “Companies know they can’t always control the operator, so they’re more accepting of automation,” Bullock explains. “Since cleaning processes need to be repeatable, they want to start cleaning from the process to eliminate human errors.”

Among the many technologies that are enabling more effective cleaning processes are improvements in spray devices, says Steven Grall, director of process technology for A&B Process Systems.

“The ability of spray devices to thoroughly wet all surfaces and prevent interruptions during production are continually improving,” he says. “The historic spray ball has evolved to be rotating, have higher impact and impingement forces, and have monitoring to assure validated performance.”

CIP supply units have historically been the point of information regarding flow rate, conductivity, pressure, temperature, and time, according to Grall.

“Now this data is being recorded and stored, and active CIP routines are compared against the validated routine readings to assure performance to standards,” he adds.

The benefits of integration One of the more exciting developments, according to Grall, is the integration of CIP techniques with other processes to minimize heating, chemical, and water requirements. “This combines what historically has been process line CIP technology with back-ofthe-house infrastructure water treatment processes,” he says. “This promises to significantly reduce water, chemical, and steam usage, as well as lower overall waste discharge and better control CIP systems for microbiology, potent flavor, or color carryover and allergen batch-to-batch cross-contamination.”

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Small, portable CIP mini systems can enable producers to get cleaning results within their budget needs.

The increased use of enclosed systems and equipment in 24/7 operations requires incorporating CIP features. “Positive pumps are an example of designs for CIP,” Grall explains.

“Most suppliers have CIP-cleanable vessels, pumps, valves, and heat exchangers. Systems built with these components need validation but are generally assumed to be CIP-able.”

Filling equipment has also come forward with automated CIP, with the latest versions reducing the need for personnel to be involved in the pre- and post-cleaning phases, Grall says.

“In addition, some units have begun incorporating CIP into downstream packaging conveying,” he notes. “Some non-water CIP systems are also being used on packaging, bundlers, casing, palletizing, and stretch wrapping where disassembly and reassembly are required, such as specifically designed COP cabinets. It’s common to see these COP cabinets used for combinatorial scales, change parts assemblies, totes, carts, and preparation tools.”

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Though slower to take hold, another development is full integration with operations, Grall adds.

“CIP poses challenges because it’s not necessarily the main goal of a production line, which is built to prepare and preserve the product in a suitable package,” he says. “In a capex project, operations may not be at the table when a new line is discussed, so integration with CIP systems is often an afterthought. As CIP documentation, risk mitigation, and increases in uptime show their value, the future will see greater integration.”

Revising Guidelines on Allergen Cross-Contamination The OpX Leadership Network is beginning work in 2022 to revise its guidelines to help consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers adopt effective cleaning practices to prevent allergen cross-contamination in their processes.

Food allergens have become a major public safety issue for both consumers and manufacturers. A suite of documents will be developed, including validation steps, that will also cover vegan-animal cross-contamination.

The work product is designed to assist small to mid-sized companies that are developing or revising their allergen control plan.

An important step in developing an effective program is to validate the procedures designed to perform allergen cleaning. The initial validation should be done before the food safety plan becomes operational.

A reanalysis could trigger the need for a revalidation, especially if there are food safety problems such as illness or consumer complaints or if there are significant changes in the ingredients, equipment, or operations that could impact the effectiveness of allergen cleaning procedures.

The intent of the revised guidelines will be to outline major activities that should take place and identify needed steps if any deficiencies are found. Several resources will be listed to assist with validation activities.

Sponsored by PMMI, the OpX Leadership Network is a consortium of 250 CPGs, OEMs, and technology suppliers. It was formed 12 years ago to establish and share best practices for hygiene and safety in manufacturing.

“The goal was to provide guidance to CPG companies that don’t need the stringent cleaning and food safety practices that must be followed by the dairy and meat industries,” explains Bryan Griffen, senior director, industry services, at PMMI. CIP for CPGs: Clean-in-Place Guidelines for Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers was issued by OpX’s CIP Solutions Group in 2018. PMMI maintains a comprehensive online library of information (www.opxleadershipnetwork. org) on cleaning, including CIP processes and protocols, CIP equipment and sanitary equipment design standards, validation activities, and CIP tools and resources. The guidelines are designed for manufacturers using wet cleaning processes.

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late the combination of settings to create the most efficient CIP recipe. “The system can monitor and verify the cleaning process, resulting in decreased costs and increased effectiveness,” he says.

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Flow, temperature, concentration, and time are the four factors that determine cleaning effectiveness, and software can help create the most efficient CIP recipe.

Save resources with modern equipment “Cleaning is an integral part of the production cycle because it contributes to food safety, decreased downtime, and more sustainable operations,” says Rick Burns, process/system engineering manager, U.S. and Canada, for Tetra Pak. “It’s becoming more important as producers begin to realize that it has a major impact on availability and operational costs.

Better cleaning processes contribute to a producer’s overall performance, including the ability to reduce energy, utility and detergent consumption, as well as protect a company’s reputation.”

Making improvements to inefficient, outdated equipment can improve energy savings by up to 30%, according to Burns. “Adding a variable-speed drive, for example, lets operators specify the flow rate within the CIP recipe parameters,” he says.

“Updating controls, sensors, and alarms can optimize automation to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) that might include water reuse percentages and how much wastewater is being generated or energy consumed.”

Flow, temperature, concentration, and time are the four factors that determine cleaning effectiveness, Burns explains, and software can help calcu-

Another technology that goes hand-in-hand with CIP is liquid product recovery, known as pigging.

It makes a CIP process quicker and more efficient, which is why its use by the food industry is steadily increasing. Pigging can reduce waste, increase yields and capacity, lower contamination risks, and improve environmental stability. It also reduces downtime between batches and speeds changeovers, directly improving a CIP process.

“CIP is mainly about removing bacteria, chemical and biological residues from a previous production run,” explains Peter Elgar, director of HPS Product Recovery Solutions. “This is particularly important in shared product lines when preparing equipment for the next product batch. Pigging, on the other hand, is about recovering residual product, nearly always during product changeovers or between batch runs.”

Pigging works by propelling a specialist projectile (the pig) down a pipeline. The pig diameter is slightly larger than the pipeline or tubing that is transporting the liquid. These systems are nearly always automated and recover nearly all the liquid in the pipe, so there’s no need to send the liquid to waste during the flush CIP cycle.

“Pigging systems remove nearly all the residual product, often more than 99%. That means there’s less need for CIP because there’s virtually no product in the pipeline left to remove or sanitize,” Elgar notes. “Since the pig is made from food-grade materials, it can be fully CIP’d and why the two technologies work so well together.”

Though pigging rarely removes the need for CIP, it can significantly shorten the cleaning cycle and reduce downtime between batches. “It also means reducing the amount of expensive and often caustic chemicals that must be used, as well as the amount of water needed for flushing, so there’s less waste to send for external treatment or disposal,” Elgar says.

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TUNNEL FREEZER MINIMIZES PRODUCT LOSS DURING FREEZING The Linde cryogenic tunnel freezer features a solid, stainless-steel segmented conveyor belt that is chilled in the unit to cryogenic temperatures. The outside surface of products quickly freezes through contact with the cold plate belt, locking in moisture, brine, marinade, and sauces. Modular in design for on-site extension, the high-capacity Cryoline PB liquid nitrogenpowered plate belt tunnel freezer is suitable for difficult-to-handle products, such as raw, marinated proteins; sauced foods; and semi-liquid products. The plate belt itself can be retrofitted into Linde cryogenic tunnel units already in use.

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COOLER/CONVEYOR ELIMINATES FLOORSPACE REQUIRED FOR SEPARATE COOLING STAGE An enclosed system that can safely convey and cool food powders and mixes from 500 °F to down to 110 °F in one step, the Luxme conveyor includes jacketed pipes containing cooling fluid. Treated and untreated municipal water sources, or water from elsewhere within the plant, can be used as the cooling fluid. The ThermoLuxme tubular chain conveyor has an enclosed, sealed pipe assembly that contains and vents gases or moisture emitted from the hot material during transfer through the internal pipework using either vacuum, forced air, or inert gases.

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Thermicjet ovens, hot smokehouses, and other Schröter thermal processing chambers also can be equipped with air supply ducts with fully, cleanly welded nozzle cones.

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ROBOTIC SYSTEM EFFICIENTLY LOADS BACON DRAFTS INTO THERMOFORMERS The JLS loading system has a robotic gripper end-of-arm tool that prefolds a flat bacon L-board flap utilizing a combination of linear servo actuators. The folded draft is then rotated 180 deg and articulated down into the thermoformer pocket. The Harrier bacon draft loading system features a hygienic, stainless-steel, IP69K-rated, vision-guided delta robot that has a targeting system, which accommodates a range of draft position variances on the infeed conveyor.

The loading system can be integrated with other upstream and downstream equipment, such as a slicer or a robotic case packer.

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BULK HIGH PRESSURE PASTEURIZATION MACHINE HAS IMPROVED PACKING DENSITY The JBT-Avure high pressure processing machine HPPs individually packaged products, as well as food and beverage bulk products, simultaneously. With the FlexiBulk HPP machine, filling and unfilling is done outside the HPP press, filling bags in baskets, while other bags are being pressed and unfilled. Capable of filling HPP’d product into multiple eco-friendly container options (including cans and reusable bags, bottles, and cartons), the machine has a packing density of 90% for liquid bulk fills and fill speeds up to 55 gal/min.

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PLATE MAGNETS CAPTURE METAL CONTAMINANTS IN APPLICATIONS WHERE PRODUCT PURITY IS VITAL Creating a magnetic field that virtually eliminates wash-off, Eriez magnetic plates are suitable for shallow burdens in applications where fine magnetic particles can cause product contamination. The Xtreme Rare Earth+ and Rare Earth+ magnets utilize a ½-in. high 400 series stainless-steel step to provide a magnetic and physical barrier for the removal and retention of fine ferrous contamination. The rare earth plate magnets will be implemented in all Eriez deep reach, round pipe, and hump-style magnetic separators. They also can be installed in chutes, spouts, ducts, or pipes, or suspended over conveyors.

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OVEN LUBRICANTS REDUCE WEAR, RUST, OXIDATION, AND CORROSION Renewable Lubricants oven lubricants perform at temperatures up to and over 1,830 °F, with protection up to 3,632 °F. The food-grade Bio Extreme high-temperature lubricants are made from white graphite and bio-based, biodegradable base oils, and come in 1-gal jugs, 5-gal pails, drums, and totes, as well as in bulk. NSF H1 and Kosher certified, they are acceptable as lubricants with incidental food contact (H1) for use in and around food processing areas. Applications include roller chains on oven conveyors, bakery oven chains, beverage can lines, and other food processing applications.

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FILLER LOADS BULK SOLID MATERIALS FREE OF DUST Made for bulk boxes, totes, bins, or other intermediate bulk containers (IBC), the Flexicon basic filler has a head that can be raised or lowered using a forklift and secured with clevis pins to minimize the clearance between the rectangular dust hood and the opening of IBCs ranging from 48 to 78 in. tall. The fill head port can be vented to a filter sock or a central bag house. The filler frame is available in carbon steel with an industrial coating, with stainless-steel material contact surfaces, or in all-stainless-steel construction to industrial or sanitary standards. It can be integrated with Flexicon mechanical or pneumatic conveying systems or other upstream process equipment or storage vessels.

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TERMINAL BLOCK IS 60% SMALLER THAN STANDARD UNITS Featuring push-in connection technology, the Wago terminal block comes with an open tool slot or orange push buttons. The Topjob S Mini terminal block 12 AWG variant also can be mounted in various ways: miniature rail, snap-in mounting foot for chassis mount, or direct mount with a fixing flange. It operates at up to 600 V and 20 A, and has UL 1059, AEx, ATEX, and IECEx approval for hazardous locations.

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AUTOMATIC PALLET DISPENSERS INCREASE SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY Enabling the loading and dispensing of pallets from any of three different axes, Spiroflow automatic pallet dispensers offer a throughput up to 180 pallets/ hr and stack heights up to 20 pallets.

Constructed with a heavy-duty welded and bolted design and painted with a USDA-compliant polyurethane coating, the dispensers are compatible with a range of wood or plastic pallet sizes from 36 to 48 in., and can be configured to fit individual facility requirements. Each unit ships fully assembled and can be supplied with a micro-PLC control panel for standalone, manual, or automatic operation.

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SERVOMOTORS MEET HIGH STANDARDS OF HYGIENE AND CLEANLINESS Available in three sizes up to 2 kW (2.68 hp) power range and up to 14 Nm (10.32 ft-lb) torque, Siemens servomotors include IP69K, AISI 316/316L stainless-steel housings; EPDM seals; a standard 22-bit multiturn absolute encoder; and a one-cable connection. Simotics S-1FS2 servomotors meet IP66/67 standards, and are suitable for pick-and-place applications, plus the movement of heavy loads. Options include a holding brake, stainless-steel shaft, and a cable tail for direct drive connection.

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PACKAGING MACHINE ACHIEVES HIGH PACK OUTPUTS, EVEN WITH LIMITED FLOOR SPACE Built to produce vacuum and MAP packs, such as those for beef jerky, small sausages, or cheese snacks, the Multivac packaging machine makes thermoformed packs with a forming depth up to 20 mm. With the optional upper web forming of 10 mm, replacing existing, symmetrically produced pouch packs is possible.

The F 286 thermoform packaging machine has a loading area of up to 3,000 mm, which can be extended. The unloading area also can be extended to integrate printing solutions or other equipment components, such as an inkjet printer or additional cutting unit. The unit achieves an output up to 240 packs/min.

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CASE STUDY TMRW FOODS AARON HAND | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ERP System Helps Startup Grow in the Right Direction Icicle Technologies’ enterprise resource planning system is helping a plant-based protein producer make sure it has the data it needs—for traceability, HACCP, costing, and more—to optimize its growth.

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HOUGH IT MIGHT APPEAR that the plantbased craze has caught hold of just about everyone lately, a very small percentage of people live a fully vegan or even vegetarian way of life. The overwhelming majority of plant-curious eaters fall more within the flexitarian realm—understanding the benefits that a plant-based diet could bring to their health or to the environment, but still enjoying meat.

It’s a big reason that well-known companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have launched a range of plant-based burgers, chicken nuggets, and other alternative meats that look and taste like— well—burgers, chicken nuggets, and other meats. A company in Port Coquitlam, B.C., Canada, is taking a different approach—focused on creating a compelling and more sustainable food experience without necessarily replicating meat, according to Dean Blignaut, co-founder and president of TMRW Foods.

The idea, he notes, is that somebody still eating meat could have a TMRW product—whether a burger or sausage or breakfast patties—and feel like it’s a cool product but not the exact same thing.

Data-driven growth From his previous experience at other companies, Blignaut had worked with a range of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other management software systems. It was important to Blignaut, even with a small company like TMRW, to implement the system early to foster the right culture.

As a business, the plant-based food maker had started very small—with a competition at the office to create a burger—and then picked up steam quickly, testing recipes with chefs, food scientists, and more. “In 2019, we had our first prototype of the TMRW Burger,” Blignaut says. “We opened our 5,000-sq-ft production facility in Port Coquitlam in April [2020], and now we have national distribution through UNFI Horizon, and we sell it to chains like Whole Foods and Nesters and so forth.”

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As TMRW sought out the right ERP system, one of the most important requirements for operation was an easy-to-use traceability system, Blignaut says. “Inventory management was another box that we wanted to tick. Also productivity tracking, dynamic costing abilities, being able to ensure consistency of execution with our team throughout different facets of the business—not just in production, but QA, QC, purchasing, anything along those lines,” he explains. “Inspections and data logging was an important part of it for us as well, because we understand that it can become quite tedious and cumbersome to have to do too much manually on paper, and it’s also a waste from a sustainability element.”

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ant that the system be easy to navigate, making training easy for all employees. He reached out to industry association BC Food & Beverage to get recommendations on the kind of high-performance system he had in mind, and they recommended Icicle Technologies, which specializes in food and cannabis industries. After reviewing several options, Blignaut became sold on Icicle’s suitability.

The traceability functionality has been one of the most useful aspects of the ERP system, according to Blignaut. “We wanted to make sure that we had a really robust tracing system, not just so that we can meet or appease regulators, but because we really wanted to feel like if there was anything that happened, that we could very confidently go and trace it, and be able to report that information to whoever it might’ve affected,” he says. “I think that the way that we’ve managed to incorporate it, and the way that it’s followed all the way through our system, is really helpful.”

Not only did the Icicle ERP have what Blignaut knew he wanted in the system, but it came with some surprises as well, including the ability to handle food safety and hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) aspects. “As we started digging into the different offerings, the HACCP component of it found its way into the conversation,” he says.

“We at the time were building out a HACCP plan, and when we found out that we could actually build out the plan directly into our system vs. having two separate pieces running concurrently, then that became an attribute that we saw as being very valuable as well.”

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Because of facility delays in both permitting and construction, TMRW had more time than initially expected to iron out details on the ERP system.

“One thing that made it more challenging for us was that we weren’t implementing in an existing facility that we had been working in for a while. It was brand new, and we had to mentally visualize a lot of what we thought would happen in the space, from previous experience and so forth, then make some assumptions,” Blignaut explains, adding that an emphasis on the quality and structure of the information from the beginning helped that situation.

“Once you have a really good structure, it’s much easier to slot all the following bits in. I found that before with certain kinds of management systems— they’re incredibly robust and very powerful, but if you’ve got chaotic information structures, it doesn’t really help.”

Using tablet devices made it relatively easy for workers to get used to using the ERP system, he adds. “It was just a question of clearly structuring who’s responsible for what, giving people enough of an understanding of the overall functionality of the system, and then getting them to just use it— and use it before errors have any significant kind of consequence,” he says.

TMRW made sure inputs were added and traced correctly, highlighting issues along the way to keep raising the bar for its team standards.

Remote glimpses into production Although Blignaut likes to be on the production floor to see what’s going on firsthand, he appreciates that his workers might not always want him under foot. He’s able to use the ERP system to do quick remote checks as well.

“It allows me to pretty quickly see if things are running smoothly, if we’re meeting expectations around productivity, costing; if the information is accurate and clean; if all of the safety checks are being done, QA checks,” Blignaut says. “It’s just a good way for me to know that the team is following our process, because the longer-term goal is that you could remove anybody from our team, including myself, and our system would be able to keep things moving at a fairly high level of execution.”

As TMRW evolves, Blignaut expects to use the ERP system less for ensuring plant floor staff are doing what they need to do and more for capturing information needed to optimize production.

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CASE CASE STUDY STUDY NOURISH COMPANY JUICE NAME BAR AARON HAND | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

HPP and PET Kegs Help Juice Maker Tap the Market Watching cold brew and kombucha companies take their products to market in kegs, a juice maker wanted to do the same. But it needed to merge high pressure processing from Hiperbaric with plastic kegs from Petainer.

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AUNCHING HEIRLOOM MARKETS in various neighborhoods around Philadelphia, the Giant chain was looking to create an innovative grocery shopping experience. Placing them near like-minded stores such as Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s, one of the novelties of the Giant Heirloom Market was to create tap bars—every store with a beer garden, but also other tapped beverages such as cold brew and kombucha. Francine Covelli saw it as an ideal vehicle for her cold pressed juice.

Nourish Juice Bar began in 2013 as a retail farm shop and cold pressed juice company based in Kennett Square, Pa., about 40 miles outside of Philadelphia. The company began national distribution in 2017. To take her juices to that next level and sell to key grocery stores, Covelli needed to extend shelf life from the few days typical for cold pressed juices to more in the range of 75 to 90 days.

Early in her company’s development, Covelli heard about high pressure processing (HPP) as a way to provide the necessary shelf life without affecting taste, color, or nutrients. She got her juices involved in a 90-day study in Canada, and through that found out about Hiperbaric, which provides HPP equipment.

To get her juices out on store shelves, Covelli had her eye on a few key stores that she thought would help her reach the right customers. “I wanted to be at Whole Foods, I wanted to be at Sprouts, I wanted to be at all the high-end, family-owned, natural food stores,” she says. “To my great surprise and perfect timing, I went to the grand opening of the first Giant Heirloom.”

Before she knew it, Nourish juices were being added to the grocery chain’s lineup. The Giant grocery store is also the reason that Covelli decided to dig deeper—getting her juices not only into the standard plastic bottles that HPP could handle, but finding a way to put her juice on tap as well. At the first

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Giant Heirloom grand opening, a man asked Covelli why her juices weren’t on tap. “It’s the best juice ever. I’d love to get it on tap,” Covelli says he told her.

She wasn’t sure whether she’d be able to run a keg under HPP. “You need to figure that out,” he said.

Only later did Covelli find out that he was Nick Bertram, president of Giant. “That was two summers ago,” Covelli says. “It took a good nine months, 10 months to really figure it all out—cold call all the right people, which took a long time. I had a lot of people say there’s no way you can do it.”

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at the beer market, Petainer’s One Way PET keg reduces the logistical complexity and cost of steel kegs. Unlike traditional kegs, which must be washed, sanitized, and purged with gas, and then sent back to the supplier once emptied, the One Way PET keg is cleaned, sanitized, and purged with gas upon arrival. After use, it gets recycled.

In addition to beer, Petainer had been reaching alternative beverage markets as well, including cold brew coffee, kombucha, cider, wine, and spirits.

One Village Coffee was putting its cold brew in the Petainer kegs for distribution at Whole Foods as well as Taprooms at Giant Heirloom Markets, and shared information about the technology with Covelli.

Putting cold brew—or beer or kombucha—on tap is much easier than putting juice on tap, however.

Although Petainer’s keg has a 12-month shelf life for oxygen purposes, that shelf life does not apply when live organisms in the juice itself corrupt the beverage. “It’s only going to have five days if it doesn’t go under high pressure processing,” Covelli says.

To make this work, Nourish needed Petainer to partner with Hiperbaric, working to ensure that its PET kegs could stand up to the technology, thereby increasing shelf life of the juice to months rather than days. Not only was the PET keg strong enough to withstand the HPP pressures, Petainer worked to develop a way to offset the valve that is a necessary part of dispensing product into a keg.

If the keg were put as is into the Hiperbaric pressure chamber, the pressure would open that valve. “We needed a way of blocking that off, so we designed a plug that basically goes onto the valve, similar to how a coupler would go on, and it seals it off,” says Andy Brewer, Petainer’s director of technical services for North America. “So even though pressure may build up, there’s no way that pressure gets to the valve.”

There was one other technical difficulty that needed to be overcome to make Nourish’s cold pressed juice work in the PET keg. “If you look at a bottle of juice that’s fresh pressed with vegetables and fruit, you’ll see a little sediment sitting at the bottom,” Covelli notes. “So that’s going to happen in a keg.”

To fix that issue, Petainer custom-made an agitator that goes into the keg’s tap line and pushes air into the base of the keg to keep the juice mixed.

“So when you go to tap it, it will always be consistent,” Covelli adds.

To learn more about the technology behind the cooperation between Hiperbaric and Petainer, read “PET Kegs Meet High Pressure Processing” at pfwgo.to/keg.

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To have its juices sold on tap at Giant Heirloom Markets and other natural food stores, Nourish Juice Bar is using high pressure processing combined with a PET keg.

The right environmental impact Nourish Juice Bar is certified organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is a Certified B Corp., and is also a member of the One Percent for the Planet, indicating that the business donates a percentage of its sales to environmental causes. So it should come as no surprise that the environmental footprint that the company leaves behind plays a role in its choices for packaging.

Covelli would like to be able to bottle her juices in something other than plastic, but for now at least, that is what is available to her with HPP technology.

“We’d love to be in glass, but we cannot be in glass because of the pressure that the product has to go under,” she says. “But we’re really lucky that Petainer is also a sustainable plastic keg.”

The keg provides an opportunity to eliminate thousands of single-use bottles from the equation. “One of the reasons why we really are excited about this keg now more than ever is because we want to be able to bring kegs and juice on tap to larger venues like music festivals, like Coachella or Firefly, to the convention center where there’ll be 50,000 people a day at an expo,” Covelli says.

“Instead of having all the waste of bottles, we’ll have the kegs on tap.”

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Admix, Inc. 144 Harvey Road, Londonderry, NH 03053 USA Phone: 800/466-2369 Email: admixsales@admix.com www.admix.com Admix is recognized as a leader of high shear, high flow, and high-speed sanitary mixing equipment with a special focus on powder induction & dispersion and particle size reduction. Serving industries such as food & beverage, meat & poultry, dairy, pharmaceutical and chemical, our experience has led us to develop a diverse product line to meet nearly any mixing challenge. For 30+ years we have manufactured in-tank batch mixers, inline mixing and milling equipment, powder induction & dispersion systems and static blenders. We manufacture both high shear and low shear mixers, many of which are offered in sizes ranging from lab scale to full production configurations.

With extensive applications and equipment knowledge, we’ve helped the world’s most well-known food & beverage manufacturers mix ingredients perfectly. Admix customers have drastically improved overall mixing time, improved end-product quality, reduced ingredient waste due to unmixed ingredients getting left behind, achieved energy savings, and improved ergonomic safety for workers!

When it comes to high shear batch mixers, the Admix Rotosolver is the market leader. The Rotosolver offers the highest flow on the market, superior wetting out of powders, and an easy-to-clean, 3-A compliant design.

In addition to high shear and low shear batch mixers, we offer high shear inline emulsifiers and wet milling machines for particle size reduction and producing shelf-stable emulsions.

Powder induction and dispersion systems round out the portfolio, inducting powders at speeds up to 500 lbs. per minute.

Whether you need high shear in-tank mixing, inline mixing and milling, or powder induction and dispersion, we can help. We encourage you to schedule a mix test with your ingredients in our fully equipped lab. On-site equipment trial programs are also available so you can use Admix equipment at your own facility with your own operators before you buy! Your Ingredients, Perfectly Mixed. Contact us to see how!

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Aerzen 108 Independence Way, Coatesville, PA 19320 USA Phone: 610/380-0244 Email: order-usa@aerzen.com www.aerzen.com/en-us Aerzen is a worldwide manufacturer of positive displacement, hybrid, and turbo blowers.

Aerzen is an innovator since it was founded in Germany in 1864. Aerzen manufactures positive displacement blowers, turbo blowers, screw compressors, and vacuum pumps that supply oil-free air to processes in food and water treatment. Since 1983, Aerzen USA has been supplying and supporting Aerzen equipment in the USA, and with sister companies in Mexico and Canada expanded throughout North America. Aerzen’s positive displacement machines are known for high reliability and efficiency and are chosen for harsh environments, difficult applications and where high turndown capability is required.

Aerzen provides various types of dry, single-stage, air-cooled positive displacement blowers and compressors for pressures to 50 psig and vacuum to 25.5” Hg. Blowers are used for processes such as pneumatic conveying in both vacuum and pressure modes to handle the transfer of dry bulk materials.

The Delta Hybrid Blower was developed with the focus on increasing energy efficiency and achieving a significant reduction of energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

The wire-to-process energy usage reduction can exceed 30% over typical positive displacement blowers depending on operating conditions and turndown range.

Aerzen Turbo Blowers are single-stage high-speed radial turbo blowers designed to meet the varying flow and pressure requirements in many different processes. This modern frequency-controlled, gearless driven machine, along with lubricant-free aero bearings, guarantees an economical, reliable and maintenance-free compressor operation.

Aerzen Rental provides temporary oil-free blower and compressor solutions under 50 psig. Rental units are available for immediate deployment in the event of a production failure or shortfall, as well as longer-term operational leasing and rent to own programs.

AERZEN offers you 100% oil-free process air for various applications in food technology.

For 100% product purity and safety solutions visit: www.aerzen.com/en-us

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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 1940 Air Products Blvd., Allentown, PA 18106-5500 USA Phone: 800/654.4567 Email: info@airproducts.com airproducts.com/food Food Freezing/Chilling Solutions for Food Processors Air Products’ Freshline solutions offer food processors high-purity food-grade gases (N2 & CO2) and equipment to chill or freeze a wide variety of foods. Select equipment highlights includes: • Freshline M Tunnel Freezer Designed with efficiency and hygiene in mind, it uses unmatched heat transfer capability to achieve cryogenic temperatures throughout the entire length of the tunnel.

• Freshline Spiral Freezer roviding efficient, continuous freezing chilling to a broad range of meat/poultry products in a small footprint at high production rates.

• Freshline® njection Cooling System A tailor-made temperature control system that uses li uid nitrogen or carbon dioxide to deliver rapid, precise temperature control to a blender or mixer grinder, enabling food manufacturers to optimize processing speed and product quality.

The benefits of these cryogenic systems include faster freeze times, increased throughput, improved product uality and more. e also offer gaseous solutions including controlled atmosphere stunning, wastewater treatment, modified atmosphere packaging MA and inerting. e can test a customer’s product on commercial-scale e uipment in our state-of-the-art food laboratory, or bring our mobile food lab to you to determine the feasibility of using cryogenic freezing or chilling for their specific process.

For more information about Air roducts’ complete portfolio of Freshline® solutions for food processing, call outside of the U.S. or visit www. airproducts.com/food.

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Ampco Pumps Company 2045 W Mill Road, Glendale, WI 53209 USA Phone: 800/737-8671 Email: info@ampcopumps.com www.ampcopumps.com Established in 1948 Ampco Pumps Company manufactures the most complete line of sanitary pumps, mixers and blenders in the food processing industry.

POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS: The PATENTED ZP1+ and ZP3 circumferential piston pumps offer upgraded materials and improvements including a maintenance saving frontloading seal design that surpasses inefficient styles of the past. No longer is there need to disconnect from the piping for daily cleaning and O-ring replacement.

The AL Series rotary lobe pumps are affordable options for many applications, offered in a variety of seal, rotor and jacket options.

Ampco offers the SLH twin screw pumps from ITT Borenmann, the leader in twin screw technology. The dual-duty SLH Series are capable of handling both process and CIP applications and are backed by Ampco’s superior customer service and support.

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS: Ampco sanitary centrifugal pumps are second to none and include standard, heavy-duty, high pressure, self-priming and front-loading seal designs.

The AC+ offers an improved shaft design. The L Series offered in several options includes the LF front-loading seal option for ease-of-maintenance. The self-priming SP is ideal for products with entrained air and CIP return applications.

MIXERS & BLENDERS: Ampco Applied Products offer a vast selection of inline and intank mixing and blending products. Blend wet and dry ingredients, stabilize emulsions and enhance textures while improving process efficiencies. The SBI, SBH and SHEARmax in-line mixers have options to fit any process. The JET-shear in-tank mixer comes in multiple sizes, and configurations.

Ampco Pumps manufactures quality products with enhanced features, competitively priced and with the best delivery times in the industry. Ampco is ISO 9001:2015, 3A and EHEDG Certified.

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AmTrade Systems, Inc. 12885 Wayne Road, Livonia, Michigan, 48150 Phone: 734/522-9500 Email: sales@amtrade-systems.com www.amtrade-systems.com AmTrade offers leading-edge food processing systems. From Livonia MI, with team members and distributors in several states, we offer custom solutions, technical recommendations, system design, sales, installation, commissioning, training and aftersales spare parts and service support.

SCHRÖTER – Leading Quality: The latest technology in smokehouses, fermentation and steam cooking ovens, drying, defrosting and intensive chilling chambers, smoke generators and exhaust cleaning systems tailored to each customer’s exact needs.

REX Technologie: Innovative and high-quality vacuum stuffers, portioners, forming systems, link cutters, and other attachments and accessories. AmTrade offers REX equipment through distributors in California, Colorado and Ohio, and through our Livonia office.

GLASS GmbH & Co. – Made in Germany: Food mixers and meat or non-meat processing machines, temperature-controlled mixing & cooking systems and fine choppers tailored to the customer’s needs.

HOJA Food TEC - Industrial frying - home-cooked taste: Well known as a manufacturer of turn-key production lines for potato pancakes, pancakes, crêpes, blini, meat balls, rissoles, hamburger, steak, chicken, vegetables, naan bread, pita breads and many more other delicious products prepared to the highest quality standards.

NOCK Maschinenbau GmbH – know-how in food processing: Manufacturer of derinding machines, membrane skinners, combined systems with derinding and skinning machine capabilities, circular blade vertical slicers for strips and jerky meat, specialty poultry skinning machines for whole carcasses or individual pieces, fish skinner, frozen drum skinners and scale ice machines.

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Anritsu Product Inspection & Detection 710 Innovation Drive, Suite A, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Phone: (847) 419-9729 Email: eva.bar@anritsu.com www.anritsu.com/infivis Protect Your Brand Against Recalls and Consumer Complaints Manufacturers worldwide rely on Anritsu’s contaminant detection and quality inspection equipment. We deliver a level of precision, reliability and support that truly advances the quality of your products and the efficiency of your operations.

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Apex Motion Control #206 – 9775 188 St., Surrey, B.C, Canada V4N 3N2 Phone: 778-298-8292 Email: info@apexmotion.com www.apexmotion.com Who We Are Apex Motion Control is a passionate group of highly skilled, creative thinkers dedicated to developing innovative and automated equipment solutions that helps automate highly repetitive tasks within the food and baking industry.

Our equipment experts and engineers have a deep understanding of the industry and provide installation and support of our systems across the world, which includes Canada, USA, Korea, Australia and Europe.

What We Do We design and manufacture turn-key automation systems specializing in robotics, machine automation and vision for the baking and food industry.

We develop, innovate and introduce equipment process automation that helps our customers increase production capacity, lower manufacturing costs, reduce downtime and reduce workplace injury.

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Argelith Ceramic Tiles, Inc. 40W310 LaFox Road, Suite F2, St. Charles, IL 60175 Phone: (630) 746-9668 Email: info@argelithusa.com www.argelithusa.com Argelith Ceramic Tiles are the gold standard in high-performance industrial flooring.

Don’t be fooled by their good looks - our full-body vitrified tiles are born tough. Other industrial flooring options measure their lifespan in years. Argelith tile floors are durable for decades, even in the harshest industrial settings.

Food and beverage production is hard on a floor. Chemical exposure, extreme temperatures, and intense sanitation protocols take a toll on most industrial floors. Worse, the wear might not even be visible until it’s too late. Argelith’s fully vitrified industrial tile is a hard-wearing option for facilities with demanding environments.

The strength and density of the tile supports heavy weight, and when properly installed distributes the weight evenly across a wide area of subfloor. The hardening process the tiles undergo results in a surface that meets or exceeds industry standards in abrasion resistance, and the tiles are a full-body floor covering, making them a durable choice in high traffic areas.

Argelith’s fully vitrified tiles have a water absorption rate of around 0.1%, making them suitable for wet environments when installed with a water-resistant grout and adhesive.

Hexalith tiles are designed to slope to drains at any angle. The tiles are butt jointed, which reduces dependence on grout and results in small, flat grout lines that do not channel water.

Tiles are available in an assortment of slip resistant profiles. Ceramic is a natural, chemically stable substance that does not react to chemical exposure. HACCP-certified ceramic is naturally hygienic and provides no refuge for microbial contaminants.

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Ashworth Bros., Inc. 450 Armour Dale, Winchester, VA 22601 USA Phone: 540-722-7980 Email: sales@ashworth.com www.ashworth.com/profood With over 75 years of revolutionizing conveyor belts, Ashworth continues to lead the market with the most conveyor belt patents in food processing, can making, and material handling industries. Companies around the world depend upon Ashworth’s quality products, reliable customer service, innovative solutions, and experienced Factory Service team to resolve problems and increase productivity.

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The SmartSpiral® Monitoring System Ashworth offers the SmartSpiral® Monitoring System – an innovative application that provides real-time remote monitoring using predictive analytics to minimize production downtime. The SmartSpiral allows access to multiple spiral/plant locations from your phone and tablet to continuously monitor spiral temperature, belt tension, cage power and features the industry’s first patented bottom bearing wear sensor.

The PosiDrive Spiral® System Ashworth’s PosiDrive Spiral® System features a unique drive design that is designed for heavier loads, eliminates jam-ups, and helps to streamline packaging. Reduce downtime and improve efficiency with the PosiDrive Spiral, an affordable solution for new and existing spiral applications.

ExactaStack® Ashworth’s ExactaStack® is an affordable belt option for standard and wide belt stackers, for companies that need a cost-effective, high quality food processing solution.

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As your industry partner, Ashworth offers global expertise to optimize the functions and mechanics of food processing conveyor systems that are key to keeping your business running smoothly.

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Stainless Steel Conduit for Critical Electrical Raceways 6451 Northwind Pkwy, Hobart, IN 46342 Phone: 800/536-2248 Email: mwesterfield@atkore.com www.atkore.com/calbrite Calbrite is the nation’s leading manufacturer of stainless steel conduit and conduit fittings for use in the construction of stainless steel electrical raceway systems.

Calbrite manufacturers all of their products in accordance with the applicable UL®, cUL®, ANSI, ASTM, NEMA standards and for applicable sanitary applications Calbrite products are NSF certified.

The benefits of stainless steel in electrical raceway systems are numerous, most noted is stainless steels resistance to corrosion. Stainless steel has similar physical strength to other steel raceway systems but the addition of chromium in stainless steel creates a chromium oxide layer that resists corrosion and increases the life span of the electrical raceway system.

Beyond the extended life span that stainless steel allows installations subjected to the elements, e.g. roads, tunnels, bridges, etc.; stainless steel has also become the material of choice for sanitary applications, such as food and pharmaceutical processing. In these applications it critical to ensure that the raceway surfaces are not harboring or susceptible to bacterial attachment or biofilm formation. To maintain maximum hygiene, the processing plant utilizes a very strict protocol of harsh chemical wash downs.

To help offset the effect of these harsh chemicals, Calbrite’s stainless steel conduit and conduit fittings provide the inherent corrosion resistant properties of stainless steel but the components are also manufactured with a “Brite” polished finish to eliminate any surface imperfection or crevices that may allow microbial bacteria to develop or grow. So, if you are looking for quality, expertise, engineering, service, competitive pricing and the most comprehensive offering of stainless steel conduit and conduit fittings in the country, look no further than Calbrite.

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Atlas Copco 300 Technology Center Way, Suite 550, Rock Hill, SC 29730, USA Phone: 866/546-3588 Email: info@atlascopcousa.com www.atlascopco.com/air-usa We Do More.

Our promise to you is we do more. What does that mean? Simply, we go further and deeper in every aspect of our offering to you. That promise extends way beyond just products. In each category where we compete—compressors, dryers, vacuum, blowers, controls and more—we add our own unique innovation stamp and deliver outstanding value.

No other company offers more technologies to produce and manage air, but we don’t try to be a total solutions provider and we’re not a ‘one-stop-shop’. Instead, we innovate in the focused areas where we are confident we can provide a complete solution that has the lowest cost of ownership, maximizing efficiency and, most importantly, offer a complete service package that is second to none.

We have a presence in over 180 countries, but more importantly we are present where you are. Let’s work together. Let’s find your savings level or productivity number and develop a plan to achieve it.

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Bunting 500 S. Spencer Rd., Newton, Kansas 67114 USA Phone: 800-835-2526 Email: newton@buntingmagnetics.com www.buntingmagnetics.com Since 1959, Bunting has been a world leader in producing top-of-the-line magnetic equipment for magnetic separation, metal detection, conveying, and more. When moving your products through your facility, ensure that no metal contaminants linger within your process flow by using our magnetic separation equipment to quickly and efficiently remove them. Our metal detectors can sense even the smallest ferrous or non-ferrous metal contaminant that may linger in an item. Removing all metal contaminants from your products ensures you provide your customers with the highest quality, highest purity goods. We also help you to efficiently move product throughout your facility with our range of magnetic conveying equipment. Bunting helps you to achieve the purest product and ship it out quickly to your customers, who will come to associate your brand with exceptionally high quality items.

For the food and beverage industry, it is essential to remove contaminant metal particles from the materials being processed. Contaminant particles can damage existing equipment in the facility, as well as having the potential to cause harm to a consumer and cause severe negative consequences for a company’s brand reputation. Bunting has sought to address this industry problem by developing magnetic separation and metal detection equipment that removes contaminant particles efficiently and precisely, ensuring the purity, quality, and safety of the end product. Many of our products, such as the corrosion resistant magnetic liquid trap (CR-MLT), have been designed specifically with the challenges of the food industry in mind. By considering the unique needs of the food industry in handling materials like these, we have been able to create products with greater longevity and higher performance across the board.

All of our products are custom designed according to the customer’s specifications, allowing for them to integrate seamlessly into the existing production environment. Our team of engineers works with each customer to deliver a personalized piece of equipment with the physical dimensions to best fit your space and the magnetic components that best suit your separation, detection, and conveying needs.

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Busch Vacuum Solutions 516 Viking Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Phone: 757/463-7800 www.buschusa.com Busch Vacuum Solutions has an extensive product portfolio of individual vacuum pumps, blowers, compressors, and tailor-made vacuum systems.

More than 50 years ago, Dr.-Ing. Karl and Ayhan Busch developed the ideal vacuum pump for the food packaging industry. Today, the global family business is the market leader in all areas of industrial vacuum.

Busch USA is home to engineers, product specialists, customer service professionals and manufacturing teams dedicated to quality and innovation. Our systems building department designs and builds standard and individual vacuum systems to meet our customers’ process needs.

In addition to our comprehensive product portfolio, our nationwide service team increases your uptime, optimizes safety, and improves efficiency.

OUR PRODUCTS: • acuum umps and Systems • lowers and Compressors • Spare arts and Accessories • Measurement E uipment • ndustry . - Digital Condition Monitoring OU SE CES • ationwide Field Service and Centers • acuum ump Exchange • Overhaul and epairs • Maintenance Maximize your production output with vacuum by Busch.

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Cablevey® Conveyors 2397 Highway 23, P.O. Box 148. Oskaloosa, IA 52577 Phone: 800/247-3344 Email: info@cablevey.com www.cablevey.com Cablevey® Conveyors develops and builds state-of-the-art enclosed tubular drag cable and disc mechanical systems used to convey food and specialty ingredient materials.

Based on its patented, gentle, cable-and-disc technology, Cablevey’s conveyors gently move materials such as coffee, nuts, snack foods, breakfast cereal, flakes, powders, pellets, shavings, crumbles, granules, fluff and dust through an enclosed tube with ease.

By using no air to convey, friable materials are kept intact as intended, from inlet to discharge points.

This gentle approach virtually eliminates the product separation and degradation that occur with traditional conveying systems such as bucket elevators, screw conveyors, pneumatic and aeromechanical systems.

All systems utilize cable & disc technology, stainless steel or newly released clear plastic tubing and operate at conveying speeds which average 100 ft. (30.48 meter) per minute.

8000 Series: Eight-Inch Diameter (203.2mm) System Up to 2,000 Cubic Feet (56.6 Cubic Meter)/Hour 80,000 Lbs per hour/ 31,751 Kgs per hour 6000 Series: Six-Inch Diameter (152.4mm) System Up to 1,240 Cubic Feet (35.4 Cubic Meter)/Hour 49,420 Lbs per hour/22,420 Kgs per hour 4000 Series: Four-Inch Diameter (101.6mm) System Up to 525 Cubic Feet (14.87 Cubic Meter)/Hour 21,000 Lbs per hour/9,525 Kgs per hour 2000 Series: Two-Inch Diameter (50.8mm System) Up to 75 Cubic Feet (2.12 cubic Meter)/ Hour 3,000 Lbs per hour/1,361 Kgs per hour

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Central States Industrial Equipment (CSI) Springfield, MO | Grand Prairie, TX | Durham, NC | Fresno, CA Phone: 417/831-1411 Email: salesteam@csidesigns.com www.csidesigns.com Central States Industrial Equipment (CSI) is an engineering, design, and fabrication partner for hygienic liquid processors. CSI also supplies value-added process components for the food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and personal care industries.

The CSI team includes experienced process engineers, project managers, and designers.

We listen, analyze, and problem-solve every project regardless of size to ensure a successful outcome. CSI uses the latest in 3D scanning and designs to develop systems.

We employ AR and VR technology allowing customers to review and critique the process of systems development.

We offer a variety of custom equipment such as Clean-in-Place, process skids, utility stations, transfer panels, holding tubes, valve manifolds, jacketed tubing, pump carts and more!

Our Clean-in-place (CIP) systems are scalable to meet your needs today and in the future.

Smart machine technology is used to enhance performance, flexibility, and reporting. Our process systems are designed to solve existing hygienic process issues and optimize new processes. Systems are skid-mounted and built on time, pre-tested, and ready for utility hook-up to avoid costly delays.

CSI has four warehouses located across the United States for the distribution of sanitary processing equipment along with installation materials including fittings, pumps, valves, tubing, and instrumentation. We also stock complete lines of corrosion-resistant Super Alloys™ AL-6XN® and Hastelloy® C-22®.

Processors, OEM’s, mechanical and electrical contractors, engineering firms, and resellers in the processing industry turn to Central States Industrial Equipment for its breadth of experience, depth of expertise, and innovation. More information can be found at www.csidesigns.com.

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Charlottetown Metal Products (CMP) 2744 North York River Road, Milton, PEI, Canada, C1E 1Z4 Phone: 800/461-6877 Email: cmp@cmpequipment.com www.cmpequipment.com CMP is a proud member of the Food Process Solutions Corp. family (FPS). We design and manufacture hygienic solutions for food processing customers around the world and have been for over 60 years. At the CMP head office just outside Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, we have over 25 engineers, 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space, and a dedicated installation team to provide our global customers with turnkey food processing solutions.

We Engineer Food Safety.

CMP Hygienic Conveyor Solutions Leveraging our industry proven hygienic design and 60 years of food industry experience, CMP delivers best in class sanitary conveyor solutions. All applications are reviewed in detail by our industry experts and a custom solution is developed, designed for our customers product specifications and rates.

CMP Tote Handling Systems Our tote handling systems are engineered, manufactured, and industry tested specifically for the food industry including bakery, fruit and veg. processing, meat and poultry, seafood, and potato processing. Whether you need to convey totes, elevate, dump, flip, wash, store, stack, or de-stack your totes and bins, our experienced team will develop a solution for a single unit or combine several pieces of equipment to form an overall tote handling system.

CMP Sanitary Spiral Solutions Offering the latest in direct food contact washdown ready spiral technologies, CMP designs and manufactures both Direct Drive Spirals and Side Drive Technology Spirals.

Application solutions include hygienic elevators and lowerators transferring to and from FPS freezers, long running conveyors that eliminate transfer points, and non-traditional spiral configurations that overcome layout challenges.

Backed by our parent company FPS, the industry leader for spiral innovation and hygienic standards, and Intralox, the global giant in belting known for their service, technology,

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Cleveland Gear Company 3249 East 80th Street. Cleveland, OH 44104 USA Phone: 800/641-9000 Email: sales@clevelandgear.com www.clevelandgear.com The Cleveland Gear Company has been manufacturing gears for over 100 years.

An early member of AGMA, Cleveland is a pioneer and world leader in worm gear technology. Today, Cleveland Gear manufactures all types of open gearing including: helical, double helical, spur & worm gear.

We also provide a wide variety of enclosed gear drives: Helical shaft-mount & Screw Conveyor, Standard worm-gear reducers (1.3” to 36” C.D.), Standard parallel shaft and Custom enclosed drives. New products include a Size 10 shaft-mount & Stainless Steel.

Cleveland further repairs reducers of all types and will reverse engineer drop-in replacements for larger obsolete gear boxes. We have provided “drop-in mounting” replacements for: Philadelphia Gear, Linkbelt, Foote-Jones, Falk, Nuttall Gear etc...

Cleveland recently launched its Stainless Steel Worm Gear Speed Reducer offering for the Food & Beverage markets. PRODUCT FEATURES INCLUDE: • 316 Cast SS Housing, Covers & Motor Flanges.

• 303 SS Solid & Hollow Output Shafts.

• O-ring sealed Bearing Covers & Motor Flanges.

• Double lip, Spring loaded Encapsulated Viton seals.

• All fasteners are SS solid cap screws & all housing plugs are SS male type.

• Every unit includes a Mounting Accessory Kit – SS motor mounting bolts, SS breather vent & O-ring to provide a positive seal between the motor & gearbox flange.

• Stainless reducers are assembled to order in the USA and ship in 3 to 4 days.

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Columbia Machine 107 Grand Blvd, Vancouver, WA 98661 USA Phone: 360/694-1501 Email: pallsales@colmac.com www.palletizing.com Flexible Product Handling Columbia’s conventional palletizers are the most flexible palletizing solutions available and handle virtually every package type, including shrink bundles with and without a pad, plastic totes, high CG, unwrapped trays, and more.

Please ask us specifically about flexibility and how it relates to your palletizing application.

Industry Leading Standard Safety Features Columbia’s standard safety package contains Category 3 electrical safety components, including dual circuit safety interlocks & full height light curtains. This safety package provides a fully guarded, Performance Level D palletizer to keep your employees safe while enhancing OEE and production demands.

Complete System Integration Columbia Machine manufactures conventional high-speed, high-level, floor-level & robotic palletizers, load transfer stations and provides complete system design and integration.

With the most flexible and modern palletizing solutions available, Columbia is the leading palletizer solutions provider in North America.

High Performance AND Sustainability Columbia has a palletizing solution for virtually any application, each equipped with standard features designed to safely maximize OEE, throughput and uptime.

Please ask us about features included to address the industry’s increasing demand for higher levels of sustainability.

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Columbia/Okura 301 Grove St, Vancouver, WA 98661 USA Phone: 360/735-1952 Email: collcsales@colmac.com www.columbiaokura.com/products HOW WE DO IT Safety, flexibility, and performance are key deliverables in providing the right solution for the application. Our team is skilled at listening to client needs and objectives to deliver innovative solutions. With over a thousand of successful installations all over the world, we draw upon our years of experience and palletizing expertise for every project we touch.

SAFETY We help our customers reduce overall operating costs by developing an ergonomically friendly system that will reduce labor intensive heavy-lifting and repetitive motion injuries.

Our systems are also equipped with industry leading safety technology.

FLEXIBILITY Our systems are designed to meet the flexible packaging and production needs our customers are seeking.

PERFORMANCE Columbia/Okura LLC’s strength is providing high performance systems, accomplishing speeds and throughput not attainable by others.

Columbia/Okura is able to provide you the right robotic palletizer for your factory needs.

Whether you are in the need of an industrial robotic palletizer or a collaborative palletizer, we are able to provide a solution that works for you!

WE BELIEVE IN THE TRANSORMATIVE POWER OF AUTOMATION

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Coperion & Coperion K-Tron 606 N. Front St., Salina, KS 67401 Phone: 785/825-1611 Email: info@coperion.com www.coperion.com For decades, global food manufacturers of all sizes have relied on the extensive application experience and design expertise offered by Coperion and Coperion K-Tron.

Our components for feeding and material handling offer the highest technology options, while our systems designs can help to optimize and automate your process.

A variety of equipment designs are available, depending on the specific needs and sanitary requirements of the application. Whether adhering to EHEDG, FDA, FSMA and/ or GFSI initiatives, standards and regulations, the systems and equipment provided by Coperion and Coperion K-Tron ensure optimal product and process safety.

With more than 30 locations, 2,500 employees and numerous representatives worldwide, Coperion and Coperion K-Tron can respond quickly and offer local support. In addition to the highest accuracy standalone ingredient feeders, or rotary and diverter valves specifically designed for the highest hygienic standards, we also offer a wide variety of pneumatic receivers, product pick up components, and unique quick release bin vents for silos and large bins. In addition, our high efficiency twin screw extruder systems provide versatile configurations ideal for a wide variety of food extrusion applications.

Whether transferring the raw ingredients from the truck, railcar, bulk bag or silo, and/ or batch weighing, feeding and scaling of macro and minor ingredients, all the way to the mixing and twin screw extrusion process steps, Coperion and Coperion K-Tron have experienced technical engineers available to discuss your application in detail.

At Coperion and Coperion K-Tron, we offer not only the best components, but even better systems…the recipe for perfect food!

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CRB 1251 NW Briarcliff Parkway, Suite 500, Kansas City, MO 64116 USA Phone: 877/4-CRBUSA Email: info@crbusa.com www.crbgroup.com Safe, high-quality, value-driven food + beverage facilities fuel your growth and success.

Scale up a small process or expand and improve a large-scale operation. No matter your size or goals, you need an adaptable facility that quickly responds to consumers’ constantly changing tastes and meets increasingly strict regulatory standards. Get engineering, architecture, construction and consulting solutions to help you: > Increase production rates > Optimize energy efficiency > Improve speed to market > Achieve food safety compliance Have confidence in your project knowing that we understand the intricacies of your operating environment and the complexity of your industry. From planning to production, you’ll get a safe facility that meets your budget and requirements, minimizes long-term operating costs and maximizes your return on investment.

Quality food + beverage products rely on excellent processing plant design and construction. Deliver the best products to your community and the world with our help.

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Delkor Systems, Inc. 4300 Round Lake Road W Phone: 800-328-5558 Email: info@delkorsystems.com delkorsystems.com We are a leading manufacturer of advanced case packing and cartoning machinery.

Our talented 250+ employees have proven to be one of the most inventive teams in the packaging industry. Delkor has changed the landscape of retail ready packaging and is now widely recognized for creating a new generation of cutting-edge machinery and fresh package concepts.

Form For both corrugated and paperboard material, the Trayfecta line of Formers can handle cases, cartons, and trays at various speeds and sizes.

Pack Quick changeover, compact footprint, and smart machine technologies set these world class case and carton packers apart from the rest.

Close Closing solutions for tri-seal and flange seal cases, cartons, trays, and retail ready packages. Small footprint, and smart machine technology come standard.

Palletize Finish your line with a robotic palletizer. Available in multiple in/out options, for a variety of package formats at once.

For more information on Delkor’s highly adaptive and intelligent packaging equipment using smart package designs, visit delkorsystems.com

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Dennis Group 1537 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103 USA Phone: 888.514.7270 Email: info@dennisgroup.com www.dennisgroup.com Since 2015, ENR has annually ranked us the #1 Food and Beverage Design Firm.

We’ve built a specialized team who understands the unique challenges faced by food manufacturers and how to solve them. From small-scale studies to large greenfields and everything in between, we have the internal resources to support you.

Our more than 600 employees spend every day working on food and beverage projects, and our project managers average more than two decades of experience in the food industry. We specialize in: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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Deville Technologies Inc. USA: 8911 58th Place, Kenosha, WI 53144 | 8515 Henri-Bourassa Montreal, CDA Phone: 866/404-4545 Email: info@devilletechnologies.com www.devilletechnologies.com Deville Technologies is a solutions oriented manufacturing technology company that provides high capacity shredders dicers and slicers for cheese, meat, fruits and vegetables. We work with companies ranging from Fortune 500 members to small entrepreneurs requiring sanitary, durable, practical, and efficient food cutting equipment.

Cutting edge technology coupled with traditional craftsmanship, quality materials and intelligent, hygienic principles, allow us to deliver a complete line of solutions that provide high performance with low maintenance.

With over 40 years experience in the sanitary food equipment industry and our exclusive North American partnership with FAM (one of Europe’s most respected brands in the industry), we provide the ultimate food cutting solutions.

Deville has two state-of-the-art Client Centers so that clients may run trials with our equipment without incurring the cost of halted operations. Our detailed trial reports provide the necessary data to review cut quality, options and gain an understanding of the impact our sanitary cutting equipment will have on their business; all of which assist informed investment decisions.

Our technical experts are always available to meet our client’s needs; whether it be to provide telephone-based support, a customized engineering solution to solve a specific challenge, or to schedule an on-site visit to assist with expansion planning.

We have a vast inventory of genuine parts for all our equipment readily available; because we understand the cost of recurring labor for replacing parts can quickly consume a maintenance budget.

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Douglas Machines Corp.

4500 110th Ave N. Clearwater, FL 33762 Phone: 727/461-3477 Email: info@dougmac.com www.dougmac.com ADVANCED WASHING AND SANITIZING SYSTEMS A leading container washing and sanitizing systems provider specializing in designing and manufacturing innovative solutions industry-built to address your unique needs.

Quickly and efficiently clean containers of various sizes and shapes including pans, trays, molds, screens, pallets, lugs, totes, racks, bins, vats, baskets, buckets, waste containers, scale parts, drums, and shipping/distribution containers.

Discover how to proactively implement food safety compliance, lessen risk, changeover time, save time and energy, streamline manpower and throughput, grow revenue by reducing costs and increasing productivity.

We can design and build a customized washing and sanitizing system for you.

Our standard and custom racks help clean your containers, tools, and equipment, as well as racks specifically created to hold scale parts chutes, buckets, feeder pans, and weigh hoppers. Designed and manufactured in the USA using only the highest quality materials.

With over 80 Standard models we have an effective, efficient solution to meet your processing/manufacturing requirements and budget.

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EIRICH Machines 4033 Ryan Road, Gurnee, Il 60031 USA Phone: 847-336-2444 Email: eirich@eirichusa.com www.eirichusa.com EIRICH Machines, member of worldwide EIRICH Group, is a leading designer and manufacturer of top-quality mixers, blenders, dryers, grinders, and ancillary equipment.

EIRICH Machines has two product lines, American Process Systems® (APS) and EIRICH, and offers the most comprehensive range of material processing equipment for manufacturers in various industries across the globe. With over 150 years of experience, we take pride in our continuous drive for research and innovation to deliver the most efficient and reliable material preparation solutions.

The American Process Systems® product line includes sanitary equipment for blending, mixing, drying, and reacting: • Fluidizing addle lenders • ibbon lenders • addle lenders • low lenders • eripheral e uipment bag dump workstations, filters, deck screens, delumping units Our fluidizing paddle blender Optima lend® is efficient yet gentle, it ensures very homogeneous mixes and short batch times. The capacity of the Optima lend® ranges from 1.5 ft³ to 400 ft³, lab model 1P5 is perfect for small batches and R&D. The newest addition to our APS product portfolio is the OptimaDry™ Microwave Mixing & Drying System. It’s suitable for applications with sensitive ingredients, where characteristics like aroma, consistency, color, and nutrition must be contained.

Application examples include herbs, spices, coffee, hemp, and nutraceuticals.

We have a fully equipped, in-house test lab in Gurnee, IL, and welcome you to personally test your product in our equipment. If you want to avoid traveling, you can sign up for a virtual lab test. You will be able to follow the test via livestream video and interact with our test lab manager. You can also rent our machines and do your own trials.

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ElectriCities of North Carolina, Inc. 1427 Meadow Wood Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27604 USA Phone: 919/760-6363 Email: bdaniels@electricities.org www.electricities.com ElectriCities has been powering the food processing industry for years through its public power communities. From bakeries to fisheries, the food processing industry in North Carolina is a diverse and growing sector. More than 62,000 people are employed by the state’s 1,000+ companies. Our recipe for success is quite simple; companies enjoy easy access to raw materials and a rapidly expanding consumer base.

Powerful resources exist to support continued growth of this important industry. North Carolina’s Cooperative Extension offers educational programs to help entrepreneurs launch food-focused businesses and provide information to enhance product quality and profitability while meeting state and federal regulations. The Industrial Extension Service at NCSU works to identify advanced technologies to improve production processes and increase worker safety. The North Carolina Community College System offers customized training to eligible new and expanding businesses so new employees are able to hit the ground running.

The North Carolina Workforce is ranked #1 Largest Manufacturing Workforce in the Southeast; ranked #2 Competitive Labor Environment by Area Development, 2018; has elite higher education — 53 colleges and universities including the Tier 1 research universities NCSU, Duke, and UNC; and produces 22,500+ STEM Degrees Annually.

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Prospects can order detailed reports on dozens of sites, from mountains to coast. Within 48 hours of a request, ElectriCities will send profiles of locations that precisely match the company’s specifications. “They find all the information they need in one place,” says Brenda Daniels, the organization’s economic development manager. Companies recognize the cost efficiencies and superior customer service public power provides.

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Endress+Hauser 2350 Endress Place, Greenwood, IN, 46143 USA Phone: 888-ENDRESS Email: info.us.sc@endress.com www.us.endress.com Endress+Hauser is a global leader in measurement instrumentation, services and solutions for industrial process engineering. They provide process solutions for flow, level, pressure, liquid analysis, gas analysis, temperature, recording and digital communications, optimizing processes in terms of economic efficiency, safety and environmental impact. The company serves a variety of industries, including chemical, oil & gas, food & beverage, water & wastewater, life sciences, power & energy, and primaries & metals.

Endress+Hauser, a Switzerland-based company, was founded in 1953, and expanded operations to the U.S. in 1970. More than 80% of all Endress+Hauser instruments ordered and shipped within the U.S. are manufactured in the U.S. This means customers can rely on Endress+Hauser to deliver the products they need quickly. This strong manufacturing base is complimented by a complete network of sales partners and service locations to support its customers – wherever their instruments are installed.

Premium services, customized solutions, project management and IIoT applications round out Endress+Hauser’s offering, helping customers gain efficiency, increase quality and maximize plant availability.

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ERIEZ 2200 Asbury Road. Erie, PA 16506 USA Phone: 814/835-6000 Email: eriez@eriez.com www.eriez.com Your Best Defense Against Metal Contamination Whether it’s protecting equipment from damage, or ensuring your consumer products are free of metal contaminants, Eriez offers equipment and systems to protect product purity and increase the efficiency of your process--from the moment ingredients enter your plant to the time the end product ships from your dock. Eriez’ wide range of Metal Detectors, Magnetic Separators and Vibratory Feeders, Screeners and Conveyors are designed for the unique needs of the food manufacturing industry.

Xtreme® Metal Detector—Eriez’ Xtreme® Metal Detector sets the standard for “best-inclass” performance and offers the greatest dollar-for-dollar value of any detector on the market. This feature-rich, multi-frequency unit is designed to achieve the highest levels of sensitivity to detect small ferrous and non-ferrous metal contaminants.

Magnetic Separators — Eriez, the world leader in magnetic separation technology, offers the widest selection of permanent and electromagnetic equipment to remove ferrous contaminants from any process application. From purifying powder with a Dry Vibratory Magnetic Filter to removing steel fragments in a grain chute with a low-cost ProGrade grate magnet, Eriez has a solution for every process. Our line of Magnetic Separators effectively draw out fine tramp metal along critical points of your production line. These separators— including Plates, Grates and Traps—come in different styles and magnetic strengths, so you can choose the right product for your particular needs.

Feeders... For Every Application — Looking to feed, convey, meter or screen a food product? Start with Eriez’ line of Electromagnetic and Mechanical Feeders, designed for everything from bulk granular ingredients, fine fluffy powders and sticky or even leafy food products. Our line of compact electromagnetic feeders are used for everything from simple metering to moving difficult leafy products, powder/talc or gummies, as well as high- speed packaging and high material load applications.

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ESI Group USA 950 Walnut Ridge Drive I Hartland, WI 53029 Phone: 866-369-3535 Email: sales@esigroupusa.com www.esigroupusa.com ESI Group USA (ESI Group) is a nationwide design-build engineering and construction management firm dedicated to supporting companies that safely feed the world.

ESI Group wants to improve the way you work today and meet the demands of tomorrow.

Since 1991, our sole focus has been on designing and constructing temperaturecontrolled facilities for food processing, distribution, and automated facilities. This includes companies who work with meat, dairy and cheese, bakery, poultry, fruit, vegetable, organic, and beverage, as well as grocery, foodservice, and cold storage.

Our highly experienced team of specialists is accredited and consists of ESI Design Services and ESI Constructors. Together, they provide services including site search and evaluation, process layout, simulation and visualization, facility layout and design, material handling analysis, and construction management.

Our Single Source, Three Phase Approach provides better communication, faster completion of projects and lowers overall costs. This means clients always get our Guaranteed Maximum Price. By managing each project from concept to completion, ESI Group ensures each facility meets industry compliance requirements. These factors, combined with our distinguished safety record, have helped us achieve an 85 percent rate of repeat clients.

At ESI Group USA, we take pride in our history, our work, and our long-term relationships.

Our success is driven by serving our clients’ needs and by providing value to help build, manage, and grow their business.

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FLEXICON CORPORATION 2400 Emrick Blvd., Bethlehem, PA 18020-8006 USA Phone: 610/814-2400 Email: sales@flexicon.com www.flexicon.com EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS TO CONVEY, CONDITION, DISCHARGE, DUMP, FILL AND PROCESS VIRTUALLY ANY BULK FOOD MATERIAL Flexicon Corporation is a leading worldwide manufacturer of bulk handling equipment and systems that can handle virtually any bulk food material, from large pellets to sub-micron powders including friable materials, free- and non-free-flowing products, and materials that pack, cake, plug, smear, fluidize or separate.

The Flexicon line of stand-alone equipment includes: Flexible Screw Conveyors, Tubular Cable Conveyors, Pneumatic Conveying Systems, Bulk Bag Unloaders, Bulk Bag Conditioners, Bulk Bag Fillers, Bag Dump Stations, Drum/Box/Container Dumpers and Weigh Batching and Blending Systems. Numerous model configurations are offered within each equipment category, as basic, low-cost units up to engineered, automated, highcapacity machines.

Customers can alleviate the burden and risk of designing large-scale bulk handling systems, coordinating multiple suppliers, integrating components and trouble-shooting start-up, by relying on Flexicon’s Project Engineering Division for it all. Regardless of whether customers purchase one piece of equipment or an automated plant-wide system, the Flexicon Lifetime Performance Guarantee assures a successful result. Flexicon equipment is available in carbon steel, carbon steel with stainless steel material contact surfaces, and in all-stainless construction finished to food, dairy, pharmaceutical or industrial standards worldwide.

Flexicon’s worldwide testing facilities simulate full-size customer equipment and systems, verify performance prior to fabrication, demonstrate newly constructed equipment for visiting customers, and study the performance of new designs. Flexicon manufactures equipment in the USA, United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa; maintains dedicated factory representation in Spain, France, Germany, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia; and also markets equipment and systems through an extensive network of Applications Engineers worldwide.

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FlexLink Systems Inc. 6580 Snowdrift Road, Allentown, PA 18106 Phone: 610/973-8200 Email: info.us@flexlink.com www.flexlink.com FlexLink’s food offer is a combination of food and technology, aiming to provide applications that improve food production. FlexLink has 40 years of experience delivering turn-key solutions to the food industry and is the perfect partner when facing your production challenges. We are world-class factory automation experts within the food industry. Working closely with customers, we provide innovative, automated solutions to produce goods smarter, safer and at lower operating costs. With a dedicated team, we support the industry directly in over 31 countries and are represented in more than 60.

FlexLink’s global food team focuses on providing our global customers with the highest quality service and products. We focus on improving your overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) by balancing production flow, offering compact solutions, and lowering your maintenance cost and requirements. We offer high quality products that are easy to wash down and reduce the amount of bacteria build-up – reducing your chances of a recall.

Our toolbox of products and services include line design, conveyor equipment, product manipulations and line balancing and controls. FlexLink offers a variety of options for the food industry such as: Stainless Steel/Hygienic Conveyors, Chain Conveyors, Modular Belt Conveyors, Spiral Conveyors, Elevators, Line Balancers, Line Control, Cleaning Devices and Robotic Palletizers. As part of your collaboration with FlexLink you can also utilize our line simulation tools. We truly offer a complete solution for all your production needs. You can find out more about our solutions and global team by visiting our website www.flexlink.com.

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FPS Food Process Solutions 7431 Nelson Road, Unit 130, Ricmond, BC, Canada V6W 1G3 Phone: 604/232-4145 Email: sales@fpscorp.ca www.fpscorp.ca FPS Food Process Solutions is a leading global manufacturer of industrial food processing freezers and chillers including spiral, IQF, impingement, CF/VRM freezers the newly launched Spiral Immersion System™ - a game-changer in the freezing and cooling industry. We are committed to revolutionizing hygienic standards and work with our customers to create solutions that result in superior food quality, lowered cost of ownership and maximized profits.

Our state-of-the-art headquarters and manufacturing facilities are housed in over 140,000 square feet near Vancouver. We maintain sheet metal fabrication, a machine shop, specialized insulated enclosure manufacturing, and control panel assembly in-house so that each component is specifically designed for freezing and cooling applications.

We believe that investing on in-house manufacturing ensures our customers receive the highest quality and best technologies in their freezing and cooling equipment.

We have numerous global offices in Asia, South America, and Europe to help serve our customers around the world. We also have a parts and service center in Cartersville, Georgia and our service and retrofit team is renowned in the industry.

In early 2019, FPS acquired Charlottetown Metal Products (CMP) a high-quality equipment manufacturer with over sixty years of experience with layout and design, custom fabrication, and on-site installation and commissioning services. Together FPS and CMP can now provide customers with end-to-end solutions, from raw receiving to final product.

At FPS, our goal is simple. We create a singular standard in our industry - the highest standard alongside our customers, we call this the FPS Standard.

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Fristam Pumps USA 2410 Parview Road, Middleton, WI 53562 USA Phone: 800-841-5001 Email: fristam@fristampumps.com www.fristam.com/usa Fristam is the leading manufacturer of high-performance stainless-steel pumps, blenders, and mixers. Our equipment is designed for precision and durability to outlast and outperform all others. Made in the USA our delivery times are measured in weeks, not months and we employ an expert staff of engineers to help you determine the best solution for your application.

Twin Screw Pumps: The versatile Fristam FDS Series Twin Screw pump handles both product transfer and CIP duties, eliminating the need for extra CIP pumps and piping.

It transfers a wide range of products gently and reliably, from thick to thin, chunky to smooth, and fast to slow.

Positive Displacement Pumps: Fristam offers the widest selection of PD pumps from heavy-duty, high-pressure to gentle, standard-duty to low-pulsation, high-suction. Our FKL Series is built to last with heavy-duty construction that ensures hassle-free operation.

The standard FKL is CIP’able with all parts in, a COP version is also available.

Centrifugal Pumps: Fristam centrifugal pumps serve as the industry benchmark for quiet, efficient, low-maintenance operations. They include standard-duty, heavy-duty, highpressure, front-loading seal and self-priming centrifugal pumps.

Blenders and Mixers: Our Shear Blenders remove agglomerates and preventing lumps/ masses in product while reducing raw material usage and processing times. Our Shear Blender easily and affordably improves existing mixing set-ups too, when placed after a mix tank it disperses any unblended particles. Fristam’s Powder Mixer tabletop system provides quick and thorough, repeatable blending of wet and dry ingredients into a fluid stream.

At Fristam, we know one size doesn’t fit all. That’s why we offer a wide selection of pumps, blenders and mixers.

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GEA North America 9165 Rumsey Rd, Columbia, MD 21045 USA Phone: 844-432-2329 Email: sales.northamerica@gea.com www.gea.com From raw bulk materials discharge, to filling and packaging finished product in the container of your choice — and every process in between — GEA can engineer, manufacture and install the most appropriate equipment to suit your product handling requirements. GEA has long specialized in the field of filling and packaging applications, offering design, manufacture, installation and start-up services throughout the world.

Recent innovations include the GEA SmartPacker CX400 D-Zip and GEA LeakCheck and OxyCheck.

The GEA SmartPacker D-Zip is a continuous motion vertical packaging machine that creates re-closeable stand-up pouches for retail and food service. It combines fast, highquality operation with maximum flexibility and uptime. In addition to producing premium quality D-ZIP bags, this easy-to-use machine can produce more than 10 different bag styles for a wide variety of applications.

GEA LeakCheck and OxyCheck are inline quality-control systems that can be integrated into our thermoformers to verify the oxygen (O2) content of all MAP packages and identify leakages after the form-fill-seal process.

We also offer filling solutions for sensitive and non-sensitive beverages. Our GEA Visitron Filler ALL-IN-ONE is an ideal choice for small- and medium-sized beverage manufacturers wishing to carry out all necessary functions, on just one machine. Customers packaging sensitive beverages can rely on the variety of top-class sterilization technologies that are offered. As an example, the GEA ABF 2.0 combines an aseptic blow molding module with aseptic filler and capper modules and features dry hydrogen peroxide-based sterilization technology for preforms and caps.

Powder packaging is another GEA specialty. Our range of multi-wall bag/sack fillers is designed to pack powdered products at rates from less than 1 ton/h up to more than 12 ton/h with an accuracy better than 10 g (0.35 oz).

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General Oil Equipment — Amherst Stainless Fabrication 60 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228 USA Phone: 716/903-8005 Email: inquiry@goe-asf.com www.goe-asf.com Spraying Systems and Stainless Steel Fabrication General Oil Equipment Co., Inc.-Amherst Stainless Fabrication LLC. (GOE-ASF), located in Amherst, NY, was founded in 1938 as a petroleum equipment distributor. In 1988 GOE purchased Avins Fabrication, renamed Amherst Stainless Fabrication. This acquisition provided fabrication capability for GOE’s now highly acclaimed VPLS spray system which has since become an industry leading spraying system for accurate spraying of oils, slurries, glazes, sugar solutions, sheens, and preservatives. It also led to the development of further food and pharmaceutical equipment design & manufacturing capacity.

The innovative VPLS sprayer design offers a superior liquid/slurry sprayer that will handle a wide range of liquids and slurries for accurate trouble-free product coating. As a result, the VPLS system is used worldwide to spray a variety of liquid and slurry ingredients on a wide range of food products.

GOE-ASF also designs and manufactures stainless steel liquid processing systems, process and storage vessels, custom and standard tanks, mixers, blending, batching, cheese making equipment, pasteurizers, heat treat systems, evaporators, heat exchange, skid mounted make up and CIP systems, pressure vessels, UHT and aseptic tanks.

We have provided expertise and equipment to the baking, snack, cereal, breakfast food, confection, candy, dairy, meat, poultry, seafood, pet food, prepared, canned foods, frozen, refrigerated foods and pharma industries. We are ASME, PED, USDA and 3A Compliant.

GOE-ASF is a preferred vendor for many leading food processing companies and was selected by Footprint US for their 2020 Ocean Partner Innovator Award.

Footprint is a sustainable technology firm specializing in materials science engineering, who was recently named to the 2020 Fortune Change the World list.

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Gericke USA, Inc. 14 Worlds Fair Drive, Suite C, Somerset, NJ 08873-1364 USA Phone: 855/888.0088 Email: sales.us@gerickegroup.com www.GerickeGroup.com Gericke is a fourth-generation, family-owned company offering a complete range of state-of-the-art equipment and expert engineering services for the automated handling of dry, bulk raw materials from the railcar, silo or bulk bag through to the processing and filling lines. The company custom-designs, manufactures, installs and services pneumatic conveying systems, sifters, feeders, mixers, valves, bag handling stations and other products and accessories. Founded by Walter H. Gericke in 1894 in Zurich, Switzerland, the company operates nine facilities in Europe, Asia, South America and North America, including the Gericke USA headquarters in Somerset, New Jersey, encompassing, design engineering, manufacturing, assembly, testing, sales and technical services. Only Gericke offers the scale, capabilities and experience of a worldwide organization with the handson, personal attention, care and concern for each customer of a family company.

Complete Line of Sanitary, Dry Process Equipment Gericke offers food-grade bulk processing equipment and systems to promote the safe, sanitary, dust-free transport and secure storage of ingredients for food, beverage, nutraceutical and other products. Its GMS Multiflux® batch mixer has earned acclaim for achieving maximum homogeneity quickly with a gentle mixing action that protects fragile ingredients. Similarly, the Pulse-Flow™ PTA dense phase pneumatic conveying system has become standard equipment for gently transporting fragile ingredients up to hundreds of yards, whether powdered, granular, coarse or agglomerated. The Gericke Nibbler for deagglomeration and other size reduction needs features an optional proprietary advance that helps safeguard against combustible dust issues.

Free Test Gericke offers free material testing services in its test laboratory at the company’s Somerset, New Jersey headquarters. For a test with your material, facility tour or quote, call 855/888.0088 x 805 or see GerickeGroup.com.

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Gorman-Rupp Pumps P.O. Box 1217, Mansfield, OH 44901, USA Phone: 419/755-1011 Email: grsales@gormanrupp.com GRPUMPS.COM When you specify Gorman-Rupp, you benefit from worldwide service centers, knowledgeable engineers and a selection of nearly 3,000 pumps. Gorman-Rupp has been manufacturing pumps and pumping systems since 1933. Many of the innovations introduced by Gorman-Rupp have become industry standards.

Gorman-Rupp has manufactured high performance, high quality pumps and pumping systems required for lasting service in the industrial, water, wastewater, sewage, municipal, construction, petroleum, and OEM markets. Our extensive line of products includes, self-priming centrifugal, submersible, trash, priming-assisted and rotary gear pumps. In addition, Gorman-Rupp manufactures a complete line of state-of-the-art packaged lift stations and booster stations that include pumps, motors, controls, piping, accessories and enclosures.

Gorman-Rupp’s 825,000 square foot manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters located in Mansfield, Ohio, accommodates the most advanced technology available.

State-of-the-art, fully automated machining centers provide high-speed, high-quality machining of pump castings.

We have an experienced staff of engineers dedicated to the design of the most efficient and serviceable pumps in the industry. Our representatives are trained to help you select the proper pumps and related equipment for your specific application. They are also available to offer suggestions on maintaining your equipment for maximum performance.

Should a problem occur, Gorman-Rupp is available to provide service and fast parts supply for your pump. Cast Iron, Bronze, 316 Stainless Steel, CD4MCu and G-R Hard Iron are available to handle your corrosive and abrasive fluids. Gorman-Rupp pumps are at home anywhere dependability and ease of service are essential.

That’s what makes Gorman-Rupp THE RIGHT PUMP FOR THE JOB. Markets: Industrial, Mining, Construction, Municipal Sewage, Petroleum, Agriculture, OEM

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Graphalloy 1050 Nepperhan Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703 Phone: 914/968-8400 Email: sales@graphalloy.com www.graphalloy.com FDA Acceptable GRAPHALLOY® Bushings eliminate maintenance and frequent replacements in food applications. Graphalloy is self-lubricating and requires no grease or oil, performs in temperatures from –400°F (-240°C) to +1000°F (535°C), works submerged in low viscosity and corrosive liquids, and there is no lubricant loss in steam or pressure wash.

A bakery oven OEM was using rolling element bearings on the conveyor circuit of a tunnel oven with a temperature range from 450°F to 650°F. To reach these bearings, mechanics would have to crawl over the oven belt when the machine was shut down, thus causing damage and presenting a safety risk. Another issue was caustic washdowns that rusted the ball bearings. In some applications, bearing life was as little as 2 weeks. They were researching solutions when they discovered GRAPHALLOY. Graphalloy self-lubricating bushing materials thrive in high temperature environments, handle caustic washdowns, and are maintenance-free. These Graphalloy bushings in stainless steel pillow block housings have been running in this application for several years with no issues.

A seafood processing plant in the Southeast was running a conveyor in their freezer area to “flash-freeze” fresh seafood. The environment is a difficult one: The temperature is cold (28°F/-2°C) and wet and the system requires frequent washdown. The conveyor bearings were being replaced every month. The plant maintenance superintendent contacted GRAPHALLOY about the problem. It was determined that the current bearings could not hold lubrication under these conditions and, as a result, breakdowns were occurring frequently. Graphalloy 4-bolt flange block assemblies were installed and have been running successfully for more than five years!

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Gray 10 Quality St., Lexington, KY 40507 USA Phone: 859/281-5000 Email: contactus@gray.com www.gray.com Gray is a fully integrated, global service provider deeply rooted in engineering, design, construction, smart manufacturing, and equipment manufacturing services. Consistently recognized as a leader in the industry, we focus on the following markets for domestic and international customers: Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Automotive, Distribution, Mission Critical, and Commercial.

Founded in 1960, Gray has grown to encompass a complementary family of brands designed to augment and enhance each other’s specialized capabilities without gaps or redundancies. Gray Food & Beverage brands include: Gray Solutions, lnline Engineers, Spec Engineering, and Anderson Dahlen.

Our robust offering-which includes strategy, operational improvements, construction, extensive engineering, automation & controls, digital transformation, and equipment manufacturing-enables us to create one-of-a-kind solutions at the highest levels of customization, delivering unmatched precision and partnership to some of the world’s most sophisticated organizations.

From Clemens Food Group’s fresh pork processing facility in Michigan and Kraft Heinz’s meat processing and packaging plant in Iowa to the design and/or installation of multiple protein grinding/mixing systems, Gray has you covered. We leverage our advanced equipment manufacturing, engineering, and construction teams to optimize safety, productivity, flexibility, and quality to ensure your ability to innovate and respond rapidly to changing consumer demands.

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Hapman 5944 East N Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49048 USA Phone: 866/697-9273 Email: sales@hapman.com www.hapman.com Hapman is a worldwide manufacturer of bulk solids handling equipment including conveyors, feeders, bag handling equipment, lump breakers, liquid/solid conveying systems, and more.

PRODUCTS AND EXPERTISE FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY Hapman understands your needs to maintain product quality and safety. We offer sealed conveyors, dust containment, cleanability options, foodgrade components, automation through controls, minor ingredient addition, and custom-engineered, complete systems.

Our application experts have extensive experience with bakery products, dairy product, grain products, snack products, sugar and confectionary products beverages, and more.

Rely on us for the expertise to design and deliver equipment and systems that rise to meet your unique challenges. Our engineers have experience with over 2,700 distinct materials, 12,000+ applications and customer relationships in 26 countries.

DESIGNED AND BUILT TOUGH TO KEEP PRODUCTION RUNNING Trust Hapman equipment to stand up to your application. We draw on decades of proven engineering, fabrication, and materials of construction to ensure long life and reliable performance. We can point to a 98.9% success rate, with only 1.1% warranty claims since 2014. Some Hapman equipment is still operating in the field after 40 years.

BUILT FOR FAST, EASY SERVICEABILITY AND CLEANING Hapman equipment speeds cleaning and batch turnarounds. It’s designed for fast, easy disassembly and reassembly to maximize food processing uptime. Since 2012, we have made 22 design improvements to maximize serviceability, including 12 made specifically for tool-less access.

24/7 SUPPORT TO HELP Hapman maintains live support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year to provide customers the parts or service needed to maintain uptime. You can rely on Hapman to keep your process moving.

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Haver & Boecker USA 460 Gees Mill Business CT NE, Conyers, GA 30013 USA Phone: 770/760-1130 Email: info@haverusa.com www.haverusa.com Haver & Boecker USA is a leading global manufacturer of fillers, baggers, and palletizing machinery. We supply equipment using various degrees of automation and requirements for dry bulk materials and liquid products. We focus on consistent quality, weight accuracy, high output rates, simple operation, and user-friendly maintenance.

For the food industry, we specialize in food-grade machinery for liquid filling, baggers, and palletizing.

Our aim is to provide the marketplace with high-quality machinery to get the job done right. Our machinery ranges from semi-automatic to fully automated equipment. Our product portfolio is below: Our Machinery • alve ag ackers • Open-Mouth aggers • Form-Fill-Seal aggers • ig ag Fillers • Drum and Tote Fillers • ail and Canister Fillers • Conventional and obotic alletizers Let us help you provide the best packaged goods for your customers.

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Heat and Control, Inc. 21121 Cabot Blvd. Hayward, CA 94545 Phone: 800/227-5980 Email: info@heatandcontrol.com heatandcontrol.com Heat and Control®, a world-leading equipment manufacturer, offers the latest technology and the highest quality equipment for processing, coating and seasoning, conveying, weighing, packaging, inspection, and control/information systems and develops innovative solutions for production challenges. Established in 1950, they are a privatelyowned company and have 11 manufacturing facilities, 12 testing centers, and more than 30 offices around the world.

Heat and Control builds food processing and product handling equipment for the food industry, and it can also integrate complete lines and systems, including equipment for unloading, washing, storing, seasoning, coating, cooking, frying, roasting, conveying, weighing, inspecting, and packaging. Heat and Control has partnered with other global manufacturing leaders, including Ishida (weighing packaging and inspection) and CEIA® (metal detection), and their brands include FastBack® (horizontal motion conveyors and on machine seasoning), Mastermatic (fryers), and Spray Dynamics® (coating and seasoning application systems). They can assist manufacturers with equipment for all types of food as well as provide pre- and post-sale technical support, including applications assistance, engineering, installation, parts, service, and training to maintain peak efficiency.

They have built an extensive knowledge bank and developed a wealth of experience and expertise with access to production and technical support from a network of engineers, food technicians, field service technicians, skilled tradespeople, and support teams to provide food and non-food manufacturers with the ability to achieve their production goals.

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Hiperbaric - High Pressure Processing 2250 NW 84th Ave. Unit #101, Doral, FL 33122 Phone: 305/639-9770 Email: marketing@hiperbaric.com www.hiperbaric.com High Pressure Processing – Food Safety. Extended Shelf Life. Clean Label.

Hiperbaric is the world’s leading supplier of High Pressure Processing (HPP) equipment for the food and beverage industry. Hiperbaric headquarters are located in Spain and offer a full service to the US market from its delegation in Miami. In addition, there is a commercial and technical team located in Mexico, Singapore, and Australia.

HPP technology is a non-thermal processing technique by which products are subjected to a high level of isostatic pressure to inactivate foodborne pathogens such as salmonella, E. coli and Listeria, extending the shelf life considerably, without adding any preservative to the original product.

HPP also preserves the quality of fresh food, opens opportunities to new markets for clean label products due to the extension of shelf life and protects brands against recalls.

HPP is a highly versatile technology that can be applied to a wide range of foods: juices and beverages, meat, fish and shellfish, fruits and vegetables, wet salads, dips, and sauces, pet food products and Ready-To-Eat products.

Hiperbaric industrial High Pressure Processing (HPP) units are designed to be the most reliable systems in the market, with the widest throughput range of industrial HPP machines meeting the requirements of start-ups, small-medium enterprises and large corporations.

Our horizontal layout and ergonomic design simplify installation and operations. Each machine can reach up to 6,000 bar / 600 MPa / 87,000 psi. Furthermore, Hiperbaric is the only company capable of supplying equipment for the HPP processing of products in their final packaging (In-Pack) and equipment for the processing of bulk liquids before packaging (In-Bulk). In addition, we supply custom HPP automated solutions, from a simple HPP line to a fully automated turnkey solution.

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Hixson Architecture & Engineering 659 Van Meter Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 USA Phone: 513/241-1230 Email: Info@hixson-inc.com www.hixson-inc.com/PFW22 Since 1948, Hixson has provided comprehensive, innovative design services for food, beverage, and ingredient companies of all types and sizes, including some of the most well-known companies in the world. Our design services include building architecture and engineering, process engineering, and project management- including Capital Project Management.

A FULL SPECTRUM OF DESIGN CAPABILITIES The members of Hixson’s technical disciplines—all co-located—collaborate seamlessly on our projects. This results in lean, high-quality design solutions delivered cost-effectively and with unparalleled speed. Hixson’s in-house capabilities include: Architecture • Automation Engineering • Capital roject Management • Civil Engineering • Construction Administration • Cost Estimating • Electrical Engineering • Environmental, ealth Safety • Fire rotection • nterior Design • Manufacturing • Mechanical AC Engineering • lumbing Engineering • rocess Engineering • roject Management • efrigeration Engineering • Structural Engineering • ater and astewater.

E D-TO-E D SE CES Hixson designs complex projects across all industry segments, including meat, dairy, flavors and ingredients, beverages, plant-based proteins, prepared foods, bakery and fruits and vegetables. e have the uni ue ability to seamlessly deliver projects from end-to-end, including process and manufacturing engineering, building and infrastructure design and engineering, and more. e invite you to learn more about how ixson can help your company solve its toughest challenges. Contact us today!

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Hurst Boiler & Welding Co, Inc. 100 Boilermaker Lane, Coolidge, GA 31738-3765 USA Phone: 877/994-8778 Email: info@hurstboiler.com www.hurstboiler.com Gas, Oil, Wood, Biomass, Coal, Solid Waste and Solid Fuel Fired Steam & Hot Water Boilers Hurst Boiler & Welding Company, Inc. has been designing, engineering and servicing a complete line of solid fuel, solid waste, biomass, gas, coal and oil-fired Firetube and Watertube steam and hot water boilers since 1967, for thousands of satisfied customers. Hurst also manufactures a complete line of boiler room peripherals such as blowdown separator surge tanks, and pressurized feedwater tanks.

The Hurst Product Line includes Packaged boilers: 6 to 4,500 hp, pressures to 900 psi. Fire-tube, water-tube & feedwater equipment for all heating & process applications including: schools, dry cleaning, hospitals, universities, military & all commercial/industrial operations. Hurst is a custom manufacturer of engineered packaged boilers & boiler systems, biomass boiler systems, integrated PLC-based boiler controls & accessories.

Low NOx modular boilers & burner configurations are available for all models, starting at 9.5 hp, meeting all state environmental requirements, including SCAQMD. Hurst proudly offers major repairs as well as service & preventative maintenance of Hurst steel boilers, ASME welding, “R” & “PP” stamps, refractory & tube repairs. Hurst Boiler stocks a large inventory of boiler parts including pollution control systems & exchangers, controls, forced draft burner parts, feedwater tanks, water softeners, chemical feed systems, castables, refractories & insulations. We offer in-stock replacement parts for all major commercial/industrial boilers. Services include domestic & export sales, parts, and service, and we pride ourselves in our extensive worldwide distributor/dealer network.

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IKA Works, Inc. 2635 Northchase Pkwy SE, Wilmington, NC 28451 Phone: 910/452-7059 Email: process@ikausa.com www.ikausa.com Food manufacturers are always seeking innovative mixing technologies. At IKA they will find what they are looking for, regardless of the individual technical demands.

With IKA mixing technologies, products retain exclusive organoleptic characteristics and a particularly appetizing look. IKA possesses an extensive know-how when it comes to the food industry’s multifaceted mixing processes: emulsifying and homogenizing, wet grinding, dispersing and powder input, drying and mixing of free-flowing solids.

For example, IKA offers two powerful machines for the production of high-quality emulsions such as mayonnaise and ketchup: The Master Plant and the Standard Production Plant with a patented dispersing module. Both work under pressure or vacuum. During the everyday production process, they ensure maximum flexibility: they can mix, disperse, suck in and moisten solid substances, temper the mixture and eventually discharge it.

IKA colloid mills and inline dispersing machines clear the way for particularly smooth spreads, horseradish and mustard matter. CMX machine developed by IKA enables the instant preparation of starch and sugar solutions in any desired amount.

Additionally, IKA is revolutionizing bread baking. IKA machines make it possible for dough masses to be produced as part of a continuous process. A particular version of the inline machine ULTRA-TURRAX UTL does not only achieve a previously unmatched productivity, but also gives the dough its own special baking characteristics.

All of IKA machines and equipment meant for the food industry are made exclusively from high-quality materials. They meet the highest hygienic requirements and are scalable. 3A certified machine version are also available.

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INDUSTRIAL MAGNETICS, INC. 1385 S M 75 • Boyne City, MI 49712 • United States Phone: (231) 582-3100 Email: imi@magnetics.com https://www.magnetics.com/ Providing industry leading magnetic metal separation solutions since 1961.

Industrial Magnetics, Inc. (IMI) is an industry leader in providing both permanent magnets and electromagnets for magnetic separation for over 60 years.

Our specialty is custom fabricating. We design, engineer and manufacture magnetic assemblies and magnetic separation devices for our customers’ specific requirements, and take pride in the quality and performance of our products.

We are always striving to make things better. Many of our magnetic separation products are HACCP International Certified and USDA AMS Accepted Equipment. Our Sanitary Grade Rare Earth Magnetic Grate Tubes are certified by HAACP International and fully conform to HACCP International’s Food Safety Standard (0909MAGSEP 1-2010) for direct contact with food product as well as USDA AMS accepted Dairy, Meat and Poultry magnetic separator processing equipment.

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IMI is proud to be a United States- based manufacturer of magnetic assemblies and our USA M.A.D.E™ logo is how we like to show it. You will find our USA M.A.D.E™ logo on any of our products that are Manufactured • Assembled • Designed • Engineered here in the USA at our facilities.

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JBT—Avure 1830 Airport Exchange Road, Suite 160, Erlanger, KY 41018 USA Phone: 614/255-6633 Email: info@avure.com www.avure-hpp-foods.com HIGH PRESSURE PASTEURIZATION (HPP) is cold pasteurization in pure water; it uses ultra-high pressure purified water to keep packaged food pathogen-free to stay fresh longer. At very high pressures bacteria such as Listeria, E. coli, and Salmonella are inactivated. Foods using HPP include ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook meats, readymeals, fruits and vegetables, juices and smoothies, soups and sauces, wet salads and dips, dairy products, seafood and shellfish. HPP helps producers increase food safety and extend shelf-life while providing consumers with nutritious, natural, flavorful food.

Avure Technologies created the first commercial high pressure processing system more than 60 years ago. Today, Avure features multiple HPP systems, including the AV-X, with upgradeable, energy-efficient and space-saving designs, worldwide tolling centers and partnerships with more major food brands than every other HPP manufacturer.

Avure’s expandable machines enable a producer to buy the machine that best suits current needs, and as the company grows and volume expands, the machine can be upgraded to keep up with increased demand. With Avure HPP, producers are manufacturing in record volumes, reducing shrinkage and growing their distribution overnight.

Avure also manufactures a vertical machine, the AV-S, developed specifically to allow seafood producers to more efficiently process shellfish, removing 100% of the meat from the shell, increasing yields by up to 30%.

Avure operates an in-house research and development facility to help partners perfect their HPP-friendly recipes plus maintains service centers around the globe to answer questions, provide on-site maintenance and spare parts fulfillment.

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JIE USA INC 493 Mission St, Carol Stream, IL 60188 Phone: 630-580-9986 Email: Info@jie-drives.com www.jie-drives.com With passion, focus, and our goal of continuous improvement JIE has been providing innovative drive solutions for over 30 years. By following our core values of developing precise and reliable products, pursuing organizational professionalism, and maintaining stringent quality standards, JIE has established a worldwide reputation in over 100 countries for offering drive solutions with exceptional performance and outstanding value.

The JIE product line encompasses the widest range of industrial gearing and drive technologies available from a single manufacturer. This allows the selection of the optimal solution for your specific needs, assuring your application requirements are achieved at the least possible cost.

Technologies available include helical gear reducers and geared motors in right angle, inline, and parallel configurations, worm gear reducers, industrial planetary reducers, bevel gear reducers, stainless steel solutions in helical, bevel, and worm designs, integrated motor and control systems, and a variety of other specialty gear and drive solutions.

JIE USA sales, engineering, assembly, and warehouse headquarters is in suburban Chicago, IL., ideally positioned in the center of the American market. Along with our nationwide network of distribution partners, we will provide rapid response to your production needs and prompt engineering and customer service support wherever you are located.

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King Plastic Corporation 1100 N. Toledo Blade Blvd. North Port, FL 34288 USA Phone: 941/493-5502 Email: sales@kingplastic.com www.kingplastic.com King Plastic Corporation is a leading manufacturer of quality polymer sheets, slabs and massive shapes - including several products pioneered by the company. Its polymers are made in the USA and sold worldwide through a network of top plastics distributors to customers who fabricate products for the marine industry (King StarBoard® brand), signage, food service, healthcare, architectural, industrial and other markets. King continues to raise the bar with new products, new production techniques and new standards of excellence.

High-Performance Polymers: • ing Star oard® • ing Star oard® ST • ing Color oard® • ing ColorCore® • ing y- act®

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Klöckner Pentaplast Food Packaging 3585 Klöckner Road, Charlottesville, VA 22911 Phone: 540/832-3600 Email: kpinfo@kpfilms.com www.kpfilms.com At Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), we believe in the sustainable protection of everyday needs.

It’s why we do what we do; it’s why we exist.

Our purpose is to be the leader in sustainable rigid and flexible plastic solutions that improve lives, communities and health, while protecting the planet. We can achieve this by delivering food and consumer products safely to meet the needs of a modern-day society, while optimising the use of scarce resources.

We will ensure our products protect and help reduce food waste and provide affordable hygiene and protection in today’s complex supply chains, while operating a sustainable business for generations to come. This underpins our growth, builds upon our heritage and defines our culture.

Kp is a global leader in rigid and flexible packaging, specialty film solutions, serving the pharmaceutical, medical device, food, beverage and card markets, among others. With a broad and innovative portfolio of packaging and product films and services, kp plays an integral role in the customer value chain by safeguarding product integrity, assuring safety and consumer health, improving sustainability and protecting brand reputation. Founded in 1965 kp has 32 plants in 18 countries and employs over 5,900 people committed to serving customers worldwide in over 60 locations.

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Lapeyre Stair 5117 Toler Street, New Orleans, LA 70123 USA Phone: 504-733-6009 Email: ls.sales@lapeyrestair.com https://www.lapeyrestair.com The stair experts at Lapeyre Stair have been manufacturing access solutions for virtually every industry since 1981. Our pre-engineered stairs and platforms are designed for easy integration into complete, custom systems for facilities and equipment.

ALTERNATING TREAD STAIRS Provide maximum safety in minimum space with alternating tread stairs; they are a safer and more ergonomic option than ladders or ship stairs when space restrictions prohibit the use of standard stairs. Alternating tread stairs are available in carbon steel with a powder coat finish, carbon steel with a galvanized finish, stainless steel, and aluminum with your choice of angle and handrail options.

BOLTED ACCESS STAIRS These pre-engineered standard stairs are quick and easy to assemble without the need for welding or special equipment. Bolted access stairs are available with a choice of handrail, tread, and finish options. Each order is designed to meet your specifications and applicable code requirements.

CROSSOVER SYSTEMS Safely overcome virtually any obstacle with code-compliant crossover stair and platform systems. Crossover systems are available with a choice of alternating tread stairs or bolted access stairs plus your choice of finish, handrail, and platform decking options.

Choose from one of our standard systems or have our in-house engineers design a custom system to your exact specifications.

WORK PLATFORMS Provide workers with code-compliant, custom-built safe access for daily operations, routine maintenance, or any other application. Our fixed work platforms are preengineered to easily integrate with our bolted access stairs and alternating tread stairs.

They are available in a variety of configurations and a choice of options.

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Linde 7000 High Grove Boulevard, Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 1-844-44LINDE Email: contactus@linde.com www.lindefood.com Rapid heat removal with cryogenic liquid nitrogen or liquid carbon dioxide offers processors a variety of options that meet their processing needs. Customers working with Linde’s industrial gas and equipment systems can boost productivity and maintain high product quality targets in freezing, chilling and cooling operations. Tunnel, spiral, flighted, snowing and in-line cooling systems provide cost saving benefits to our customers.

For Linde and the food processing market areas we serve, there are three unique competencies to address the needs of our customers. The focus on 1) product temperature through precise heat removing properties of cryogenic gases, 2) the scientific application knowledge of the gases and gas atmospheres acquired by servicing thousands of customers, and 3) the system support coupled with engineering experience that allow our customers to rely on Linde to help improve productivity.

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality gases, application technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & refining, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing and primary metals. Linde’s industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to highpurity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more.

For more information about the company and its products and services for the food processing market, please visit www.lindefood.com.

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Lubriplate Lubricants Company Newark, NJ 07105 / Toledo, OH 43605 Phone: 800/733-4755 Email: LubeXpert@lubriplate.com www.lubriplate.com Lubriplate Lubricants Company Advancing Lubrication for Over 150 Years.

More than 150 years ago, Lubriplate’s founders set out to make the highest quality, best performing lubricants available. In doing so, they helped pioneer the use of anti-wear additives that significantly increased lubricant performance through the years. Today, that innovative tradition continues with their complete line of ultra high-performance, 100% Synthetic, NSF H1 Registered, Food Grade Lubricants. Manufactured under strict NSF/ ISO 21469 Certified and ISO 9001 Registered quality control standards, these lubricants are formulated to deliver a number of significant, cost effective advantages, including; extended lube and fluid change intervals, multiple application capability, lubricant inventory consolidation and improved performance. Clean, safe and non-toxic, their use can eliminate lubrication as a critical control point in HACCP programs.

All Lubriplate Lubricants come with Lubriplate’s ESP Extra Services Package at no additional charge. Services include; a complimentary plant lubrication survey by a factory direct representative, color coded lubrication charts and machinery tags, a toll free technical support hotline and email, and follow-up lubricant analysis.

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Matthews Marking Systems 3159 Unionville Road, Suite 500, Cranberry Township, PA 16066, USA Phone: 800.775.7775 Email: info@matw.com www.matthewsmarking.com Matthews Marking Systems is a global supplier of marking and coding solutions for product identification, branding, and traceability. Our customers trust us to help them achieve increased productivity while driving bottom line improvement with reliable systems for any application.

Committed to improving efficiency and accuracy in marking and coding, we offer the industry’s only universal automation controller, MPERIA®. MPERIA is truly universal, controlling one or many marking/coding devices regardless of brand or technology while seamlessly integrating with backend systems and databases. Whether you are adding to an existing production line or expanding to multiple plant locations, MPERIA’s inherent capability and flexibility grows with your business. Matthews’ focus on marking system innovation and quality are readily apparent in our full line of high-resolution inkjet, laser, print & apply, drop-on-demand valve jet and high-performance inks.

We are dedicated to our customers’ success worldwide through an extensive sales, service, and distribution network. From current products to custom engineered solutions, we help customers throughout the industrial, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, personal care and consumer goods packaging industries.

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METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection 1571 Northpointe Parkway, Lutz, FL 33558 Phone: 813/889-9500 Email: pi.marketing@mt.com www.mt.com/pi METTLER TOLEDO is the world’s largest manufacturer of metal detectors, checkweighers, X-ray and vision inspection equipment, delivering a wide range of solutions for foreign body protection, regulatory compliance, and improved profits.

Systems range from economical to state-of-the-art with customized material handling solutions.

Safeline metal detectors automatically reject all types of metal contaminants, including the most difficult to detect stainless steel. Systems are offered for dry, bulk, packaged, liquid or frozen products for gravity feed, conveyorized, pumped and throat applications. Safeline x-ray inspection systems use high-performance image processing to detect and reject all types of dense physical contaminants, as well as measure mass, check for missing or broken product, and confirm fill levels to guarantee product and package integrity.

CI-Vision machine vision systems verify label content and integrity to prevent recalls.

The use of these systems in your food safety program can help you prove due diligence, pass regulatory audits, and protect your brand.

Hi-Speed checkweighers deliver productivity and profits. A wide range of sizes and configurations are available to handle nearly any container type or package design even at high production rates to ensure accurate product delivery, reduced giveaway, and optimized production processes. Patented weighing technology and over 50 years of package handling expertise ensures repeatable performance from the first to the last package weighed maintaining tight production tolerances.

As a member of OMAC, METTLER TOLEDO is committed to connectivity and data storage and retrieval to help meet regulatory requirements. Inspection systems can be connected using a variety of methods, including our own ProdX data collection and management software. METTLER TOLEDO inspection systems are backed by the most comprehensive engineering solutions, product testing, and training in the industry with nationwide customer service and 24 hour telephone support.

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Miura America Co., Ltd. 2200 Steven B. Smith Blvd., Rockmart, GA 30153 U.S.A. Phone: 888-309-5574 Email: us.info@miuraz.com https://miuraboiler.com/products/miura-connect MIURA CONNECT: ADVANCED REMOTE MONITORING FOR FOOD PROCESSING The future belongs to Food Processing companies that respond quicker and more effectively to events as they happen.

With real-time, anytime, 24/7 remote monitoring, Miura Connect allows customers or their representatives to set preferences and receive real-time boiler room notifications and alerts (from all connected equipment) directly on their smartphone or other digital devices quickly, accessing critical information including supporting documents such as water logs and maintenance procedures, while accessing manuals and technical documentation in seconds.

Another innovation from the world leader in industrial steam boilers, Miura Connect is a game-changer, providing a next-generation mobile, cloud-based, real-time remote monitoring and customer accessible platform, which features a smart new web-based portal. By viewing connected equipment in real-time, boiler operators, company management, representatives, and technicians can quickly and easily access boiler room data from anywhere the internet is available.

Engineered to continually optimize and add new features and value, this remote monitoring application and the IoT Technology that enables it will allow Miura to add features and value along the way, ensuring that Miura Connect will be a living application, with upgrades and benefits automatically available without the need for on-site visits or additional hardware in most cases.

Consider a traditional situation where a steam boiler operator would receive a caution or alarm from the boiler and call their rep to request service. Now, the rep or facility operator can look into historical and real-time data to be better informed and get a head start rather than figuring it out on-site.

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Munson Machinery Company, Inc. 210 Seward Ave., Utica, NY 13502-5750 USA Phone: 315/797-0090 Email: info@munsonmachinery.com www.munsonmachinery.com LEADERS IN MIXING, BLENDING AND SIZE REDUCTION MACHINERY SINCE 1823 Munson Machinery Company is a leading manufacturer of mixing, blending, size reduction and separation equipment serving the food, dairy, coffee/tea, nutraceutical and hemp industries.

Munson offers the industry’s widest selection of equipment for mixing and blending of bulk food products (with or without liquid additions) including: Rotary Batch Mixers, Ribbon/Paddle/Plow Blenders, Cylindrical Plow Blenders, Vee-Cone Blenders, Fluidized Bed Mixers, Rotary Continuous Mixers, and Variable Intensity Blenders.

For size reduction of spices, herbs, nuts, dates, roots, grains, beans and other bulk food products, Munson manufactures Lump Breakers, Pin Mills, Attrition Mills, Screen Classifying Cutters, Knife Cutters, Shredders, and Hammer Mills.

For solids separation, Munson’s Centrifugal Sifter can sift and scalp bulk food materials at high rates with virtually no product degradation.

Munson equipment is available constructed of #304 or #316 stainless steel and finished to food, USDA dairy or pharmaceutical standards, with optional CIP systems.

The exceptionally broad selection of full size equipment in Munson’s laboratory allows side-by-side testing of your actual material, and documents precisely how effective — or ineffective — any given machine would be at meeting your specific performance requirements. This assists customers in specifying a machine at no cost or obligation— and takes the risk out of purchasing bulk food processing machinery.

Established in 1823, Munson offers unparalleled experience in solving the most challenging problems encountered by customers through most of two centuries, continuously improving equipment performance to a level unmatched by any comparable manufacturer worldwide.

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National Bulk Equipment, Inc. 12838 Stainless Drive, Holland, MI 49424, USA Phone: 616/344-5520 Email: sales@nbe-inc.com www.nbe-inc.com National Bulk Equipment (NBE) designs, engineers, manufactures, installs, and commissions equipment, systems, and fullstream projects for processing and packaging of dry and liquid bulk materials. NBE bulk material handling applications include: discharging, filling, conveying, mixing, storage, packaged-product reclamation, and material infeed. The extensive portfolio of NBE equipment, resources, and project delivery capabilities is applied across the full scope of processing and packaging operations.

The NBE fullstream advantage provides upstream raw material discharge and storage systems, midstream raw material conveying and processing systems, and downstream finished-product packaging and reclamation systems. CPG project owners, contract packagers, contract manufacturers, AECs, and OEMs leverage the NBE engineer-toapplication (ETA) project delivery experience to move their bulk material processing and packaging projects beyond the constraints of build-to-order or engineered-to-order machine manufacturing. ETA project delivery brings mutually defined expectations, tangible performance benefits, and long-term project confidence to bulk material processing and packaging projects delivered by NBE. See how NBE will advance your project delivery experience and improve your total process performance. View product feature demos, schedule a livestream test of your material, or request a rep visit at: nbe-inc.com or, call 616.344.5520 National Bulk Equipment is a portfolio company of NBE Holdings Company, based in Holland, Michigan.

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Paratherm 2009 Renaissance Blvd., King of Prussia, PA 19046 USA Phone: 610/941-4900 Email: info@paratherm.com www.Paratherm.com Paratherm - Heat Transfer Fluids has been in business for over 30 years. We are a dedicated team of service-oriented people with a variety of training, skills and experience.

Our sales engineers can help you select the appropriate heat transfer fluid for your application. We also offer technical services to assist with troubleshooting along with a superior fluid analysis program. Paratherm products are always in stock and available globally. In a pinch, Paratherm can provide shipments same-day, and sales engineers are on-call 24 hours a day to get you what you need when you need it.

Paratherm’ s fluid analysis laboratory analyzes thousands of samples a year. Our state-ofthe-art laboratory provides streamlined results that you can be confident in. Results and recommendations are provided in a clear, concise report, and follow-up consultation is included with every analysis.

Paratherm has been a leader in food grade heat transfer fluids since it’s inception.

Hundreds of systems in the food processing industry count on Paratherm’s industry leading fluid technology for their critical operations, including several of the largest food processors in the world. Paratherm offers several food grade heat transfer fluids registered with NSF and compliant to FDA 21 CFR 178.3570 suitable for a wide operating range to meet all food processing application requirements. Paratherm is well equipped to provide several food grade heat transfer fluids over a wide operating range. We your preferred heat transfer fluid supplier for over 30 years.

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Paxton Products 10125 Carver Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242 USA Phone: 800.441.7475 Email: sales@paxtonproducts.com www.PaxtonProducts.com Paxton Products manufactures high efficiency centrifugal blowers and customengineered air delivery devices, used for drying, blow off, air rinsing and debris removal to improve product quality through better cleaning, rinsing, labeling, marking & coding.

Centrifugal Blowers by Paxton are highly efficient, providing 150 - 1500 cfm of air at pressures of 30 - 80 inches of water column. Available in sizes from 2 - 20 hp, all Paxton blowers carry a full three-year warranty. The new PX-series blowers achieve efficiencies up to 80%, generating more air power per horsepower than any other blower on the market, and reducing the horsepower required to do the job, with typically 5 - 10 hp reduction.

Air Delivery Devices are custom-engineered to maximize drying, blow off and cleaning of products and surfaces. We configure the air delivery specifically for your application, sizing air knives, nozzles and manifolds for peak efficiency.

Paxton’s Ionized Air System removes particulates, dust and contaminants using powerful ionization coupled with Paxton’s blowers and air delivery devices. Ionizing air systems provide static control and static elimination, so that dirt and dust don’t adhere to surfaces.

And new this year is a vacuum system to collect the debris for inspection and disposal.

The Ionized Air System has been configured for a variety of applications: • ottle insing for glass or ET bottles and jars, high speed and low speed lines, including the hard to clean narrow mouth ET and liter bottles.

• Can insing for both high speed and low speed lines.

• Dust and debris prior to coating or packaging, using static control and elimination.

• emoval of dust, debris, cuttings or shavings prior to rolling or packaging.

For drying, the CanDryer, CapDryer and PowerDry systems are pre-configured for ease of use and optimal drying. All while using 80% less energy than compressed air drying, and 30 – 50% less energy than other blowers.

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PPM Technologies Holdings, LLC 500 E.Illinois St. Newberg, OR 97132 Phone: 503/537-5319 Email: neil.anderson@ppmtech.com www.ppmtech.com With more than 120 years of manufacturing food processing equipment, we like to think we know a thing or two. That experience helps us provide the most innovative and creative solutions to our customers’ challenges.

Our focus on processing, seasoning and conveying, allows us to support our global customer base with well-engineered and manufactured solutions for producing snack foods, nuts and seeds, vegetables, meats, seafood and poultry, and much more.

We produce a standardized range of products, but also have the ability to customize a solution to meet the needs of an ever-evolving market of unique product applications.

Our extensive range of vibratory conveyors, belt and bucket elevators, provides many options for material handling of pre-processed and post-processed food products. Our ingredients and coatings product lines can provide a wide range of oils, tacs and gums, as well as dry powders, seasonings and particulates. Complete systems include heated mix and use kettles with fully automated PLC controls.

Our brands include Allen Machinery, Aseeco, Wright Machinery and PPM Technologies, Inc, for which we provide all OEM parts and service, from our USA and UK locations.

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QUANTUM 9524 Gulfstream Rd., Frankfort, IL 60423, U.S.A. Phone: 815/464-1540 Email: info@q-t-s.com www.q-t-s.com Quantum manufactures high speed, automated portion and apply systems utilized in the wholesale frozen pizza, prepared meals, and bakery industries. Our systems are used to apply sauces, cheeses, IQF ingredients, meats, dry ingredients, and a variety of other ingredients.

We offer standard production systems as well as custom designed equipment for various production requirements. Our in-house engineering team works closely with customers to create the best solution for their application. The sanitary, easy-to-use, streamlined design of our equipment sets the standard in the industry.

Incorporated into every Quantum machine is high speed, non-contact application, and highly durable stainless steel construction. In addition, our machines are wash down capable, and have an easily accessible open design requiring no tools for sanitation.

•• TA GET SAUCE O T O A D A L S STEMS •• uantum Target Sauce Applicators apply a consistent deposit with a sauce-free border.

High quality and accurate weight control are features of all Quantum sauce applicators.

•• TA GET and ATE FALL O T O A D A L S STEMS •• uantum Target Applicators and aterfall Applicators are available with automated feed systems to ensure consistent deposit portions.

•• E E O SL CE O T O A D A L S STEMS •• Quantum pepperoni slicer / applicators are servo driven to provide precise deposit patterns and are available in many configurations to meet volume requirements.

Quantum has supplied production equipment to customers ranging from small wholesalers to large manufacturers since 1991.

To learn more about Quantum, please visit us at www.q-t-s.com, or call 815-464-1540.

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Radar Process 5685 Lake Wylie Road, Clover, SC 29710 Phone: 803/393-7067 Email: sales@cardinalprocesssolutions.com www.radarprocess.com The food industry, since its inception, has been part of people’s life and evolution. Today, it is an increasingly developed and demanding sector—in terms of production and quality, but also control and automation.

Radar Process, founded in 1974 in Barcelona (Spain), boasts over 40 years of experience providing comprehensive solutions to global customers in the handling, automation, and dosing of solid and liquid ingredients. Radar Process combines excellence in developing cost-effective, clean and, safe (under EHEDG and FDA certifications) technical solutions exhibiting great adaptability to the client needs, along with a utilization of the most advanced technology in automation.

Radar Process can provide the solutions to convey and receive your ingredient: where you need it, when you need it, in the exact quantity.

Radar Process Solutions for Food Processing Include: Interior and exterior silos, hoppers, extraction and fluidized systems, suction and dust control systems, air treatment systems, thermal insulation, product weight control, pneumatic conveying, belts, bucket elevator, chain conveyor, endless screw, weighing and measuring, milling, clod-breaking and micronizing, mixing, sieving, metal detection and removal, software, Radar Production Management (RPM), traceability (RadarTrace), SCADA, electrical installations, and engineering.

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Reid Supply, Parts & Supplies for the Manufacturing Industry 1269 E. Mount Garfield Rd., Norton Shores, MI 49441 USA Phone: 800-253-0421 Email: sales@reidsupply.com reidsupply.com Established in 1948, Reid Supply, also known as Reid Tool Supply back in the day, is a premier provider of industrial parts and supplies to the North American manufacturing market. We maintain strong partnerships with over 300 leading brands, such as Destaco, Kipp, Vlier, Northwestern Tool, JW Winco, CD Hardware, Colson, DimcoGray, Elesa, ER Wagner, Garr Tool, Little Giant, Mitutoyo, Starrett, and many more. As a preferred distributor, we can source the entire catalog of products from our vast supplier network – not just the products we stock daily in our warehouse.

We carry over 45,000 industrial parts that include knobs, handles, handwheels, latches, catches, hinges, workholding clamps, tooling and positioning, casters, leveling feet and more for any manufacturing application.

Having a hard time finding the right product for your application? We are here to help.

We have a team of specialists dedicated to finding the hard-to-find products. Our team of experts are focused on solutions and that includes finding alternative parts that fit your application … all you have to do is ask!

We specialize in unmatched customer service and knowledge, that’s what sets us apart.

Our goal is to create solutions for your application by end of the business day. Our team takes pride in servicing our customers and want your experience to be as hassle-free as possible.

Reid Supply not only serves the Packaging and Food Processing industry, we can service virtually any industry such as Medical, Automotive, Machine Builders and MORE. We offer price quotes in 4-hours or less, same-day shipping on stock items, eCommerce digital catalogs, and free downloadable CAD drawings on our website.

You may email our team at sales@reidsupply.com 24/7 or call us at (800) 253-0421.

Response time is essential for us to be the best customer service team possible.

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ROSS, Charles & Son Company 710 Old Willets Path. Hauppauge, NY 11788 USA Phone: 800/243-ROSS Email: mail@mixers.com www.mixers.com Serving all the process industries in virtually every industrialized country, ROSS offers experience and production capacity that no other manufacturer of specialty mixing and blending equipment can match. In the US, ROSS operates five plants dedicated to engineering, R&D, manufacturing, and process testing. Overseas, ROSS equipment is manufactured in four state-of-the-art plants in China and India.

The ROSS Test & Development Center in Hauppauge, NY, is the industry’s best-equipped laboratory for process testing. Hundreds of ROSS customers visit the test center each year to confirm their equipment selections and optimize processes.

Ribbon Blenders – superior quality, priced far below others. Sizes 1 to 1000 cu ft., with many in stock for immediate shipment.

Batch and In-Line Rotor/Stator High Shear Mixers – single-stage and multi-stage models for fine emulsions and dispersions.

SLIM Solid/Liquid Injection Technology – eliminates the persistent clogging of conventional eductor-based systems.

Multi-Agitator Mixers – 1 gallon to 1000 gallons capacity. Change-can designs available.

In-Plant Trial/Rental – the industry’s largest fleet of rental mixers and blenders. Meet short-term demand or test equipment in your process prior to purchase.

Control Systems – from single-axis to multi-axis designs, ROSS control systems offer unprecedented accuracy and flexibility in the mixing and blending process.

Tanks & Vessels – Custom-fabricated storage tanks and pressure vessels built to exacting standards at competitive prices. Capacities from 1 to 80,000 gallons.

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Sani-Matic, Inc. 2855 Innovation Way, Sun Prairie, WI 53590 Phone: 800/356-3300 Email: hello@sanimatic.com www.sanimatic.com Let Sani-Matic help solve your problems with process integrity or capacity, thorough automation of sanitation and cleaning processes including CIP, COP, Tunnel Washers, and more.

Our Products • SaniCab® pan, tray, bucket, hose, and more washer • SaniTrend™ Cloud and local automated data recording and OEE optimization •C uilt to purpose Clean- n- lace Systems • CO Clean-Out-of- lace systems for every need • Tunnel ashers Conveyorized, high capacity washing • Centralized ashdown systems oosted pressure systems and rinse-foam-sanitize stations • Sanitary Components Components - High quality, off-the-shelf and custom fabricated components such as strainers, static sprays, rotary and jet sprays, CO baskets, and more.

Services - Sani-Matic’s team of field service engineers provides onsite cleaning system audits and optimization, preventive maintenance, system start-up, and aftermarket services.

Sani-Matic: Improving food and beverage processors’ production uptime and sanitary results for more than 75 years. It’s been that way since the Sani-Matic story began in 1943. That’s when we developed a Clean-Out-of-Place (COP) Parts Washer for the dairy industry and began a precedent of high-quality equipment innovation at the forefront of automating sanitary cleaning processes.

Today, we continue our commitment to sanitary cleaning results for a diverse range of industries including food, beverage, pharmaceutical, biotech, nutraceutical and personal care.

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Schenck Process 7901 NW 107th Terrace Kansas City, MO 64153 Phone: 816-891-9300 Email: americas@schenckprocess.com www.schenckprocess.com Schenck Process engineer’s cutting-edge technologies and solutions across the bulk material handling spectrum, delivering unmatched precision and accuracy for dry powder pneumatic conveying, mixing, depositing, extruding, forming, milling, sifting, weighing and feeding. For plant safety a wide range of dust collection systems are also part of the product portfolio. Through the integration of its Mac Process, Clyde Process, Baker Perkins, Schenck AccuRate, Kemutec, Raymond Bartlett Snow and Stock Equipment brands, Schenck Process boasts a streamlined business model that enables it to deliver a unified process solution for customers in every corner of the world.

Technology Growth – With the recent integration of Baker Perkins into the Schenck Process Group we can further serve the food industry with a complete line of food processing e uipment that includes Mixing Dough Feed Systems • Soft Dough Forming • Sheet Forming Cutting • Cookie Sandwiching • aking andling • Food Extrusion • Depositing • Cooking These new technologies provide an even wider solution package from Schenck Process to bakery, confectionery, cookie, cracker, breakfast cereal and pet food end-markets.

Product Description – Whether conveying 300,000 lbs. of sugar or feeding small amounts of food additives, the experienced staff at Schenck Process will work with you to select the most cost-effective and energy efficient technology for your product. Schenck Process delivers all types of pneumatic conveying, mixing, depositing, extruding, forming, milling and grinding technologies along with offering a complete selection of air filtration, weighing and feeding solutions to solve your toughest bulk material handling challenges.

Project Management – Everything we do is centered on customer satisfaction. We strive to make your equipment and systems robust and efficient. Our project management teams become an extension of your business with a direct line of communication to the many resources within the Schenck Process global network. Your Schenck Process Team will take command of the design/build process from kick-off to process commissioning.

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SEW-EURODRIVE, Inc. 1295 Old Spartanburg Hwy. Lyman, SC 29365 Phone: 864/439-7537 Email: cslyman@seweurodrive.com www.seweurodrive.com About SEW-EURODRIVE SEW-EURODRIVE is a leading manufacturer of gear units, motors, and automation control systems. SEW- EURODRIVE solutions set the global standard for high performance and rugged reliability in the toughest operating conditions. With its global headquarters in Germany, the privately held company’s U.S. operations include a state-of-the-art manufacturing center, 5 regional assembly plants, more than 70 technical sales offices, and hundreds of distributors and support specialists. This extensive representation enables SEW- EURODRIVE to provide local service, support, and manufacturing from coast-to-coast and around the world.

Gearmotor Washdown Protection Options The extreme conditions found in food processing facilities can cause serious motor damage, resulting in an abnormally short life span. SEW’s Food Industry Option Package (IOP) consists of specialized features and components designed to overcome the demands of chemical washdown environments. These components save you downtime and money by extending the life of both the gear unit and the motor. Our IOP washdown protection package includes an industry-leading 2-year warranty covering any motor failure that results from moisture damage.

TorqLOC® Hollow Shaft Mounting System SEW-EURODRIVE’s patented TorqLOC® mounting system is the premier choice for a hollow shaft connection. Its corrosion resistance and non-fretting design make it the perfect solution for wet environments. The keyless, taper bushing design allows easy installation and removal, even after years of operation in a chemical or wash-down environment. Unlike a shrink disc that requires a ground shaft with very high tolerance, TorqLOC can use standard stock material without additional machining. TorqLOC offers advantages to both the OEM and the end user by reducing costs for machining, inventory, and installation. No wonder it is SEWEURODRIVE’s best-selling shaft design!

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Shick Esteve 4346 Clary Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64130 USA Phone: 877/744.2587 Email: info@shickesteve.com www.shickesteve.com As the only global provider focused solely on the food industry, Shick Esteve provides the latest in ingredient automation solutions and process design. Our expertise includes automation of bulk, minor/micro, liquid ingredients and process design. Quality, robust ingredient automation. Unmatched service and exceptional value that create enduring relationships.

Shick Esteve provides integrated data and process control that focuses on giving customers greater access to their data. Clarity Process Management provides clarity of data in a contextual format, allowing customers to make real-time decisions that will maximize their production. Our industry leading Clarity Software Suite includes data acquisition, recipe/batch management and traceability. Integrated, easy and secure systems for anyone to use. Simply put, we provide the right data so you can make decisions.

Our global network means you’ll have access and accountability 24/7, no matter where you are. We deliver peace of mind with flawless project execution and reliable, repeatable production processes. We are your trusted partner, from design and installation to maintenance and upkeep. Food-focused for more than 60 years. Global resources that deliver more.

Shick Esteve is a complete ingredient automation solution provider. We design, manufacture, install and service ingredient automation systems for customers worldwide.

For more information, visit www.shickesteve.com.

LINXIS group’s purpose is to leverage our collective expertise to develop and implement specialized equipment solutions, enabling our customers to be best-in-class industrial players wherever they operate. www.linxisgroup.com

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Sleeve Seal 14000 Dineen Drive Little Rock, AR 72206 USA Phone: 501.492.3893 Email: sales@sleeveseal.com www.sleeveseal.com Sleeve Seal Sleeve Seal shrink sleeve labelers are intelligent systems engineered for repeatable performance in a durable, operator-friendly system. Allen Bradley controls are used to apply labels at speeds from 25 to 1600 containers per minute. Quality construction and the fastest, most rugged drive train in the industry provide countless hours of label application at efficiencies of 99.5% or more.

SSL-800i MKII Vertical Sleeve Labeler The SSL-800i MKII vertical sleeve labeler is our fastest single head labeler at up to 800CPM. Speed and precision application are achieved with our Automated Intelligence iSeries set of controls resulting in unparalleled flexibility and dependability. With pneumatic adjustments and formats recipes stored in the HMI, the operator input is controlled, ensuring efficiencies are repeatable shift to shift. The SSL-800i is a selfcontained, versatile shrink sleeve labeler with stunning performance.

SSC-300 MKII Cap Sealer The SSC-300 MKII cap sealer / tamper evident bander is a powerhouse applicator loaded with features and options. The same engineering principles go into all our labelers— simple, robust construction with repeatable performance. If you are looking for a faster cap sealer, look at our SSC-600 Cap Sealer Machine.

SST-M1S Steam Tunnel Sleeve Seal Steam Shrink Tunnels use steam for efficient, controllable shrink labeling and are available in a range of lengths to match production speed. Sleeve Seal steam shrink tunnels feature a 316 stainless steel interior to prevent corrosion with removable service doors that make the tunnels machines service friendly. SST Steam Tunnels have external controls to keep the operator safe while managing nozzle array pressure without opening the tunnel doors. Ease of use, range of controls and safety features make our tunnels an easy choice for quality label shrinking on even the most unique containers.

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Soft Robotics Inc. 32 Crosby Drive, Suite 101, Bedford, MA 01730 USA Phone: 1-617-391-0612 Email: Support@SoftRoboticsInc.com www.softroboticsinc.com Soft Robotics is an industry-leading and award-winning technology company that designs and builds automated picking solutions using proprietary soft robotic grippers, 3D machine perception, and mGripAI™ artificial intelligence. The company’s transformational robotic automation solutions enable machine builders to solve the hardest piece picking problems in the food and beverage industry. We are dedicated to constant innovation and collaboration and are proud to be the face of the rapidly growing food automation industry.

Soft Robotics offers revolutionary food-grade robotic automation solutions that solve the many challenges in the food processing industry. Our mGrip and mGripAI solutions are easy-to-integrate enabling the deployment of robots in food processing, previously reliant on human labor.

The mGrip modular gripping system is a suite of configurable soft grippers and controller products that enables reliable, high-speed picking of traditionally hard-tograsp items in the food processing industry. mGrip’s proven soft gripper technology allows robots to safely and efficiently pick and pack products while also increasing throughput and efficiency.

In September 2021, Soft Robotics announced mGripAI. mGripAI is an easy-tointegrate solution of 3D vision, soft grasping, and artificial intelligence (AI) software enabling the deployment of robots in food processing applications previously reliant on human labor.

This technology layers 3D vision and artificial intelligence technologies on top of Soft Robotics’ patented and proven, IP69K-rated, soft grasping to give industrial robots the hand-eye coordination of human workers. This unprecedented combination of robotic “hands,” “eyes” and “brains” enables, for the first time ever, the automation of bulk picking processes (e.g. bin picking) in the food supply chain.

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Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc. 1840 St. Regis Blvd. Dorval QC H9P 1H6 Canada Phone: 888/278-5555 Email: sales@starview.net www.starview.net Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc. is a primary manufacturer of tray sealers for food tray packaging with over 25 years of supplying standard and custom packaging systems to our customers and distributors.

Providing the Processed Food Industry with Innovative Packaging Machines for: • Fresh Foods • Frozen Foods • eady to Eat Meals • Customized ackaging E uipment • Systems with Automation and ntegration We design, engineer, and manufacture a comprehensive line of manual, semi-automatic, and automatic tray sealing machines. Available in shuttle, rotary, and inline conveyor configurations, a variety of standard and custom sealing areas are available to meet the specific re uirements of customers and maximize productivity. Machines are configured to suit specific applications with a focus on efficient, easy to operate, safe to use, and cost effective to run.

Starview’s distinct competitive advantage is in providing a range of both standard and customized uality packaging systems backed by solid machine designs, robust machine construction, and superior service.

Starview offers many value-added features for our machines such as auto tray loading, fillers, product sensing, printing and/or verification, automatic packaging materials loading, automatic lid placement, finished package unloading with reject feature for noncompliant packages.

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Tanis P.O. Box 331 - 4900 AH Oosterhout The Netherlands Phone: 000/000-0000 Email: Please add www.tanis.com Tanis has been supplying candy manufacturers with production line equipment since 1995. And the experience which inspired Leo and Rene Tanis to start the company goes back another 20 years. There’s not much we don’t know about how different ingredients behave when you put them together and process them!

Today, we are a world-leading manufacturer of complete production lines for gums and jellies, having chosen to specialize in this area seven years ago. We’ve got to where we are through continued innovation, driven by our dedicated team of food technicians and equipment developers. All of them crazy about candy. All of them working tirelessly to enable others to bring delicious, desirable gums and jellies into the world.

There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for producing perfect gummies and jellies. That’s why the Innovation Center, in the Netherlands, welcomes customers from all over the world to explore the endless possibilities, first-hand. Our experts are here to take you and your team through the entire process. From compiling your optimal production line to teaching you how to operate it. Whether you’re an experienced manufacturer looking to refresh, upscale or re-invent, or a newcomer to the wonderful world of gummies and jellies, your journey to perfection starts here.

Our customers’ success is also our success. Which is why we put as much passion into sharing our knowledge as we do into developing the best equipment for the job, supported by the most comprehensive service program in the world.

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TDI Packsys LLC 974 Corporate Woods Parkway Phone: 877/834-6750 Email: sales@tdipacksys.com www.tdipacksys.com At TDI PACKSYS, we believe the small things matter. Which is why we offer X-ray inspection machines that can find contaminants as small as 0.3mm. That’s 25% smaller than any other X-ray machine. We also provide better and more comprehensive, expert service. We think that dedication to our customers is a pretty big difference between us and our competitors, and a very big deal.

Product safety is critical to the success of your business. We take that responsibility as seriously as you do. That’s why our inspection systems are the most sensitive in the industry. Our multi-dimensional X-ray machines can view a contaminant from multiple angles, significantly improving the detection rate in jar and canister products. Our line-up of X-ray machines can uncover metal, glass, ceramic, stone, and bone better than anyone else can. We also offer remote service, so we can troubleshoot any issues off-site. We know machine downtime is costly. We make sure our solutions are not.

Our best-in-class products also include packaging automation designed to meet your seal of approval. Think of our solutions as high-performance vehicles, ready to zoom ahead to the finish line. They feature state-of-the-art German engineering you won’t find anywhere else. Our global manufacturing platform ensures that you always get the best engineering and quality.

Our high-end machines are the finest in the world, but unlike our competition, we offer a range of machines to fit your needs and your budget. We work with you to determine the true gamut of your needs, not only the ones you face today, but those you may encounter in the future. Then, we’ll uncover the best, customized solution for you, incorporating the highest quality, industry-leading machines and systems. We’ll optimize performance and maximize value because with TDI PACKSYS, you get the complete package.

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ThermOmegaTech®, Inc. 353 Ivyland Road. Warminster, PA 18974 Phone: 877/379-8258 Email: valves@thermomegatech.com www.ThermOmegaTech.com Founded in 1983, ThermOmegaTech® is an innovator in the design and manufacture of self-actuated thermostatic technology. We are a privately held organization located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Our company provides solutions for a wide range of applications including washdown, freeze & scald protection, tepid water delivery, mixing & diverting, thermal relief, and other temperature control needs. Over 95% of ThermOmegaTech®’s products are manufactured, calibrated, and tested in-house. R&D, prototype development, integrated solutions, and engineering support are also on site. ThermOmegaTech® is ISO 9001:2015 & AS9100 certified.

STVM Washdown Station - ThermOmegaTech’s STVM® Washdown Station delivers a high temperature wash at a user-defined temperature using a proprietary mixing valve to combine steam & water. Our Silent Venturi Mixing Valve (STVM®) design is self-scouring which minimizes mineral buildup and reduces maintenance frequency.

Maintaining competitor washdown units is time consuming due to complex disassembly, special tooling requirements, and non-reusable components. Our washdown station utilizes a simple cartridge design which can be removed with a wrench & cleaned in a descaling solution before reassembly. The station is in-line serviceable, so the operator simply switches out the cartridge with a spare and the unit is back up and running in minutes, significantly reducing downtime. The station operates at around 20 decibels less than competitor mixing units, reducing operator stress and improving workplace conditions.

Safety is our priority which is why the unit includes interlocking shut-off ball valves that instantly shut-off of both inlets & prevents accidental steam only operation. Our thermally actuated over-temperature shut off design will also reduce flow if the output temperature exceeds the factory set point (150°F/185°F) & will completely shut down 15°F above that to protect personnel.

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Tippmann Group 9009 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 USA Phone: 260/490-3000 Email: tippsales@tippmanngroup.com www.tippmanngroup.com Tippmann Group is a unique combination of two companies, Tippmann Construction and Interstate Warehousing, which are dedicated to safe and efficient design, construction and operation of multi-temperature processing and distribution facilities for the food industry.

In business since 1968, our refrigeration expertise and owner/operator experience make Tippmann Group your single-source provider for all of your temperature-controlled facility needs.

Tippmann Group’s QFR Zone® utilizes improved airflow to provide an energy and labor efficient blast freezing solution, freezing products faster and more cost efficiently than traditional blast systems. The QTR Zone® utilizes the same technology for thawing frozen product quickly.

Tippmann Construction Design/build construction of multi-temperature warehouse and production facilities; New builds, expansions and renovations; Master site planning; Members of U.S. Green Building Council; Owner/operator experience & knowledge Interstate Warehousing 5th largest PRW in United States; 115,000,000 cubic feet of cold storage space; SQF certified facilities; Customized distribution solutions; Retail and Foodservice consolidation programs; Comprehensive management development & training program

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tna North America Inc. 680 S. Royal Lane, Suite 100, Coppell, TX 75019-2800 Phone: 972/462-6500 Email: teamtna@tnasolutions.com www.tnasolutions.com tna is a leading global supplier of integrated food processing and packaging solutions with over 40 years of industry experience and 14,000 systems installed across more than 120 countries. The company provides a comprehensive range of products including materials handling, processing, cooling and freezing, coating, distribution, seasoning, weighing, packaging, inserting and labelling, metal detection, verification and end of line solutions. tna also offers a variety of production line controls integration & SCADA reporting options, project management and training. tna’s unique combination of innovative technologies, extensive project management experience and 24/7 global support ensures manufacturers achieve faster, more reliable and flexible food production at the lowest cost of ownership.

A customer-centric approach dominates tna’s business philosophy. To address any production challenges, tna combines the expertise of its team members to offer innovative technology solutions that cater to the ever-evolving demands of the food industry. Our aftermarket services provide real time remote assistance for collaborative maintenance, repairs and inspections.

When tna was founded, its offering was a single, vertical, form, fill and seal packaging machine (tna robag®). Today, the brand is a single-source supplier for entire snack production lines. Whether it’s for building a new line, or upgrading an existing one, tna is the soughtafter partner to provide the perfect solution.

It is tna’s belief that a company’s performance must be measured by its contribution to building economic, social and environmental capital, enhancing societal sustainability.

It is through this belief that the Nadia and Alf Taylor Foundation has evolved into a humanitarian organization that supports more than 150 charities across 39 countries and has directly impacted the lives of over 20,000 people.

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Unifiller, a subsidiary of the Linxis Group 7621 MacDonald Road Delta, BC, V4G 1N3, Canada Phone: 604-940-2233 Email: andreas@unifiller.com www.unifiller.com Unifiller, a subsidiary of the Linxis Group, is a global leader in specialized equipment for the food, bakery, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. The group consists of leading companies focusing on mixing technologies, ingredient dosing systems and automated portioning systems.

Through its various subsidiaries, the Group employs approximately 800 people worldwide.

Unifiller offers an extensive line of automated portioning solutions for food, bakery, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and the pet food industry.

Our systems include single piston and multi-piston depositors, food pumps, filling machines, cake and cupcake decorating equipment, icing machines, pastry machines, extruders, cookie machines. We also design and offer easy solutions for the filling and depositing of gels, creams and lotions; and portioning for pet food.

From compact, portable tabletop machines to fully automated lines, see why so many customers prefer our machines!

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URSCHEL 1200 Cutting Edge Drive, Chesterton, Indiana 46304 U.S.A. Phone: 844/877-2435 Email: info@urschel.com www.urschel.com As the Global Leader in Food Cutting Technology, Urschel remains the market leader in industrial food processing plants throughout the U.S., Europe, and all countries where food is commercially processed.

Headquartered in Chesterton, Indiana, one hour outside of Chicago, Urschel designs, manufactures, and sells industrial grade precision cutting machinery. Leading processors around the world in food and allied industries depend on Urschel to deliver targeted, capable cutting solutions.

Urschel recently released five new dynamic models. New to the Affinity® line, the U.S.D.A., Dairy Division accepted Affinity Integra-D Cheese Dicer and the Affinity CD-L Dicer, focusing on dried fruits/bakery products and offering higher capacities compared to the CD-A and L-A dicers. New to the DiversaCut® line, the DiversaCut 2110A® with Conveyor Dicer provides batch and controlled discharge of product. The new TranSlicer® 2520 Cutter is available in two models – standard or short length – this new slicer builds on the TranSlicer name and offers a newer design that greatly reduces cleaning and washdown times. View the Urschel website to learn more.

Free-of-charge test cutting services are available to assist with R&D, learn more about an existing Urschel machine, or help evaluate a capital equipment purchase. Customers may witness test cutting of their product in-person, via video, or live remotely. Contact Urschel for more information.

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VAC-U-MAX 69 William Street. Belleville, NJ 07109 EMAIL: info@vac-u-max.com www.vac-u-max.com Worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of sanitary pneumatic conveying components and fully-automated Ingredient Handling Systems that convey, weigh, and batch over 10,000 various powders and bulk materials to processing and packaging lines. With strong application expertise within the food industry, and expertise at handling combustible dusts, VAC-U-MAX Ingredient Handling Systems include Pneumatic, AeroMechanical and Flexible-Screw Conveying Technologies, for handling many types of materials including powders, flakes, granules, pellets, fibers, tablets, seeds, coatings, sugar, and other granular bulk materials.

Since 1954, VAC-U-MAX has been the pioneer in vacuum pneumatic conveying, developing the first air-powered venturi unit, advancing technologies for direct-loading of vacuum tolerant process equipment, and the first to design vertical-wall “Tube Hopper” material receivers. Vacuum Conveying represents the heart of a VAC-U-MAX food ingredient handling system, conveying materials from drums, bins, totes, bulk bags and super sacks, IBC’s, and bag dump stations for dust-free processing.

VAC-U-MAX product range includes sanitary loaders and receivers, bulk bag loading and unloading systems, mechanical and flexible screw conveying, bag dump stations with integrated dust collector and empty-bag compacter, diverter valves, feed bins, and vacuum pump packages. VAC-U-MAX is a UL-listed manufacturer and supplier of control packages, easily integrated into existing plant PLC’s. Additionally, product range includes a full line of portable and central industrial vacuum cleaning systems for plant- wide cleanup and maintenance of many types of materials including combustible dusts.

Additionally, VAC-U-MAX capabilities focus on waste reduction, particularly for topping and coating applications requiring placement of many types of materials like seeds, flavorings, sugar, salt, and coatings onto finished food product, where the excess or non-placed toppings are reclaimed, recycled and reused, greatly reducing waste, and ultimately adding to a company’s bottom-line.

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VDG (Van der Graaf) 13771 Cavaliere Drive, Shelby Township, MI 48315 Phone: 888/326-1476 Email: info@vandergraaf.com www.vandergraaf.com Designing and manufacturing drum motors for belt conveyor applications in USA and Canada since 1985, utilizing cutting-edge production technology and automation, VDG ensures product quality, fast delivery, and superior customer support.

The VDG Drum Motor encloses all drive components including motor and gear reducer inside the drum, for a safer, more efficient, and space optimized belt conveyor drive solution. All components are designed for 80,000 hours of continuous operation before maintenance, minimizing downtime, and reducing maintenance and operating costs.

The USDA approved SSV Sanitary Series Drum Motor is an efficient, safe, and hygienic drive solution for food processing belt conveyors. It features IP69K rated sealing system and withstands up to 3,000 psi washdown pressure. The SSV Sanitary Drum Motor with the belt profile machined directly onto the 316-stainless steel drum, drives modular, wire mesh, and monolithic thermoplastic conveyor belts without the use of sprockets. It eliminates gaps and crevices where food by-products build up, reducing water and time used for washdown by 50% and increasing production. Available from 4-inch to 8.5-inch diameter, 0.11 HP to 7.5 HP, and with a wide range of speeds and options to suit various belt conveyor applications.

The new permanent magnet IntelliDrive™ drum motor delivers over 40% increased electrical efficiency and performance, much wider belt speed selection without loss of torque or belt-pull and significant increase in electric motor lifespan compared to a traditional induction motor. With all drive components housed internally, the IntelliDrive™ achieves 96% mechanical efficiency, further decreasing energy consumption and cost.

The IntelliDrive™ enables onsite diagnostics, provides motor data feedback, full motor indexing speed control and communications with other plant equipment.

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VEGA Americas, Inc. 4170 Rosslyn Drive, Cincinnati OH 45209 USA Phone: 800/FOR-LEVEL Email: americas@vega.com www.vega.com For more than 60 years, VEGA Americas, Inc. has provided industry-leading products for the measurement of level and pressure. VEGA’s full product line of level and pressure measurement instrumentation allows us to provide one of the most complete ranges of measurement solutions in the industry.

VEGA’s continued innovation in radar, pressure, differential pressure, and point level switches ensures food and beverage operations of all sizes can continue to improve their processes and keep up with ever-shifting market demands. VEGA believes the future of instrumentation lies in the ability to produce high-quality, innovative products that keep pace with technology, and provide service and value to our customers in today’s competitive environment. Our measurement solutions have helped make more batches, maintain inventory of raw ingredients, and save energy.

Always in pursuit of technology that improves operational efficiency for our food and beverage partners, VEGA created the VEGABAR 39 universal pressure transmitter for measuring gases, vapors, and liquids at up to 130 °C. Designed to aid in such processes as pasteurization and separation, the VEGABAR 39 employs inventive solutions like a 360° colored light ring for enhanced status readability from across a facility. Because integration can be just as important as operation, the VEGABAR 39 is also equipped with IO-Link communication for simple integration into control systems.

Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, VEGA Americas combines manufacturing, distribution, and service for products that represent the most sophisticated process measurement technologies in the world. VEGA Americas is a subsidiary of VEGA Grieshaber KG in Schiltach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. A family-owned company, VEGA employs over 1,500 people worldwide, 300 of which are with VEGA Americas.

VEGA understands the benefit of investing in community and employees, because it’s people who make the difference in achieving success. This success fuels future innovation and transfers to the solutions we provide to customers.

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Veritiv Corporation 1000 Abernathy Rd, Building 400, Suite 1700, Atlanta, GA 30328 USA Phone: 1.844.VERITIV www.veritivcorp.com/food As a North American leader in packaging solutions, Veritiv® helps you keep up with the latest food packaging innovations—from primary packaging to tertiary packaging.

• Direct food contact our experts bring the science to packaging to prolong the life of your product and increase consumer sales • ackaging automation increase throughput and reduce labor costs • Sustainability recyclable options with the right amount of materials • Cold chain packaging solutions to keep your product at its ideal temperature From concept to delivery - hether you need a more sustainable packaging option, a new, innovative design to catch the eye of consumers, greater speed-to-market capabilities, or a fresh approach to your existing process, look to eritiv and our team of experts to help you meet and exceed your food packaging objectives.

Differentiate through design - Competition is fierce, especially in food. To stand out, your packaging must deliver in form, function and flexibility. From primary to tertiary packaging, Veritiv’s custom packaging designs help your product keep its freshness, stand out on the shelf and provide ease for consumers to use and dispose. readth and depth of product - As a material-neutral supplier with distribution centers all over North America, we provide a full spectrum of supplies for your whole facility. From boxes and bags to films and trays, eritiv knows packaging. e can also protect your people with our full line of facility solutions products including cleaning supplies, hand hygiene, PPE and more.

Proof is in our people - From identifying inefficiencies in your operations to providing custom solutions to fix them, our team of food specialists, material specialists, structural designers, e uipment technicians, and supply chain experts develop new ideas and custom processes that boost efficiencies and cut costs, while protecting your product and elevating your brand.

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VIBRA SCREW INC. 755 Union Blvd., Totowa, NJ 07512 USA Phone: 973-256-7410 Email: info@vibrascrew.com www.vibrascrew.com Vibra Screw Incorporated was founded in 1955 by Eugene A. Wahl, whose experience in solving problems in the process industries led to revolutionary ways to discharge and meter dry solids.

Today, with a staff of experienced and talented engineers and technicians, Vibra Screw is the leader in dry solids processing, with high quality equipment to store, discharge, meter, convey, size and blend.

Vibra Screw serves its markets through a world wide network of sales representatives, licensees and subsidiaries.

Vibra Screw is staffed with experienced, professional engineers who solve problems.

From initial study, through testing & design, our goal is to satisfy our Customer’s unique requirements efficiently & cost effectively. Our modern facility in Totowa, NJ handles every aspect of equipment manufacture from sandblasting, fabrication & assembly to full electronic control production.

The most trusted name in dry solids processing. Vibra Screw Inc. prides itself in being able to bring ground-breaking solutions to your solids processing challenges. Vibra Screw currently manufactures: bulk bag unloaders, volumetric feeders, bin activators, vibrating feeders/vibrating conveyors, flexible screw conveyors, loss-in-weight feeders, storage pile activators, live bottom bins, screeners, continuous blenders, and process controls.

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X-Ray Scanners and Vision Systems Our X-Ray scanners and vision systems prevent expensive product recalls. These machines maximize product safety and packaging integrity. X-Ray scanners are ideal for foreign body contaminant detection, package completeness, and fill-level checks. Vision systems do a great job verifying product label contents and correct placement on your packages.

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Yaskawa AC Servo Systems come to a precise position with a speed and consistency that is unmatched in the industry. Connect our rotary, linear, and direct drive motors to an advanced Yaskawa machine controller to achieve SINGULAR CONTROL: the ability to manage robots, servos and VFDs with a single controller and familiar IEC 61131-3 programming.

Over 500,000 Yaskawa Robots are at work worldwide, with 150+ models to choose from and the strength of decades of application expertise.

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We design each system according to the customer’s needs and supply complete process automation. Additionally, we rank with the world’s largest technical network for bulk material handling systems, provided by highly skilled and capable field service support with flexible and quick response 24/7, and backed up with exceptional spare parts and after-sales service.

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POINT OF VIEW FOOD SAFETY JEFFREY BARACH | CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

10 Common Problems and Solutions for Processing Facilities Heightened awareness of food safety problems and their mitigating solutions will advance a facility’s operational excellence, while helping to ensure public health goals are achieved.

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ACILITY OPERATIONS that run like clockwork are not the product of good luck or chance but are the result of careful planning, attention to detail, and the implementation of robust procedures.

These programs identify potential problems and implement solutions ahead of time to ensure maximum production output, regulatory compliance, and preventive measures that will mitigate anticipated food safety issues. This article lists 10 common food safety problems and how to solve them.

Management and worker culture In the past two years, establishing a food safety culture has been the topic of articles in trade journals and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) documents.

The problem is twofold. First, there is no exact definition of food safety culture, and second, it is not always apparent whether a plant has achieved a desired level of food safety culture.

Management must define its food safety goals and outcomes, and ensure employees are aware of the objectives and participate in achieving the goals. Management’s role is to establish and maintain consumer trust, produce safe food, meet regulatory compliance requirements, and develop and implement a safe-food attitude. Its role begins with establishing a food safety culture and providing resources, food safety awareness at all levels, and training and commitment. Measurements to ensure objectives are met are essential.

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Plant design Newer facilities generally have an advantage over legacy operations, since typically, older plants started as small plants that grew asymmetrically as production demands increased. Plant expansions to accommodate more throughput can alter product flow, airflow, worker contact, warehousing material movement, sanitation practices, and a host of other issues related to maintaining food safety. It is critical to involve the food safety team when expansions are

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planned. These team members can identify where sanitation and hazard mitigation steps may be compromised and where new potential hazards may be introduced due to facility changes.

With biosecurity becoming a part of regulatory and liability concerns, management must include food defense mechanisms as part of a facility’s safety and security measures. The food safety team should examine and modify food safety and food defense plans, as needed, for plant design changes, especially in high-risk or hygienically sensitive locations.

Processing equipment Purchasing new equipment or modification of existing equipment should involve the food safety team. Poorly cleaned and sanitized equipment (e.g., conveyors) can harbor microbial contamination and, in some cases, can collect allergenic product, which can contaminate a nonallergenic product produced on the same line.

The food safety team should consider where the

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Facility food safety challenges Management and worker culture Plant design Processing equipment Materials control Sanitation programs (cGMPs) Hazards identification Food safety plan Training Verification audit Customer issues

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equipment is located (inside, around, and under the machine); the internal and external parts to be cleaned; the cleaning solutions and methods (e.g., dry clean, wet clean, clean-in-place); and the direct and indirect parts of the equipment that contact food. Procedures should follow and validate the machinery maker’s cleaning and preventive maintenance guidelines and incorporate them in the plant’s standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Materials control Materials that enter the facility must be addressed from a food safety standpoint. Loading dock staff should have the authority to “bump the load” if the ingredients, packaging materials, or other supplies or goods do not pass a clean and filth-free visual inspection. A first-class operation will manage chemicals and ingredients with care and implement proper handling and storage to avoid cross-contaminate chemicals, allergenic ingredients, and the mixing of raw and finished products.

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Sanitation programs The production of safe foods for humans and animals requires a rigorous foundation of cleaning and sanitizing practices that include well-written and well-executed prerequisite programs (PRPs) that cover, at a minimum, the regulatory requirements found in current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs). It is not uncommon to discover a recall was due to a poorly developed PRP, inadequate training, or a failure to properly execute a PRP. A comprehensive cleaning and sanitation program should address allergens, filth, and waste materials, as well as potential pathogens. A well-designed sanitation program should organize, implement, and monitor an effective sanitation program.

The first phase is to develop a program that produces and maintains a clean and wholesome environment for food production, processing, preparation, and storage.

Next, the program must be implemented as designed and operated without exception. Finally, the program must be adaptable to change, so that continual improvements can be made.

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Hazard identification The hazard identification and analysis steps for products regulated by Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) or the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) make up a complex process that requires extensive food safety knowledge and processing skills to administer. Potential hazards (e.g., biological, chemical, physical, radiological, or intentional adulteration) must be addressed

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and identified. The regulatory requirement and solution should have a preventive controls qualified individual (PCQI) oversee the hazard analysis and manage the development of the food safety plan.

The PCQI can be an employee or consultant who has completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls or is otherwise qualified through job experience.

Food safety, FSMA, or HACCP plan Food safety plans should be product specific, although like products can be grouped. Don’t use a generic food safety plan as a substitute for an in-house plan with your specific products and equipment. The plan is a dynamic document that needs daily attention to ensure it is being followed; ensure proper records and documentation are maintained; and document problems or changes in operations, especially when corrective actions are taken to find the root causes of problems.

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Training Having poorly trained workers will likely result in problems that could have been prevented.

Training programs are applicable for management but are also essential for line workers and those with food safety responsibility. Training starts with communication by management to line workers about the food safety culture. Training is needed for staff members who design and oversee the sanitation (cGMP) and food safety plan. Line workers require job-specific training, along with testing to ensure they comprehend procedures, compliance, and effectiveness. Training should be documented, and refresher courses planned as needed.

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Verification audits Working in a closed production facility environment can sometimes cause complacency.

Periodic audits, by internal and/or external personnel, can help identify potential issues and provide suggestions to prevent future problems. Audits can help verify the sanitation and food safety plans are effective, and document that regulatory and food safety measures are designed and implemented correctly.

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Customer issues

10 Employees must be aware of issues that could affect production by keeping a close watch on the actions and issues of regulators, competitors, and international food producers. Food safety team members also need constant contact with customer service staff to see if claims or consumer complaints uncover a problem.

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