By Claudia Jarrett, US country manager at EU Automation
Could robots lead the fight against contamination in food production lines?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that around 70% of all foodborne diseases are caused by contaminated individuals. How can...
COVID-19 has brought new terms into our vernacular: phrases like social distancing and shelter-in-place. With nearly seven in 10 employees working from home and business travel coming to a screeching halt, companies have had to innovate and adapt to...
By Mike Edgett, U.S. Product Marketing Director, Medium Segment, Sage
Without question, this year, manufacturers have experienced disruption. To show how quickly things have evolved, in a manufacturer survey released in March conducted by the National Association of Manufacturers, 53.1% of...
Even with the availability of advanced technologies, food and beverage manufacturers have been slow to move deeper into the digital world. While some technologies have taken root, such as the use of virtual reality in the design build process,...
Our Did You Know? series, by contributing editor Mary George, covers hot topics and innovative technologies in the rapidly evolving food and beverage processing and packaging industry.
This is Part 2 of a two-part series on turning waste into value via anaerobic...
Our Did You Know? series, by contributing editor Mary George, covers hot topics and innovative technologies in the rapidly evolving food and beverage processing and packaging industry.
This is Part 1 of a two-part series on turning waste into value...
Last month’s International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE) revealed the trends and technologies at the top of bakers’ minds right now. Specifically, how bakery processors can respond to consumers’ growing demands for more natural products and what new technologies can...
Process manufacturers are optimistic about the future, but see challenges related to changing regulatory conditions (especially trade), increasing pressure for traceability, and the talent shortage, according to Sage’s 2019 manufacturing report, “Riding the wave of uncertainty: How process manufacturers...
Last week, IBIE took over the Las Vegas Convention Center once again, filling the halls with what’s new and exciting in the bakery industry. Since we recently published an in-depth look at the growing role of robotics in the...
The food industry is both at high risk of and unprepared for a cybersecurity incident, according to a new report from the Food Protection and Defense Institute (FPDI) at the University of Minnesota.
The report suggests that food companies that...