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Donato Pompo Named Coverings Advocate Leader

Donato Pompo earned the top prize for Coverings Advocate Leader at Coverings 2017.




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Americo Full Cycle Floor Pads Achieves New Green Seal Certification

Green Seal recently announced that its first products certified are floor-care pads from Americo Manufacturing.




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NWFA Recognizes 41 Companies for Community Service

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) recognized 41 member companies for community service in 2016.




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Stauf Adhesives Acquires AAT

Stauf Adhesives has purchased Advanced Adhesives Technologies, a Georgia-based flooring adhesive manufacturer.




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CFI Announces 2022 Annual Convention & Expo Dates

Professionals from every sector of the flooring industry come to the convention to learn about new products and installation techniques, network, and learn through seminars and hands-on workshops.




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Johnson Controls Debuts Modular Electric Control Solution for Commercial Refrigeration and HVAC Systems

The System 550 includes A2L refrigerant leak sensing and mitigation functionality and optional two-way cloud connectivity.




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J.M. Smucker Co. to Divest Voortman Brand

The company is selling Voortman to Second Nature Brands nearly a year after acquiring the cookie brand.




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GoVerden Opens New U.S. Headquarters in Texas

The new headquarters has allowed GoVerden to double the size of its staff to support the company’s double-digit growth over the past three years.




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Stratas Foods to Acquire AAK Foodservice Facility

Stratas Foods says the addition of AAK Foodservice Hillside aligns with its long-term growth objectives, particularly within the value-added oils, dressings, sauces and mayonnaise categories.




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Minerva Foods Acquires Slaughtering and Deboning Plants from Marfig

Minerva Foods will have the capacity to slaughter 22,336 head a day in 21 plants in the Brazilian market.




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7 Mile Brands Invests $3 million in Drumroll Donuts

These refrigerated, better-for-you donuts are baked, not fried, offering a fluffy, cake-like texture with 1 gram of sugar, 10 grams of protein, 8 grams net carbs and 190 calories.




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Lactalis USA to Invest $55 million to Expand Feta Cheese Production

When completed in 2027, Lactalis USA will have increased its U.S. feta production capacity to address current and future customer and consumer demand.




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Report: Food and Beverage Companies Streamline Portfolios, Turn to Snacking through M&A

The pace of M&A activity in the food and beverage sector has trended much slower in 2024 compared to recent years, but several indicators suggest a pickup in activity.




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Why the IP69K Rating is Essential For Bearings in the Food And Beverage Industry

The incredibly demanding operating application and washdown conditions, along with food safety concerns and regulations, have driven a shift toward IP69K-rated products.




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FDA Revokes Regulation Allowing the Use of Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) in Food

The agency concluded that the intended use of BVO in food is no longer considered safe after the results of studies.




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J. J. Keller Introduces Food Safety Compliance Services for Manufacturers and Importers

The requirements include those set by organizations such as the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and even state and local agencies.




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How Moisture Measurement Improves Manufacturing Quality

While laboratory and other manual methods have been used for years, new automated moisture measurement and control systems can play an important role in improving product quality monitoring, increasing plant efficiency, and lowering energy costs.




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Evigence Introduces Freshness Management Platform with FreshSense Sensors

Evigence offers food companies and cold-chain leaders data-driven freshness insights at the case or unit level needed to boost end-to-end supply chain efficiency, guarantee food quality, reduce food loss and manage compliance.




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3 Reasons to Optimize Food Production with Real-Time Video Monitoring

When you think about video monitoring, the first thing that comes to mind is security. While that is a big perk indeed, there are much bigger benefits to implementing the right video monitoring system.




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Understanding E-Beam Effectiveness in Food Safety Applications

E-Beam (electron beam) technology, a form of ionizing radiation, has emerged as a tool for enhancing food safety.




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FDA Investigating Salmonella Outbreak Involving Cucumbers

Bedner Growers, Inc., of Boynton Beach, Fla., and Thomas Produce Company, of Boca Raton, Fla., are the likely sources of this outbreak, however these growers do not account for all the illnesses in the outbreak.




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Improving Food Safety and Packaging Machine Reliability

As packaging has become significantly more complex and consumers more demanding, the need has only grown for strict hygienic procedures to ensure food safety, from the factory to the retail shelf to the table.




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Maximizing Productivity in the Food & Beverage Industry: The Power of Area Scan Cameras

Machine vision technology is emerging as a transformative force in driving productivity, enhancing quality control and revolutionizing packaging inspection processes.




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Boar’s Head Names Frank Yiannas as Interim Chief Food Safety Advisor

Yiannas’ appointment comes after the company announced it would permanently discontinue its liverwurst product and indefinitely close its Jarratt, Va., plant due to a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.




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BrucePac Recalls 11.8 million Pounds of RTE Meat and Poultry Over Listeria Contamination

These meat and poultry products were shipped to other establishments and distributors nationwide, then distributed to restaurants, schools and institutions.




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DUB-US-MAD TP Run [Live] - Airports, Flights, Lounges and more

*Introduction* After enjoying reading many of the trip reports here, I thought I could try to write one myself. This is a "classic" BAEC TP Run on the Dubline - US - Spain routing, which will bring me back to Gold again. Do I need BA Gold/OWE? -...




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Seven Weeks in South America and Antartica

This trip started when I found a good deal on a fly cruise to Antartica. A cabin on a reasonably nice ship with a balcony with no single supplement. And from there, like Topsy, ti grew and grew. An Argentina trip had been canceled because of the...




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Interloping around Asia and Australia [Live'ish]

Welcome to my first ever live(ish) trip report. I'm beginning a 6 week trip to Asia and Australia to get away from work. ;) Luckily my manager granted me some unpaid leave so the planning came together this summer. On this trip I will be visiting...




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October '24 Trip Marathon via Cars, Flix & Greyhound Buses, WN, Transit, and More

Hello everyone! I was blessed last month to take a multitude of trips from SoCal to various places in the car and on various carriers including Southwest Airlines (WN), FlixBus, Public Transit, and the good old Greyhound. Here is the first part of a...




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Planes, trains and automobiles: PNQ - NCL via Taiwan

First time attempting a TR..... *Planes:* It was Monday evening. I was in a taxi in Pune, India, when one of my staff in Italy called and told me that one of our customers in the UK were in danger of a line-down (automotive... gigantic fines...




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Las Vegas hotels face lawsuit over inflated room rates

Quite interesting lawsuit which can have far-reaching consequences, I hope. "At the heart of the lawsuit, Gibson et al. v. Cendyn Group, is the claim that several prominent hotels collaborated with Cendyn, a revenue management software provider,...




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WSJ: Russia Suspected of Plotting to Send Incendiary Devices on U.S.-Bound Planes

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-plot-us-planes-incendiary-devices-de3b8c0a?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalinkTwo devices that ignited in Europe, officials say, were part of a covert operation to put them on cargo or passenger aircraftBy Bojan...




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Weather to the Extreme: Can You Survive it?

In the last few years, it seems that hurricanes, tornadoes and resultant flooding have become stronger and stronger. Maybe chalk it up to a warming planet, which amplifies the power of these storms.




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Bakeries to Record Significant Consumption of Dietary Fibers Amid Rising Preference for Fruit and Vegetable-Sourced Ingredients

The rapidly expanding worldwide population along with reduced nutrition awareness will increase the preference for natural food ingredients.




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Innovations to Take Center Stage in the Oat Milk Market as the Demand for Flavored Drinks Depicts an Increase

The growth of the oat milk market is expected to remain positive in the near future.




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Food and Beverage Manufacturers Face Mounting Cybersecurity Attacks

Connectivity provides manufacturing plant operations many advantages like increased productivity, faster identification and remediation of quality defects, and better collaboration across functional areas. However, this connectivity is dramatically increasing smart factories’ vulnerabilities and leaving them exposed to cybersecurity threats.




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Mush Foods' Mycelium Brings Umami-Flavored Protein to Hybrid Meat

The company upcycles food waste to grow mycelium protein.




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Kerry Launches Tastesense Advance—Sugar Alternative

The company’s new sugar alternative is stated to combine sustainability and full-bodied taste without increasing carbon emissions.




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Bioenergy Life Science Unveils Innovations at IFT

The company will display its branded ingredients at the show.




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Bunting-Newton Donates Equipment to Purdue University

The donation is for the validation and testing of extruded high moisture meat analogs.




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Heirloom Coffee Launches Regenerative Coffee Research Lab

The lab will be used for the research and development of regenerative coffee with 100% electric roasters.




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Purdue University to Launch Trimble Technology Lab

The university is faciliting a learning environment for students of different majors and departments.




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MicroHarvest Launches Pilot Plant

The company transformed a portion of its office space into a laboratory and pilot plant in six months.




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Vacuum Thermodynamics in our Freeze-Dried Universe: A Christmas Study

The lessons learned from the principles and subsystems in play can and should be applied broadly to your own industrial vacuum system, whether freeze-drying is your game or not.




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Eden Grow Systems Hires Innovation Advisor

Dr. D. Marshall Porterfield will serve in the new role.




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Hamilton Process Analytics Unveils White Paper

The white paper addresses key challenges in cultivated meat production.




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How Low-Temperature Absorption Chillers Can Optimize Food and Beverage Processing

As food and beverage manufacturers seek solutions to reduce operational costs and decarbonize, they may be surprised to find the answer in a solution that’s nearly a century old: absorption cooling.




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Vacuum Fundamentals: Utility Applications and Oil Sealed Technology

Defining the fundamentals of vacuum and discussing the utility applications of oil-sealed vacuum technology.




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Raise Cold-chain Temps From 0°F To 5°F, Save Energy and Slash Carbon Emissions

What’s not to like about improving sustainability and protecting the environment while saving energy and money—and best of all, no equipment or software expenditures are necessary.




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Automated Product Printing and Label Verification

Domino’s latest solutions include coding automation software that removes the need for manual intervention and integrated machine vision to check the accuracy of every printed code.