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Laticrete Completes Texas Motor Speedway Garage Floor Coatings

Laticrete Spartacote has completed installation of customized, high-performance concrete floor coatings at the Texas Motor Speedway.




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Beazer Enters a National Agreement with Mohawk

Beazer Homes USA announced Mohawk Industries as its exclusive product supplier across all flooring categories.




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InstaFloor North America Relaunches Website

InstaFloor North America has relaunched its website, with improved styling, clearer layout, and enhanced content.




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NTCA Names Martin Howard 2016 Tile Person of the Year

NTCA presented Martin Howard of the David Allen Company with the 2016 Tile Person of the Year award.




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Artistic Finishes Announces Website Relaunch

Artistic Finishes recently launched its revamped website.




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Q.E.P. Announces the Acquisition of Two Companies

Q.E.P. recently completed the acquisition of AC Products and Southern Cross Building Products.




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NWFA Announces 2017 Board of Directors

The National Wood Flooring Association announced its 2017 board.




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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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CFI's New Flexible Coating Bridges Cracks, Seals Floors

The two-part system designed to bridge small cracks in concrete slabs.




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Laticrete Partners with Microban Stonetech Sealers, Cleaners

Laticrete has partnered with Microban International to upgrade select Stonetech sealers and cleaners.




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CFI’s WearCoat 440FS Epoxy Floor Coating Formulated to Resist Amine Blush

A common issue with cool-temperature floor coating jobs, amine blush is an oily surface imperfection caused by moisture or dew settling on uncured epoxy. 




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Mohawk Adds Stair Tread Program to Performance Accessories Products

In 2022, Mohawk's Performance Accessories further expands its portfolio by launching a stair tread program to help retailers reach previously untapped markets and emphasizing its waterproof accessories.




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Bona Launches New R540 Moisture Barrier/Primer

Bona R540 is a polyurethane reactive primer that is compatible with the entire Bona Adhesive System.




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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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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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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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USDA Proposes New Policy to Reduce Salmonella in Raw Poultry Products

The proposal would also require poultry establishments to develop a microbial monitoring program to prevent pathogen contamination throughout the slaughter system.




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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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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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Climate Change Increases Foodborne Illness Risk From Raw Produce

High humidity exposure and the water-soaking symptom caused by X. vitians also enhance the ability of salmonella to rapidly grow in lettuce, and climate change is predicted to increase humid periods.




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How Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Can Combat Honey Fraud

The high value of honey and perceived cachet surrounding its provenance makes it a vulnerable target, whether through fraudsters claiming false geographical origin, declaring false botanical variety or diluting it with cheaper sugar syrups.




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How Inspection Technologies Can Support Manufacturing of ‘Human-Grade’ Pet Food

With more canine and feline mouths to feed than ever before, robust pet food safety and detail-oriented inspection has never been more paramount.




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The Intersection of IoT, Sustainability, and Food Safety: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

Investing in the right IoT hardware and software package can provide actionable data that will help improve business operations.




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Around the world … slowly

No strings and no nets. After 36 years of working, raising a family and buying/fixing a house, we decided to try something different. In this case, that was to retire from our jobs, sell the house, the cars and all of our belongings save for 4...




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Wey Aye! Newcastle for a day!

Due to popular demand (of exactly two people ;) ) today I bring you my attempt at the most boring trip report ever to grace the Flyer Talk forum :) The genesis of today’s wandering was a post by Geordie405 in the BA Thank heavens it’s Friday...




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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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Endless jet set and glamour - or just a few fill-ins?

In the hope that the photo situation improves, I'll start a new report. It's about a little trip (9 nights) in October this year. It was to one of the European jet set destinations, the Côte d'Azur. More specifically, the Hotel du Cap Eden Roc,...




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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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More speedy shenanigans, a long weekend to Riga

This week sees me heading to Latvia for a flying visit to Riga. Never been to Latvia and have been looking forward to this trip for a while. Unfortunately I’ve been a little poorly this week so my energy levels are low and so ‘speedy’ may quickly...




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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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Sustainable, “Plug-and-Play” Shrimp Farming Sets up Anywhere Food Engineering

This shrimp farming technique saves the ocean and other fish species.




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Robust Networks to Power Food Automation

The shift toward automation has radically changed the infrastructure requirements for food manufacturers.




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New Ideas for Steam: Superheat it to Kill Pathogens on Contact

A new cleaning tool has been under development at Cornell University, which uses superheated steam to kill bacteria on production surfaces.




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USDA Grant Targets Midwestern Seafood Production and Consumption

The grant for Purdue University is for a zero-waste food production system designed to convert nutrient-rich waste into energy for system operation and high-value bioproducts.




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With 2025 Packaging Goals in Danger, Industry Targets Food Waste

Food waste is a big part of the conversation with consumers in 2023. Consumer research conducted by Do Good Foods in September 2022 reveals that “Americans want to be more climate-friendly, and nearly half are more concerned about food waste than they were a year ago.”




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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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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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Nestlé Health Science Announces Startup Challenge Winners

The winners will receive mentorship, strategy guidance and technical support along with a one-year membership on the Friedman School's Food & Nutrition Innovation Council.




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SAMBAZON Acquires SunOpta’s Açaí and Smoothie Bowls Business

The acquisition will double the company's manufacturing capacity for ready-to-eat bowls.




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Engineers will Explore Green Future For Food Processing at WSU-Hosted Conference

Launched in 1991, the biannual conference brings together food engineers and technologists from across industries, academic institutions and government to discuss emerging challenges and potential solutions for delivery of safe, nutritious and sustainable foods.




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Feeding Progress: Celebrating Women Engineers in the Food Industry

In celebration of International Women in Engineering Day, Jayme Laser, Savannah Stellhorn and Jaclyn Navara share their experiences in the food industry and offer insight on how to support current and future women engineers.




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Future-proof Facilities with Incremental Automation Upgrades

How to decide where you need to start is key to unlocking success.




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Big and Small Brewers Launch Automation Upgrades

Regional craft breweries and independents are investing in automation and plant upgrades to increase production, improve maintenance and move toward bigger volumes.