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Food Engineering
November 4, 2007
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Sustaining Your Energy Action Plan An energy action plan should start with a thorough analysis of the manufacturing facilities WAGES, that is, the five utilities water, air, gas, electricity and steam.   |
Food Engineering
November 1, 2005
Harry Forbes |
Miller cools the energy blues via KPIs Miller Brewing Company's strategy for reducing energy consumption in its brewing operations includes each of its breweries having a set of key performance indicators related to energy usage, which are reported to corporate engineering monthly. |
Food Engineering
November 1, 2006
Kevin T. Higgins |
The New Math of Energy Efficiency Mothballing energy management plans probably isn't a prudent idea at this juncture in the nation's history. |
Food Processing
January 2007
Mike Pehanich |
New Places to Look for Energy Savings Lowering pressures, plugging air leaks and updating your motors can have a huge impact on your plant's energy efficiency. |
Food Processing
February 2006
Mike Pehanich |
Electro-shock therapy Energy management suddenly has taken on grave importance. Read what Tyson, ConAgra, Publix and other processors are doing to reduce consumption and find alternatives. |
Food Processing
February 2010
Bob Sperber |
Plant Upgrades on a Budget ... With Quick Paybacks Whether your food and beverage manufacturing budget is slowly rebounding or your big projects are still on hold, lots of upgrades can be accomplished quickly to offer both rapid returns and long-term gains. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2010
Seth Blumsack |
How the Free Market Rocked the Grid It led to higher rates and rolling blackouts, but it also opened the door to greener forms of electricity generation |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2009
Rich Duprey |
Utility to Drive Smart Grid Advances Drive a car with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake, and you'll get some idea of how we're driving our energy sector today. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2002
John Teresko |
Answering Energy's Challenge Not since overhead pulleys and belt-powered manufacturing have manufacturing managements had to undergo so fundamental a rethinking of energy use. Can equipment builders and users turn adversity into good fortune? |
Food Processing
February 2005
Mike Pehanich |
Save your energy! Is energy management a priority within your company? It should be. No-cost and low-cost energy audit opportunities often are only a phone call or an e-mail away. |
Food Engineering
October 1, 2008
Kevin T. Higgins |
Energy Management: Your New Competitive Edge Reclamation of thermal heat is a conspicuous example of the many energy initiatives underway as the food industry rethinks the ROI on energy management. |
Food Engineering
September 1, 2008
Kevin T. Higgins |
Tech Update: Plant Instrumentation Between temperature extremes and caustic washdowns, food plants rank as more challenging environments than offshore oil rigs, instrumentation manufacturers say. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2009
Wayne Labs |
32nd Annual Plant Construction Survey The weakened economy has slowed food plant construction projects in 2008 compared to 2007, and total new, expansion, renovation and distribution/storage projects were also down. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Power Shift: How to Produce More for Less Surging energy prices have process manufacturers searching for alternatives and scrambling for cost savings. |
IndustryWeek
November 16, 2011
Steve Minter |
Energy Management Enters the C-Suite Costlier energy calls for a more strategic approach to managing energy issues. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2011
Marc Gunther |
GE's Big Bet on Natural Gas The company cites a push toward natural gas and says its new plant leads the way in efficiency. |
Food Engineering
November 1, 2005
Harry Forbes |
At Pepperidge Farm, diverse strategies yield results The company's strategy for managing energy breaks down into two major initiatives -- targeting usage reduction for both purchased electricity and natural gas and driving down per unit energy costs, which have been rising rapidly. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
Energy: New Plants, Old Problems Hundreds of new power plants are in the works in the United States, but they won't make energy cheaper or more reliable for manufacturers or consumers. |
InternetNews
August 9, 2004
Michael Singer |
Mesh Networks to Boost Energy A new project looks to improve U.S. electric power plant production through the use of wireless mesh sensor networks. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Harry Goldstein |
Malta's Smart Grid Solution The world's first multiutility grid should save water and money |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007
Jill Jusko |
Models Of Energy Efficiency Manufacturers are reducing their energy usage by becoming more efficient in their processes, products and procedures. |
Food Engineering
April 2, 2007 |
Redefining Process Control The new, connected world of supply chains is redefining the way food processors do business, and it's also redefining the expectations of process control systems to meet new business demands. |
Food Engineering
November 1, 2005
Joyce Fassl |
Look back to see forward As they did in 1995, today's processors see the need for greater automation and feel the push from consumers. However, a few things have changed the way we do business. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2005
Jill Jusko |
Power Hungry No doubt about it, manufacturing is a powerfully hungry energy consumer. But the energy landscape is changing, and manufacturers must be ready to adapt to an uncertain future. |
Food Processing
September 2013
Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Plants of the Future: Not Bigger, Just Smarter The next generation of food and beverage production facilities will be sanitary, flexible, more pleasant to work in and self-sustaining. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2013
Peter Fairley |
Quicker Coal Power Greater agility in output may keep Old King Coal in place in a nonnuclear Germany |
IndustryWeek
July 22, 2009
Peter Alpern |
A New Approach to Energy Management The increasingly volatile nature of energy prices is prompting manufacturers to take a creative approach to understanding how prices are measured and optimized. |
Food Processing
June 2007
Mike Pehanich |
Today's renovation plan saves tomorrow's downtime Thorough planning, modern design tools and an instinct for the unexpected are key ingredients in the recipe for fast and efficient plant renovation and expansion. |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2009
Kevin T. Higgins |
Cover Story: The Greening of Manufacturing Food plants often outlive the people working in them. No wonder more attention is being paid to their sustainability. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2011
Aimee Duffy |
U.S. Natural Gas Kills Coal An abundance of natural gas changes the game for coal players. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2003
John Teresko |
Power Plays Rethink energy management with distributed power generation, higher-efficiency equipment and business-continuity planning. |
Food Engineering
September 3, 2006
Peter Cleaveland |
Reap What You Flow New flow technology pays off in quality and productivity improvements. |
Food Processing
September 2007
Mike Pehanich |
The changing fortunes of food manufacturing The food industry may not be ready for lights-out automation, but some next-generation manufacturing models are taking hold. |
Food Processing
May 2005
Mike Pehanich |
How to retrofit an aging plant Food processors looking to retrofit aging facilities to get more out of their capital budgets should heed these "rules of retro" before they bring their plants into the 21st century. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2009
LeVine & Aston |
Betting Big on a Boom in Natural Gas With prices low and the promise of vast new supplies, businesses are making the switch from oil-based fuels and coal. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
American Electric Power Gets Smart The company will work with General Electric to develop and install "smart meters" to help better manage the transmission of electricity, and give customers more direct control over how much they use, thus saving them money. |
Bank Technology News
October 2008
Dan Sharplin |
Keep the Grid Going and Reap Rewards Instead of simply putting up with higher electric bills and periodic service disruptions, bank chains have a unique opportunity to become part of the energy solution-and to profit from it at the same time. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2012
Mosko & Bellotti |
Smart Conservation for the Lazy Consumer People aren't conserving energy for love or money -- you have to trick them into it |
Food Processing
September 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Why hasn't predictive maintenance developed faster in food & beverage plant operations? A look at the factors that must be present for a plant to have sufficient benefit from predictive maintenance to justify the investment in measurement equipment. |
Food Processing
March 2012
David Phillips |
Food Production Motors Running High and Dry Stainless motor housings are among the most important features for food and beverage processors with efficiency coming in close behind. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Anya Kamenetz |
Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis Why small-scale, local power -- the microgrid -- could be the answer to our energy crisis. And why the big utilities are fighting it with all they've got. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Steve Nguyen |
The Future of Home Automation In the end, the infrastructure that a service provider creates to reach the shell of a home will be the catalyst for manufacturers, service companies and others to create the automated products that may one day make the home automation market what we always thought it could be. |
Food Engineering
February 1, 2009
Joyce Fassl |
Editor's Note: A New Tradition in Sustainability Food and beverage manufacturers continue to uncover innovative ways to be environmentally friendly as they increase efficiency. |
Food Processing
August 2009
Bob Sperber |
New Lines for Lean Times Adding a new line? The production room can be the highest-value piece of the company to boost efficiency and stretch the dollar. |
IndustryWeek
February 17, 2010 |
IW50 Profile: Rockwell Automation Inc. -- Rockwell Automation's 'Smart' Bet Company develops technologies that could help plants automate energy usage and cut costs. |
Food Engineering
September 1, 2008
Kevin T. Higgins |
The State of Food Manufacturing From recall readiness to raw material and energy costs, Food Engineering readers weigh in on issues affecting workers and the workplace for food manufacturing. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
A Healthier Glow for Nuclear Power? Could nuclear power once again be the answer to our energy needs? |
CIO
May 15, 2001
Heather Harreld |
What a Switch! Before deregulation, utilities didn't have to worry about customer service. Now they do. But buying CRM software won't do the trick... |
BusinessWeek
August 11, 2003
James Mehring |
High Anxiety over High Energy Winter is long gone, and major hostilities in Iraq officially ended in May. Yet energy prices in the U.S. haven't fallen back as much as expected. Natural gas and oil are still pricey -- and appear likely to take a big bite out of profits in some industries for months to come. |
Geotimes
December 2005
William L. Fisher |
Energy Outlook 2005 Analysts say political events and natural disasters might well interrupt world oil supplies, but lack of resources and production capability should not. Beyond oil, other energy sources will be creating their own economies in the near future. |
