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October 2010
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Confectioners Returning to Their Chocolate Roots Michael Antonorsi and other micro confectionery stars help the industry giants remain chocolatiers, not just candy factories.   |
Food Processing
October 2012
David Phillips |
More Variety Means More Efficiencies for Confectionery Manufacturers Sanitary pumps and other clean in place equipment are the key components to modern candy-making. |
Food Engineering
March 1, 2005
Kevin T. Higgins |
Fab Food Plant: Higher Appraised Value Building a food plant is a little like gem polishing: the finished product's value depends on the talent and expertise brought to bear. And lot of polishing and engineering elbow grease went into Kar's Nuts Inc.'s latest gem -- a 131,000-sq.-ft. building in Madison Heights, MI. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2005 |
Pure as the driven chocolate Chocolate manufacturer improves product purity with low-profile separator that removes more than 10 times the number of contaminants than the old system removed. |
Food Processing
July 2013
David Phillips |
Candy Trends 2013: New Tricks for Old Favorites Confections can play off new trends or old sentiments. Either way, ingredient innovations make them better. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2009
Kevin T. Higgins |
The Flexible Facility -- Yoga for Manufacturers Operating a production facility that delivers high throughput while maintaining flexibility is like a delicate balancing act that requires careful consideration of the potential and limits of both man and machine. |
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. |
Food Processing
June 2012
David Phillips |
Food Manufacturing Facilities Design for Flexibility Smaller, more nimble food processing plants offer something different. |
Food Processing
November 2005
Kate Bertrand |
Getting a taste for contract manufacturing Contract manufacturing and packaging are gaining mind-share among food processors as their companies strive to improve operational efficiency, shorten time to market and improve cost control. |
Food Processing
July 2010
Diane Toops |
Top Confectionery Trends for 2010 Our news and trends editor reports on the sweet taste of confectionery trends from this year's Candy Show. |
Food Processing
June 2012 |
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This During the 2012 Sweets and Candy Expo, a team including candy mascots surprised pedestrians with candy samples as part of a poll to determine the effect candy and snacks have on mood and "happiness quotient." |
Food Processing
July 2011
Diane Toops |
NCA 2011 Candy and Snacks Expo: Happy Days Are Here Again In candy and snacks, Americans are more interested in what they are eating, and are looking for new flavors to satisfy complex palates. |
Food Processing
December 2007
Mike Pehanich |
A Capsule Look at the M&M's Peanut Process A visit to the New Jersey village of Hackettstown reveals how M&M'S Chocolate Candies are made. |
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. |
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. |
Food Engineering
October 1, 2005
Wayne Labs |
Process Control Performance Management If you've been waiting to update your control technologies just to satisfy the government, you might want to rethink your goals in terms of maximizing your profits. Manufacturers that have already updated now have the edge. |
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. |
Food Processing
April 2010
Dave Fusaro |
2010 Capital Spending Outlook: Pent-Up Demand Causes an Explosion in Projects After last year's drop in capital expenditures, budgets for the Food Processing Top 100 survey group are up 19 percent for 2010. |
Food Engineering
April 11, 2007 |
Tech Flash Vol. 3 No. 4 AP comments on ConAgra's peanut butter recall... Chinese government soil survey to insure food safety... Hershey Company expands Goodness Chocolate line... Industry News... etc. |
Food Processing
May 2010
Diane Toops |
Confectionery Makers Sweet Talking with Candy Innovation A little less sugar, a few more healthy ingredients can make confections respectable snacks. |
Food Engineering
April 4, 2006
John Blanchard |
Giant steps in plant floor control Factory floor control and information systems play a critical role in plant floor performance and manufacturing responsiveness. |
Food Processing
July 2008
Diane Toops |
Putting the Savoy in Truffle A report on the new candy products at the 2008 All Candy Expo. Additional online-only content includes new products featured at this year's show. |
Food Engineering
September 1, 2005 |
Advancing the 'hollow' holiday Food-grade lubricants help this novelty candy company mold up to 300,000 pounds of chocolate per day -- meeting seasonal demands while continuing to combine aesthetics with food safety. |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2008
Wayne Labs |
Fabulous Food Plant Synonymous with Quality Poultry supplier counts on biosecurity, automation and worker safety to produce quality meats. |
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. |
Prepared Foods
March 1, 2005
William A. Roberts, Jr. |
Snacking and the Sweets Good news for chocolate, chocoholics... Candies and snacks join low-carb craze... Microwave popcorn gets approval for olestra... The "biggest candy breakthrough of the year"... |
Food Processing
April 2011
Anthony & Feder |
Food Processors Work on Building a Healthier Desserts You can build healthier desserts and confections with the right ingredients. |
Food Engineering
August 3, 2006
Joyce Fassl |
Editor's Note: In search of the next winner Which outstanding new plant construction project, major expansion or highly renovated facility will be the next Plant of the Year? |
Food Processing
March 2005
Ashman & Beckley |
Spotlight: Another Cookie-Candy Crossover Hershey markets four new cookie-candy crossover bars including the well-rated York Peppermint Pattie variety. |
Food Processing
May 2012
Mark Anthony |
The Changing Face of Confections As bakers and confectioners deal with low-calorie and gluten-free demands, suppliers suggest novel sweeteners and nuts. |
Prepared Foods
January 1, 2007
Marcia Mogelonsky |
Confronting Confectionery The candy market continues to grow, capitalizing on the latest trends and benefiting from a number of ingredient innovations. |
Food Engineering
December 1, 2006 |
Plant Openings & Expansions Totally Chocolate begins operations in new manufacturing facility... Blue Ribbon Cheese Co. to build a $225 million manufacturing facility in California... etc. |
Food Processing
July 2006
Mike Pehanich |
Extreme makeover: Plant edition Need to give your food plant a facelift? Start with materials and designs that spell safety, cleanliness and a "spankin' new look." |
BusinessWeek
February 24, 2011
Tom Mulier |
Breathing More Profit into Chocolate Bars Adding air to chocolate bars reduces costs to candy makers, though there are limits to how much they can save with the technique. |
Food Processing
November 2007 |
Toops Scoops: Sweet talkin' All Candy Expo brings out the inner child. |
Food Processing
July 2010
Diane Toops |
NCA 2010 Candy Show: The Sweetest Spot on Earth Candy and snacks sales flourished in 2009. |
Food Processing
June 2006
Mike Pehanich |
Controlling moisture in the plant With once-ignored USDA requirements for condensation control compelling processors to take a closer look at humidity problems, here are some timely tips on choosing between desiccant and mechanical dehumidifiers. |
Food Processing
April 2005
Dave Fusaro |
Are capital spending fortunes improving? Several companies are placing big bets on the recovery by building 'world's largest' processing plants. The biggest project currently under way is a $192 million American cheddar cheese plant in Clovis, N.M., for SouthWest Cheese Co. |
Food Processing
April 2006
Dave Fusaro |
Annual Capital Spending Outlook: More ham and cheese! There are some real and widespread signs that capital spending will be up significantly in the food industry this year. |
Food Processing
January 2010
Diane Toops |
Look Into the Future: The State of Food & Beverage Industry The state of the nine categories of the food & beverage industry and what 2010 holds for them. |
Food Processing
September 2009
Sperber & Fusaro |
Floor to Ceiling Food Safety Recent product recalls have pointed a liability-filled finger at problems with an often overlooked culprit -- floors, drains, roofs and other physical pieces of the plant. |
Food Engineering
December 1, 2008 |
Plant Openings & Expansions ADM company opens 500,000-sq.-ft. cocoa processing facility... H. J. Heinz partners in new Florence, SC., frozen-food manufacturing facility... etc. |
IndustryWeek
December 15, 2010 |
Avery Dennison Office Products de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.: IW Best Plants Profile 2010 Opening Room for Growth: Avery Dennison's Tijuana plant gains significant volume by freeing floor space through lean planning. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2005
Fassl et al. |
28th Annual Plant Construction Survey: Extreme Makeovers Dominate Projects and budgets remain flat as food and beverage processors put their money into updating existing assets and improving food safety measures. |
Food Processing
March 2005
Mike Pehanich |
Designing food safety into your plant Don't make food safety an afterthought. Carefully planning the design and materials used in your plant can help insure the safety of your food production. HACCP programs and AMI's 'Eleven Principles' are good starting points. |
Food Processing
July 2009
Diane Toops |
Confectionery Sales are Sweet Despite the Sour Economy More than 2,000 confectionery creations and snack sensations were unveiled at the All Candy Expo in May. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2007
Ralph Keller |
Continuous Improvement -- What Does Enterprise Excellence Look Like? To get an idea of how good your facility is, start by asking: Would you buy products from your own plant? |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2011
Gary Cassady |
5 Stocks the Easter Bunny Will Love Are investors sweet on these stocks? |
Food Engineering
July 2, 2007
Joyce Fassl |
Renewed commitment to employee training may be the ticket For decades, plant worker training issues have continued to plague the industry. |
Food Processing
October 2006
Ashman & Beckley |
Product Spotlight: Chocolate for multitasking Nestle rolls novelty, demographics, premiumness and convenience into Nestle's Crunch Stixx. It's an excellent example of taking something familiar to another level. |
