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Equipment

National Bulk Equipment’s NTEP-certified weigh system for bulk bag filling

May 9, 2013

National Bulk Equipment’s bulk bag filling system provides NTEP-certified bulk bag weighing.

Packaging

CDF Corp. improves its IBC form-fit liner

May 8, 2013

CDF Corp. modified its IBC form-fit liner to include holes in the perforated flaps.

Packaging

CDF introducing EZ-Flo dispensing system at National Restaurant Show

May 6, 2013

CDF Corp. will introduce its newest product, the EZ-Flo dispensing system at the 2013 National Restaurant Show.

People & Promotions

Robertet has a new research chef; Olyha promoted to Autocrat COO

A look at some other personnel appointments among suppliers to the dairy processing industry.

May 4, 2013

Robertet appointed Julian Dabrowski as research chef; Stephen M. Olyha is the new chief operating officer of Autocrat; specialty enzyme manufacturer Biocatalyst announces staff changes.

News briefs

Kendall Packaging breaks ground on plant expansion in Jefferson, Wis.

Other news briefs from DuPont, MFC, Steviva Brands and the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses

May 3, 2013

A roundup of news from suppliers to the dairy processing industry. Kendall Packaging Corp. broke ground on a 56,000‐square‐foot expansion; DuPont's Bax system receives AOAC recognition and more.

Sweeteners

Layn USA introduces line of monk fruit natural sweeteners

May 3, 2013

Layn USA introduces line of monk fruit natural sweeteners, including Lovia, a monk fruit and stevia leaf combination sweetener.

Production efficiencies

Cheesemaker's automated packaging line increases throughput by nearly 10%

MDS Foods implements Ossid’s labor saving packaging solution to increase throughput, improve accuracy, and save time.

May 3, 2013

MDS Foods’ goals were to increase the production line’s capacity and profitability as well as give the company the capability to bring more product categories, predominately packaging smaller chunks of cheese, into its facility.

MDS Foods and Ossid collaborated on developing an automated system to replace the manual operation.

Equipment

Krohne supplies Chobani plant with process measurement equipment

May 2, 2013

Krohne supplies a variety of process measurement equipment for a state-of-the-art Chobani yogurt plant in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Green energy

Pearl Valley Cheese goes green with GEM Energy power system

May 1, 2013

Pearl Valley Cheese Co. is going green with an energy-saving power system that runs on cheese manufacturing waste water.

Ingredients

Chr. Hansen adds 10 new shades to its FruitMax family of colors

Chr. Hansen steps up its efforts in coloring foodstuffs to better support F&B customers making the switch to this next generation natural colors.

April 30, 2013

In order to better support food manufacturers take the leap to coloring foodstuffs, Chr. Hansen significantly steps up its efforts in this product segment.