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PACK EXPO ready to celebrate 30th anniversary

PMMI to both honor the past and celebrate the future during show commencing later this month.

September 24, 2025

PACK EXPO LAS Vegas will celebrate 30 years of its trade show with several new wrinkles. Show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has elevated PACK EXPO Las Vegas from a regional trade show to a global industry stalwart by expanding its scale, influence and relevance across international markets.

Food sourcing and traceability edges closer to becoming a requirement

Consumers want to know where their products come from, but tracing origins can be a tricky process.

Brian Berk

July 16, 2025

When it comes to consumer demand for sourcing and traceability of dairy products, the word “transparency” looms large. Transparency regarding not only food safety, but consumers wanting to know ingredients in products they consume are properly sourced and traced.

How to manage the dairy supply chain

The dairy supply chain continues to face ongoing pressures including labor and transportation shortages, high fuel costs, evolving regulatory and food safety concerns and more.

Sammy Bredar

June 9, 2025

Having a proper distribution system is essential to maintaining an efficient and effective dairy processing operation. The dairy supply chain continues to face ongoing pressures including labor and transportation shortages, high fuel costs, evolving regulatory and food safety concerns and more.

Episode 51 — Dairy alternatives take center stage during “Let’s Talk Dairy” podcast

Givaudan’s Catherine Bayard joins us.

Brian Berk

April 2, 2025

Catherine Bayard, global product manager of Plant Attitude at Givaudan, joins us for Episode 51 of the “Let’s Talk Dairy” podcast. Bayard manages the dairy and cheese alternatives category globally at Switzerland-based Givaudan, helping to create food experiences intended to do good and feel good for body, mind and planet.

Best-in-class drivers are essential for the safe delivery of products.

The keys to dairy distribution

Processors must effectively manage a host of operational issues to cut delivery costs and maintain product quality.

Richard Mitchell

June 14, 2024

Developing and leveraging a highly effective dairy product distribution system does not come easy.

Association: Vanilla must be diversified to avoid supply chain issues

May 22, 2024

The Association of Vanilla Exporters of Uganda Limited (VANEX) is raising awareness of the need to diversify vanilla sources to avoid supply chain disruptions, as well as spotlighting the unique benefits of Ugandan vanilla.

Episode 40 — How the dairy industry overcame pandemic-induced supply chain challenges

PMMI vice president joins the “Let’s Talk Dairy” podcast.

Brian Berk

May 8, 2024

Jorge Izquierdo, vice president of market development for PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, joins Dairy Foods for Episode 40 of the “Let’s Talk Dairy” podcast.

How the dairy industry is overcoming supply chain disruption

Critical aspects of supply chain adjustments, technological advancements and sustainability efforts are main focuses.

Jorge Izquierdo

April 12, 2024

In the wake of COVID-19, industries worldwide faced unprecedented challenges, and the dairy sector was no exception.

Episode 30 — MADCAP regional director discusses dairy logistics

Tomas Vera talks about how technology impacts dairy processors, including AI.

Brian Berk

August 2, 2023

Tomas Vera, regional director for Europe and the Americas for MADCAP, a product developed by Contec Group, a New Zealand-based company that designs, builds, and delivers smart supply chain technology for the global dairy industry, joins us for Episode 30 of the “Let’s Talk Dairy” podcast to talk about dairy logistics.