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Tait Farm Foods is a specialty food manufacturer located in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania. The company began in 1987, when founder David Tait started producing shrub, a colonial-era vinegar-based drink...
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As the industrial sector has risen in popularity amongst the hacking community, new vulnerabilities are being discovered throughout the enterprise. From industrial control systems to network endpoints...
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The rich flavor that enthusiasts expect from an instant café macchiato depends on the seamless flow of its production. Much like many contemporary coffee offerings in the Food & Beverage Industry,...
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Amid ongoing innovation and disruption in tech, customer preferences in manufacturing are not as straightforward as they once were. Advanced technology has unlocked new avenues for production and...
View ArticleRamping Up Productivity with Bulk Bag Discharge Upgrades
In food processing, bulk bag discharge systems are used to transfer food ingredients such as flour, sugar and spices from bulk bags to mixing and blending equipment. However, when not designed or...
View ArticleOptimize Food Production: Real-Time Monitoring with Video Surveillance
Food production plants are under more scrutiny than ever. On the one hand, they have to deal with the high inflation rate in the past couple of years, which pressures them to keep prices low, despite...
View ArticlePreserving Reputation Through Reliability
Industrial businesses regularly face high costs related to downtime. This was the finding of an ABB survey among 3,215 plant maintenance leaders across sectors such as energy, metals, utilities,...
View ArticleMoisture Measurement Improves Manufacturing Quality
The moisture content in a product can have serious effects on its final quality. Controlling and adjusting the moisture content throughout the process can eliminate many common manufacturing issues....
View ArticleCase Study: New Packaging Solves Improves Cost, Aesthetics While Extending...
Vacuum skin packaging (VSP) is a type of packaging where a product is placed on a piece of tray (plastic or cardboard) and a thin barrier film is softened by heat and draped over the product on the...
View ArticleQ&A: How the U.S. Election Will Affect Tariffs
James Vanderloo is the station manager of OEC Group Milwaukee, a division of OEC Group, a global freight forwarder based in New York that provides comprehensive logistics services and is a leading...
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