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Minimize Conveyor Injury Risks with Safeguarding

It's easy for loose clothing, jewelry or hair to get trapped in conveyor belts and, if workers aren't paying attention, they could get caught in the machine.

White Castle issues Recall

Testing found Listeria in one manufacturing facility.

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Ransomware Evolves, Security Tries to Keep Pace

A closer look at how this threat continues to grow, and how it impacted one of its latest victims - Jack Daniel's.

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FDA Shuts Down Chicago Tofu Maker After Finding Rodents, Food Safety Violations

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Number of New Food & Bev Facility Projects Holds Steady in August

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Maintenance as a Post-Crisis Advantage

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Digital Transformation Could Enhance Food Plant Performance & Reliability

Zero-Cost Strategies for Warehouse Optimization

When it comes to optimizing your warehouse, where do you start? By breaking this work into manageable pieces: spaces, places and people.

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How to Identify, Prevent and Remove Psocids from Food Processing Facilities

To avoid learning about psocid activity in your facility from your auditor, you first need to know how to identify these minute pests.

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Thousands Allowed to Bypass Environmental Rules in Pandemic

Governments eased enforcement over smokestacks, medical waste, sewage plants, oilfields and chemical plants.

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Re-Industrializing America

Today, a highly automated, advanced manufacturing plant in the U.S. can be just as cost effective as those operating in other parts of the world.

Planned Food Mfg. Projects Rebound to Pre-Pandemic Levels

The number of projects tracked in July was a considerable increase from June, following four straight months of subdued activity.

Smart Technologies May Improve Employee Safety in COVID-19 Era

These unprecedented times call for the use of new technologies and embracing IoT and automation in ways that improve worker safety.

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Cybercrime Up Sharply During Pandemic

According to the UN, terrorists are "exploiting local grievances and poor governance to regroup and assert their control.”

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Keep Manufacturing Workers Safe With a Sound Communication Strategy

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an important realization for the manufacturing industry: Workplace communication isn’t up to par.

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Using Industrial Vacuum Cleaners to Prevent Catastrophes

After Imperial Sugar’s Port Wentworth sugar refinery exploded the company willfully refused to remedy similar conditions at another plant, resulting in more than $8.7 million of proposed penalties.

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Automation: Post-COVID-19

How the pandemic has altered approaches to automation and robot investments.

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Maintaining Quality Control in a Post-Pandemic World

Adopting vision AI for inspection automation will be critical for food manufacturers going forward.

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IA Congressman Wants Answers About Plant Outbreak

US Rep. Dave Loebsack's letter to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds requests answers over the state's response to a virus outbreak at a Tyson plant there.