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Air handling equipment strives to keep snack and bakery facilities on task

Air handling equipment must consider sanitation factors and other safety issues

Liz Parker

May 22, 2019

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The right air handling equipment, including supporting equipment, is vital to maintaining effective snack and baking production environments.

Snack foods and baked goods companies seek to purchase new dividers, depositors, rounders equipment

Sanitation, efficiency, speed are among the top priorities for today’s machines

Ed Finkel

May 20, 2019

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Sanitation, automation, efficiency, speed, ease of cleaning, the ability to handle larger capacities, and the ability to produce clean label-foods are among the top priorities for snack food and baked goods makers seeking to purchase dividers, depositors and rounders.

Innovations in bagging and closing equipment for snacks and baked goods

Upgrades include efficiency, hygienic design, smart technology and sustainability.

Neal Lorenzi

May 17, 2019

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Packaging equipment manufacturers are upgrading bagging and closing equipment to improve operational efficiency and hygienic design, while also adding touches of smart technology and sustainability.

Readco Process Control System

May 9, 2019

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The Readco Process Control System (RCS) from process equipment manufacturer Readco Kurimoto, LLC, York, Pa., integrates mixing, heating, cooling and feeding into a single, touch-screen HMI.

Exclusive interview: Douglas Machines Corp. on its 40th anniversary

Liz Parker

April 23, 2019

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Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery recently was able to speak with Darcel Schouler, marketing manager, Douglas Machine Corp., about its 40th anniversary.

Snack and bakery companies seek new options for sanitation software

Sanitation software evolves based on industry standards

Liz Parker

April 17, 2019

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The food industry increasingly looks for paperless solutions for scheduling purposes. To meet this demand, software companies continue to work with to meet the industry's needs.

Introducing the updated 2019 IBIE BEST in Baking Program

Time is running out: Apply for the updated 2019 IBIE BEST in Baking Program today

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

April 15, 2019

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The International Bakery Industry Exhibition (IBIE), the global grain-based food industry's largest, most-important trade event in the Western Hemisphere, will take place on September 7–11 in Las Vegas.

Insights into bakery dough machining and stress reduction

Rich McFeaters

April 11, 2019

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Machining and handling of dough prior to the cutting action requires several steps/actions, as they are critical to the textural characteristics of the finished product.

New warehouse equipment embraces connectivity, autonomy and robotics

Neal Lorenzi

April 10, 2019

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To meet rising demand for fast delivery, snack and bakery warehouse operations have little room for error. Thus, many look to technological advances, including automation, to minimize the risk of unexpected delays, and to find new ways to streamline inventory management.

Bakery Concepts International issued new U.S. patent

March 20, 2019

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On February 5, 2019, Bakery Concepts International was issued a patent for a mixing chamber suited to mixing a variety of dry ingredients with liquid (U.S. patent no. 10,195,572 B2).

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