Vince Nasti, VP of Operations for Nation Pizza and Foods, discussed major issues facing the food and beverage industry.

Vince Nasti, VP of Operations for Nation Pizza and Foods, discussed major issues facing the food and beverage industry.

Butterball’s Corporate Project Manager Matt Giroux discusses line efficiency, technological advancements of line design, automation of lines and robotics on packaging lines.

Butterball’s Corporate Project Manager Matt Giroux discusses line efficiency, technological advancements of line design, automation of lines and robotics on packaging lines.

Tree Top, an agricultural cooperative with eight processing facilities, installed robotics to its packaging line.

Tree Top, an agricultural cooperative with eight processing facilities, installed robotics to its packaging line.

Gerald Lessard of West Liberty Foods discusses repurposing of space within an existing plant and what trends are driving this as well as the pros and cons of repurposing existing space versus new construction.

Gerald Lessard of West Liberty Foods discusses repurposing of space within an existing plant and what trends are driving this as well as the pros and cons of repurposing existing space versus new construction.

Robert Brackett of Illinois Tech discusses the Food Safety Modernization Act, the Preventive Controls for Human Food rule and the ABCs of Food Safety.

Robert Brackett of Illinois Tech discusses the Food Safety Modernization Act, the Preventive Controls for Human Food rule and the ABCs of Food Safety.