Hardy Process Solutions has again doubled the speed of their EtherNet/IP enabled HI 6500-XP Extreme Weight Processor by increasing the update rate from 300 to 660 updates per second, providing a PLC with a new weight reading every 1.5 milliseconds (previously 3.3 milliseconds).

DynaClean food conveyor systems can now be used in very cold environments. Utilizing plastic link style belting on DynaClean conveyors offers customers the option of conveying product as cold as -50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., the only United States manufacturer of polypropylene, polyester, metallized, and bio-based films, announced that it has begun construction on a new, 28,800-square-foot facility designed to house a new, high-speed, 4.5- meter metallizer.

The Deco-iSpot from Unifiller base ices cakes and decorates cupcakes directly from a bowl or pail.

The puffed and extruded snack segment combines the best elements of tradition and forward-thinking better-for-you innovation.

The cracker market, like many other snack segments, is in an evolutionary state. If you ask Craig Lieberman, president and founder of Denver-based 34 Degrees, changes in the category span “from the types and styles of crackers to the location and placement of crackers in the store.”

The chips segment has grown quite lively over the past year, with new product areas emerging and others, like apple chips, seeing considerable growth and maturation. Snack producers are also starting to grow beyond potatoes, offering sweet potato, beet and parsnip chips.

Hinds-Bock has released a new Ultra-Hygienic version of their P-128 transfer pump

Bosch Packaging Technology and BillerudKorsnäs have developed the world’s first Sealed Paper Packaging.

VAC-U-MAX was an exhibitor at the 32ndt Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, held June 20-23 at the Wisconsin Convention Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.