Dairy Foods invited leading suppliers of pumps and valves to talk about new innovations, cost cutting and best practices in dairy processing facilities. Here’s what they had to say about selecting the best pumps and valves in our virtual roundtable.

  50 years ago a lightweight, handled plastic milk jug made its debut. Today, equipment makers continue to innovate in blow molding.

 MAER SA launched its NTN trimmer-combiner mono-block system for reliable trimming, handling and transporting high productions of tandem neck-to-neck manufactured bottles (like drinkable yogurt bottles). 

 Admix introduces the next generation Rotosolver II, an energy-saving high-shear mixer. 

 The time and temperature used to pasteurize raw milk affects the taste. Upkeep and maintenance affect the durability and lifetime of equipment. Vendors share their best practice recommendations. 

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new X-ray detection platform called the NextGuard system. Applications include cheese, ice cream and bakery products.