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A new instrument for analysis of sweet whey reports fat, solids, density, salts/minerals, lactose and protein in 60 seconds.

Industrial Control Inc., Zeeland, Mich., has developed an adaptable, high-speed 3D vision system to detect defective parts in existing systems in the thermoforming industry.  

Packaging expert Robert Hogan details five packaging innovation trends that are emerging in store brands.

Seventeen U.S. dairy processors, accounting for 68% of U.S. milk production, have committed to voluntary best practices for enhanced dairy traceability established by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy,

Arthur Schuman sells block and pre-packaged cheeses at high-end retailers and club stores. The distributor also saw an opportunity to create a cheese product that could be marketed as both high-end and convenient. But it needed to find the right packaging.

Scale deposits, known as fouling, can cause a number of operational problems such as plugging of equipment, inefficient usage of chemicals and increased utility costs. Electronic water treatment is a solution.
 

Joseph Gallo Farms uses energy-efficient equipment and cutting-edge technology in its cheese plant help to conserve energy and at least 2.9 billion gallons of water each year, in addition to accepting as much as 10 million gallons of stormwater and wastewater each day from local communities to use for irrigation.