Online voting has begun for the third Dairy Innovations Awards program by the International Dairy Foods Association.

The International Dairy Show runs Sept. 15 through 18, returning to Chicago at McCormick Place, and co-locating with Process Expo and InterBev Process.

InterBev Process is co-locating in Chicago with the International Dairy Show and Process Expo. The International Dairy Foods Association, Washington, D.C., organizes the dairy show and the Food Processing Suppliers Association, McLean, Va., runs Process Expo. 

The total combined registration of 19,155 at the co-located Process Expo and International Dairy Show was a record, the show organizers said on Wednesday. 

Three executives from Bel Brands USA will talk about the company's cheese plant in Wisconsin during the International Dairy Show in Chicago. Dairy Foods named that facility the 2013 Plant of the Year.

The International Dairy Foods Association announced the finalists of the second annual Innovations Awards. Each of the finalists exemplifies substantial achievements in performance, significant advancement in a technology or its application, innovative design or considerable cost savings.

The International Dairy Foods Association seeks entries to its Innovations Awards. Winners will be honored at the the International Dairy Show in November in Chicago.

The International Dairy Foods Association said the Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest 2013 will be held during the International Dairy Show in November in Chicago