🏆 The resutls are in! 🏆 FOOD ENGINEERING has named Schwan's Company's frozen #pizza #manufacturing plant and #distribution center in Salina, Kansas as its 2026 Plant of the Year. Learn more: brnw.ch/21wZrhd #foodmanufacturing #plantdesign 📸: CJ Schwan's

.@HarpakULMA has introduced a family of robotic loading platforms that combine hygienic construction with robot motion programmed directly in a Rockwell Automation PLC. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6BKK 📸: Harpak-ULMA

The @dairyidfa's Executive Council has selected Matt Herrick to serve as the association’s next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Michael Dykes. Read more about Herrick's connection to IDFA: brnw.ch/21x6BFU 📸: IDFA

Growth in food manufacturing brings greater project complexity. See how integrated project delivery can help align engineering, procurement and construction to reduce risk and keep projects moving: foodengineeringmag.com/artic… @BurnsMcDonnell #ad #FoodManufacturing #PlantDesign

The pursuit of improved operational margins is difficult, as CPG companies face losses due to inefficiencies. Many are implementing sensors and contextual data analysis to enhance maintenance and develop AI-driven strategies. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6A23 📸: Blentech

.@PurposeEnergy has commissioned its industrial food waste and wastewater pre-treatment facility in Minster, Ohio. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6zWq 📸: Nick Didonna

.@thegeagroup is introducing the ProCoater, a wet coating machine developed to help food processors achieve stable batter flow, more consistent coating pickup and higher line efficiency. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6ysB 📸: GEA

ICYMI: Food manufacturers continue to invest in their operations with consideration toward food safety, traceability, automation and sustainability. Check out the story: brnw.ch/21x6ynX 📸: DedMityay/GettyImages

Panzani Group and Cerealis have entered into exclusive negotiations to combine with the aim of creating an independent, diversified European food group. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6wNZ 📸: KamranAydinov via freepik

.@packexposhow returns to Chicago’s McCormick Place this week to serve packaging and processing professionals. Check out some of the equipment offerings exhibitors will introduce or highlight at the show: brnw.ch/21x6wD5 📸: tna, Regal Rexnord, Schubert

Before investing in food processing equipment, ask beyond price, throughput and lead time. Cleaning, maintenance, reliability and hygienic design can all shape total cost of ownership. See six questions worth asking before you buy: foodengineeringmag.com/artic… #ad #hygienicdesign

While there are many hygienically designed machines and sanitation methods available to the food industry, labor shortages and changing regulations pose hurdles, writes @PMMIorg'sJorge Izquierdo. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6uR5 📸: Getty Images Plus/andresr/E+

For F&B manufacturers, AI readiness begins with gaining visibility into the plant, identifying risks and establishing a roadmap for modernization, write E Tech Group's Eric Medecke and Casey Noonan. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6tXI 📸: Getty Images/mikkelwilliam

Provisur Technologies has relaunched the Hoegger CookChill System, designed to provide automated, traceable in-package cooking, sous-vide cooking, pasteurizing and chilling. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6tj9 📸: Provisur Technologies

Lynn Dornblaser, client advisor at @mintelnews, offers a look at how major food manufacturers are investing in new product innovation during the webinar “An Inside Look at 2026’s Top 100.” Check out the on-demand presentation: brnw.ch/21x6tdH

Primo Brands has opened its new factory in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas. The 200,000-sq.-ft. facility is the company's first new factory since its formation following the 2024 merger with BlueTriton Brands. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6rws 📸: Primo Brands

Bragg has launched Tropical Zing Sparkling Apple Cider Vinegar beverages, which combine real fruit juices and one tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar in each 12-oz. can. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6rs5 📸: Bragg

Scott Technology has launched the NexPAL 200HL, a compact, high-capacity palletizer developed to help manufacturers increase production capacity where floorspace is limited. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6nM9 📸: Scott Technology

Food manufacturers continue to invest in their operations with consideration toward food safety, traceability, automation and sustainability. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6nHf 📸: DedMityay/GettyImages

While there are a variety of solutions on the market, it’s worth it to take a step back and learn more about how metal detectors, x-ray machines and vision systems are serving manufacturers, writes EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6lZy

Pilgrim’s Pride's Board of Directors has formed a special committee to review an unsolicited proposal from JBS to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Pilgrim's Pride that JBS does not currently own. Read more: brnw.ch/21x6lVR 📸: Pilgrim's Pride