Could food recalls and their related illnesses be a thing of the past? Yes, according to Jay McEvoy, the Director of Food Processing, North America at Cooper-Atkins Corporation. That is, as long as food processing companies adopt the latest technologies. In 2016, we interviewed Cooper-Atkins’ Scott D’Aniello to learn about how the company’s cutting-edge temperature […]

What’s Your Goal? If you’ve been reading our entries since last fall you know that PROCESS EXPO is putting a strong emphasis on the horizontal balance of its audience this year. In truth, this is nothing new as we have been marketing the show this way to processors since our first stand alone show eight […]

IFFA 2019 – bigger, fresher, even more innovative It’s IFFA time! In keeping with the motto, ‘Spring has sprung’, the leading international trade fair in Frankfurt am Main from 4 to 9 May 2019 will not only be bigger and fresher but also be held in a new setting. Die IFFA, the undisputed leader of […]

PROCESS EXPO is committed to delivering easy-to-use tools to help you invite customers and prospects to visit your booth and see your new equipment. Last week you received your company’s personal dashboard from VIP Guest Invites. This complimentary service provides you with an exclusive comp code and a full set of customized pre-show marketing materials, […]

In a food processing facility, production room floors fall into Environmental Monitoring Zone 2, i.e., areas that are directly adjacent to food contact surfaces. Because it’s so easy for any contaminants on the floor to make it into food — via airborne dust, water droplets, equipment, and even workers’ hands — the FDA and USDA […]

Processors want greater throughput of higher-quality foods — this is a common theme we’ve heard from many of the equipment manufacturers we’ve interviewed for this blog. Maintaining quality, especially while increasing throughput, requires processing equipment that handles products gently, without damaging them. For many products, that means making sure you don’t overheat them during thermal […]

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) today announced the creation of the Augmented Reality Showcase as one of the new show floor activities making its debut at this year’s PROCESS EXPO taking place October 8-11, 2019 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The AR Showcase will provide attendees with innovative new ways to experience processing and packaging […]

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) and Messe Frankfurt today announced the renewal of their strategic marketing alliance formed in 2016 in support of each organization’s trade show exhibition which are both leaders in the food processing sector. Both organizations will host their flagship exhibitions in 2019 with high expectations for successful events. First on […]

Plant-based burgers and hot dogs, hemp infused lemonade and cannabis gummies, single-serve pies and cakes, pet food meal enhancers and toppings, and ice cream that promotes sleep – what do all these products have in common? They were among the many products that attendees at the last PROCESS EXPO manufacture and/or were searching for suppliers […]

New in 2019-Full Working Live Dairy Production Line Cheese, dairy, milk and yogurt processing have long been an integral part of the PROCESS EXPO trade show and the 2019 event, taking place October 8-11, 2019 in Chicago’s McCormick Place, will once again be the equipment focused trade show in the fall for dairy processors. This […]