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1. AutoWeigher - Affordable Table Top Scale
   5/9/2013

   The AutoWeigher from the Paxiom Group is a linear scale designed for growing companies who are interested in taking the first step towards automation. It allows these companies to increase their productivity and their accuracy while reducing their overall labour costs

2. Esas Purchases Zorlu Meat Processing Facilities
   5/9/2013

   Esas Holding, a young, dynamic and innovative venture capital company formed in 2000, after entering the dried nuts market with its new purchase of Peymar, has also acquired Zorlu Holding’s meat processing facilities in Antalya, Guney Gida

3. High-Barrier Film With DuPont Surlyn Sealant Keeps Vacuum Packed Meat Appetizingly Fresh For Longer
   5/6/2013

   In the Hibassk high-barrier film made by the Dutch company A. van den Broek BV (www.a-vdbroek.nl), a DuPont Surlyn sealant layer helps to ensure that the red colour of vacuum skin packed meat will be preserved for a longer time and that the typical odour associated with conventional nylon-polyethylene film packaging is prevented from forming

4. LINPAC Packaging’s Fresh Thinking
   5/1/2013

   LINPAC Packaging is a market leader in the manufacture of primary fresh food packaging, serving the bakery, meat, fish and poultry, food service and fruit and vegetable markets. With more than 40 years experience in food packaging safety and security, the LINPAC Packaging brand is one of the most trusted in its sector

5. Save Refrigeration Energy With Food Temperature Simulation
   4/30/2013

   American business spends billions on food and beverage preservation. For this reason National Energy Technologies employs multiple strategies to improve the performance and reduce the cost of refrigeration

6. New IPL Robot From Marel
   4/30/2013

   Marel, pioneers of intelligent portion loading, have produced an all new high performance IPL Robot that can be configured to virtually any application in the protein sector. Single, fresh or frozen portions or sliced groups – like bacon, cooked deli meats, fish and cheese – can be picked from the infeed conveyor and placed straight into trays or a thermoformer

7. California Knife And Blade Is Partnering With BAUCOR For Industrial Blade Manufacturing
   4/29/2013

   California Knife and Blade (http://www.caknife.com) has recently announced that it will continue to to promote its global brand BAUCOR (http://www.baucor.com) in manufacturing industrial blades and machine knives and will push its capabilities to reach out more industries

8. AMSA Welcomes Sealed Air & Its Cryovac Food Packaging Brand To Sustaining Partners Program
   4/25/2013

   For more than 50 years, the American Meat Science Association (AMSA) has relied on support from partners to maintain its ability to provide community and professional development programs and opportunities for individuals in the field of meat science

9. JBS USA Announces Opening Of Arizona Ground Beef Facility
   4/24/2013

   JBS USA, a leading animal protein processor in the U.S., Canada and Australia and a wholly owned subsidiary of Brazil-based JBS S.A., announces the opening of a state-of-the-art ground beef production facility at the JBS beef processing plant in Tolleson, Ariz

10. Hormel Foods Honors Suppliers With Spirit Of Excellence Awards
    4/18/2013

    Hormel Foods Corporation recently awarded 59 suppliers with a 2012 Spirit of Excellence Award for their roles in the company’s continuous improvement process throughout the last year. These suppliers are from a variety of areas including contractors, pork procurement, provisions, ingredients, packaging and transportation