By Andy Drennan, FPSA Senior Vice President. 46% – It’s a number that leaves me shaking my head. In baseball, that would be a Hall of Fame batting average, but this isn’t baseball. It’s money. And it’s kids, and if my two sons in college were eligible for the Career Development Scholarship Program (they’re not)
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Build Your Own AquaGard 7350 V2 Series Sanitary Conveyor Online with Dorner’s D-Tools Conveyor Configurator Two models from Dorner’s newly redesigned AquaGard 7350 V2 Series are now available in D-Tools, Dorner’s online conveyor configurator. The AquaGard 7350 V2’s Positive Drive and LPZ (Flat and Cleated belt) models now on D-Tools give project engineers, plant managers
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Erie, PA—Vice President and General Manager of Eriez-USA Tim Gland announces that Dave Heubel has been promoted to the newly created position of Senior Sales Director of Eriez-USA, effective January 3, 2019. Gland says, “In his new role, Dave will oversee sales in the United States, Canada, Central and South America and select Middle Eastern
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The exact observance of pressures or pressure curves in vacuum-assisted processes in process engineering is an important parameter for ensuring optimum efficiency and the best product quality. Busch Vacuum Pumps and Systems has now launched the new series of VacTest vacuum measurement equipment. Designed to combine the latest advances in vacuum metrology with exceptional manufacturing
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Leading contract sanitation provider unveils new logo and brand messaging as part of its commitment to own the standard of protection PSSI, one of the largest contract sanitation providers across the USDA, FDA and CFIA food processing industries, today unveiled a new logo and website as part of a larger strategy to broaden the company’s
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The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) today announced that its Meat Industry Suppliers Alliance Foundation (MISAF) has opened the 2019 scholarship application period for deserving students studying meat sciences at universities throughout North America. “We are excited to open up the scholarship application period and look forward to receiving submissions from this year’s batch of highly
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FPSA Member Ampco Pumps has announced the hiring of Chad Hawkins as Business Development Manager. Chad comes to Ampco Pumps from SPX Flow where he spent the last six years as North American Sales Manager for the Food & Beverage Division. Prior to SPX Flow, Chad worked in various technical sales and sales management roles
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Women’s Council Announces Support of San Antonio Food Bank with March 19 Event The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) is please to announce the slate of speakers for the bakery breakout sessions for the 2019 FPSA Annual Conference taking place March 19-21 at the La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas. The bakery
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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
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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
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