Rising safety costs. Disruptive labor shortages. Eroding margins due to material costs and processing errors. Increasing consumer demands for health and safety transparency. The meat processing industry is being squeezed from many different directions. While there isn’t one simple fix to address these challenges and future-proof your business, inspection technology has an important role to …
Foreign material contamination creates a multitude of issues for food processors and manufacturers. While the industry invests a huge amount of effort and resources into preventing and detecting foreign material in the food supply, as Shawn Stevens, founder of Food Industry Counsel, LLC, so aptly says, “Sometimes bad things do happen.” Stevens was one of …
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There’s nothing quite as invigorating as getting out of the office and onto the floor of a food industry event. Speaking directly to the people on the front lines of the food industry is an amazing way to unearth insights you simply can’t get anywhere else. After attending events like IPPE and the FPSA Annual …
5 Meat Processor Trends to Future-proof Your Business in 2023 Read More »
On June 22nd, PPO presented a webinar titled “Experts Demystify Hyperspectral Imaging For Meat Processors.” Tim Stork, Senior Solutions Engineering Manager, and Jamie Poholko, Customer Success Manager, presented this webinar. Tim kicked off the webinar by introducing the basics of hyperspectral imaging. He then explains how PPO’s Smart Imaging System incorporates hyperspectral imaging in its …
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Every meat processing plant leader wants to have the right mix of automated inspection systems calibrated to capture foreign materials without over-inspecting and negatively impacting yields. Budgeting realities require making data-driven decisions before investing in any technology. With so many inspection technologies to choose from, it can be challenging to know where to invest for …
Before you Invest: How to Calculate the ROI for Automated Inspection Systems Read More »
On January 25th, 2023 at IPPE, four leading women in the meat industry shared their working experience at the Hear Her Story: The Women Of the Women’s Meat Industry Network. The event was moderated by Kay Stinson, WMIN Board Member, and included Olga Pawluczyk, CEO of P&P Optica, Julie Camardo, CEO of Zweigle’s Inc, Kate …
On January 28th at the International Production & Process Expo (IPPE), Olga Pawluczyk, CEO of PPO, talked about the benefits and drawbacks of different types of visual inspection systems, including human inspection, multi-spectral imaging, and hyperspectral imaging. She covered how some visual inspection systems can go beyond foreign materials and help address quality issues such …
PPO TechTalk for IPPE 2023: Achieving Zero FM by Expanding Multi-Hurdle Inspection Read More »
Every year in June, PPO joins people, companies and cities across Canada in celebrating Pride Month. Celebrating Pride is one way that our team shows our commitment to a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. PPO: People. Purpose. Outcomes. One of our most important priorities at PPO is to create a welcoming culture where everyone …
Curious to know more about the team at PPO? “People at PPO” is a blog series that highlights the work our team does every day. In each post, we interview one of our team members to get an inside view of PPO and to learn about their experience working here. Join us as we tell …
People at PPO: Danielle Smith, Optics Specialist Read More »
PPO is very proud to have an incredible group of women building our technology every day. They have master’s degrees and PhDs.They are a diverse group with representation from places like India, Syria and Poland. Because we have such a diverse team, we wanted to ask them what their experiences have been, being a woman …
