In the past year, the food processing industry has faced several challenges. These challenges include dealing with a surge in demand for retail products while foodservice demand diminishes; keeping employees safe and protected; maintaining construction schedules with project managers under travel bans; and hiring. Food Engineering Magazine published an extremely useful article on the State […]
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On June 18th, PPO presented a webinar that went in depth into spectrometers, how they’re made, and why they are so important for our system. The webinar was presented by Priya Krishnaswamy, PPO’s Optics Specialist; Michael Griffiths, PPO’s Application Specialist. The webinar began by covering the basics of spectroscopy, then moving to how spectrometers are
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Our CEO, Olga Pawluczyk, recently sat down with Future of Ag podcaster Tim Hammerich to talk about how PPO views the future of the food industry. Food processors have been hugely challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in demand, supply chain issues, plant shut-downs, and health concerns about team members have put extra pressure on
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On May 28th, PPO presented a webinar that considered how data can be used to help make your plant more efficient with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning.. The webinar was presented by Brad Oldenburg, PPO’s Director of Data Insights; Jason Jordan, an experienced Plant Operations Manager and Director of Marination Equipment, Applications Specialist &
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On April 23, our CEO, Olga Pawluczyk and our Data Quality Lead, Dr. David Gilbank presented the first in a series of webinars. The webinars will focus on helping food processors increase automation and improve food quality and safety during these challenging times. This webinar started by considering how we can understand the performance of
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“This morning, our inspectors found a tiny speck of hair on a piece of chicken. But last week, they missed a shovel.” Does this sound familiar to you? Many of our clients tell us that food inspectors can be remarkably good at finding foreign materials … sometimes. But they also know that many different factors affect
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The food processing and handling industry is complex and facing a number of big challenges. Consumer tastes are changing, and they have higher expectations of the food they eat. The volume of food being produced in factories is growing fast – almost $800B in 2018! And there are fewer people available to work in food
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PPO is proud to be a part of a fast-growing industry. AgTech is essential to a healthy and sustainable food supply, and many small companies in North America are doing their part. Better Food Ventures is a venture capital firm based in California. They’ve put together a great view of some of the areas where
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