Harrington Hoists has introduced their new CX010 mini hand chain hoist designed for use in high or difficult to reach areas. This hoist has a rated capacity of 1 Ton and is the third model in Harrington’s line of smallest and most lightweight hand chain hoists in the world. This hoist is available with 10 or 20 foot of lift and features a Twist Detector that visually identifies if the bottom hook has been capsized which alerts users to correct the resulting twisted chain before use.
The Frozen Food Foundation, in conjunction with the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), presented Dr. Claire Zoellner, Food Safety Scientist at iFoodDecisionSciences, Inc., with the eleventh annual Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research Award during IAFP’s 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting today. Dr. Zoellner’s innovative research helped advance the safety of frozen foods by addressing the risk of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) contamination through the development of an agent-based computer model (EnABLe) that demonstrates how Lm can be introduced into and transferred around a frozen food facility.
Johnson Controls announced Nate Manning has been appointed vice president and president, Building Solutions, North America. Manning will oversee all elements of strategy development and execution in Building Solutions, North America, focusing on driving growth by delivering customer outcomes that build on the Company's commercial, services and digital strategy, including the recently launched dynamic digital architecture, OpenBlue.
GEA will launch in November its new vertical SmartPacker CX400 D-Zip for pre-packaged food products for retail and foodservice. It combines fast, high-quality operation with maximum flexibility and uptime. Apart from producing premium quality D-ZIP bags, this easy-to-use machine can produce more than 10 different bag styles for a wide variety of applications such as candy, nuts, frozen fruits and grated cheese. The new machine integrates a newly developed corner seal unit, designed to reduce complexity and improve quality, flexibility and serviceability, thereby meeting the demands of today’s processors.
The Massman Companies, a leading group of packaging equipment manufacturing companies, will be exhibiting and demonstrating the capabilities of a number of its machines and systems at Pack Expo Connects 2020, the virtual trade show. Viewers can access the virtual Massman exhibits by visiting www.pe.show/197.
Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has announced its experts will present the latest technologies at Pack Expo Connects from 9 - 13 November, 2020. Across the five show days, Mettler-Toledo will be demonstrating Track & Trace, metal detection, checkweighing, X-ray and vision inspection technologies, presenting a panel session with a Questions and Answers discussion on the Innovation Stage, plus hosting a virtual showroom at Pack Expo Connects.
Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection, the global market leader in product inspection technology, will participate in the virtual Food Safety Summit 2020, October 19 to 22, 2020. The virtual Mettler-Toledo booth will include access to the company’s website as well as to product literature, white papers and videos of the various inspection systems at work. It will also have the capability to chat with Mettler-Toledo product inspection specialists about the capabilities of the individual systems and the unique needs of attendees’ company operations.
The makers of Hormel Black Label Bacon, a leader in breakfast meats in America, announced today the launch of Hormel Black Label Breathable Bacon, a first-of-its-kind innovation. Hormel Black Label Breathable Bacon is a revolutionary face mask featuring the latest in pork-scented technology with two-ply multi-fiber cloth to keep the delicious smell of bacon always wrapped around your nose and mouth.
The Enhanced Platform (EP) for the Eriez Xtreme Metal Detector is a breakthrough method used for the toughest applications, including beef and poultry. In some cases, the technological advances have improved sensitivities by as much as 300%.
The new Mettler Toledo CI-Vision V15 Round Line smart camera inspection system is designed to confirm the presence, completeness and readability of alphanumeric label information and printed 1D and 2D codes on round packaging and reject those packages not in compliance. Target containers can include food jars, cosmetics and household chemicals containers. This provides an essential protection, since the FDA reports that more than half of packaged product recalls are due to incorrect or unreadable labels and printed codes.
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