Refrigeration plants are typically one of the biggest electricity consumers at food manufacturing plants.

Cedar’s Foods is nearing completion of construction on a new 125,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility at its Ward Hill, Mass., headquarters manufacturing plant.

Columbus McKinnon Corp., Getzville, N.Y., combined the Lodestar’s design with the best-in-class features of Magnetek’s premier variable frequency drives to develop the Lodestar VS.

Bella Verdi, Dripping Springs, Texas, opened the doors to its new 20,000-square-foot greenhouse facility in Austin, Texas.

Emerson, St. Louis, Mo., expanded its control techniques variable speed drive range to include two new models designed specifically for high-speed applications, such as centrifuges for the food and beverage industry.

Electro Static Technology, Mechanic Falls, Maine, released the AEGIS high-frequency ground straps, designed to ensure a very low-impedance path to ground for high-frequency currents generated by VFD-driven motors and systems.

Energy costs can have the biggest impact in the refrigerated and frozen food industry. Learn how simple behaviors in your operators' behaviors, for example, can help reduce energy.