Huntapac is a grower and supplier of root crops such as carrots and parsnips in the United Kingdom. In an effort to develop new value-led product options, the company installed a line to produce carrot powder, with a heat exchanger forming a vital part of the process.

Continuous Processors enable food, nutrition, chemical, pharmaceutical and other manufacturers to track and trace lots in a continuous processing environment.

Perhaps no industry must adapt as quickly to the changing tastes of consumers as the food and beverage business. Product strategies must be designed to meet not just predictable seasons but also changing consumer trends. Due to these increased demands, plant operators often turn to rental heat exchangers as they adapt and maintain their production lines.

The ability to conduct remote testing and product trials with the help of on-site food technologists is part of upgrades made to the RBS Science & Innovation Center. The facility, part of Reading Bakery Systems’ product development and equipment testing capabilities, allows food product manufacturers to test RBS’s baked snack production systems.

While there are myriad solutions, one way is to upgrade the thermal processing equipment to an airless dryer system.

A manufacturer of hygienic shutter valves and pigging systems turned to surface hardening to meet the safety demands of the food industry.

Cypress Brewing, a three-year-old brewery based in Edison, N.J., produces several different varieties of beer, including IPAs, stouts and porters. Best sellers include Insane in the Grain, 17 Mile and Runway Model.

A rental program allows food, chemical, plastics and other processors to test a continuous processor in actual operating conditions prior to purchase. The continuous processors can be used to mix, compound, crystallize, encapsulate and chemically react liquid and dry materials, including in sanitary environments requiring USDA- and 3A-compliant designs.

Tremaine Hartranft was promoted to director of technical sales for bakery and snack-food production equipment maker Reading Bakery Systems (RBS), Robesonia, Pa.