Pet Food Equipment: Page 5

CPM Holdings acquires Proline Engineering

Proline Engineering was based in Manchester, UK.

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Pet Food Market

Diamond Pet Food may expand California, USA facility

Diamond will need a permit from the San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District before construction can proceed.

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Pet Food Market

Mexican superpremium pet food workshop speaker announced

In Mexico, superpremium dog and cat foods continue to grow in popularity, taking market share from established premium brands.

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Private equity firm to sell processing technology company

IK Investment Partners has announced that the IK 2007 Fund has reached an agreement to sell Schenck Process to Blackstone investment firm.

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Pet food processing equipment market shows growth

The pet food processing equipment market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.5 percent in the next six years to reach a market of US$4.27 billion by 2022.

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Freshpet cuts downtime with automatic splicing

Freshpet is looking to cut downtime and increase productivity with the installation of a second Butler Auto-splicer on their Chub-maker line.

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Mars will install new equipment in Hungary pet food plant

US-based manufacturer Mars plans to invest HUF 1.5 billion (US$5.5 million) in installing new production equipment at its Hungarian pet food plant, raising the headcount by 70 to around 900.

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High pressure processing: more raw pet food research needed

Scientists haven’t published much research on a key raw pet food pasteurization technique, called high pressure processing, although it is widely used.

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Why pet food extruder maintenance saves time, money

Reducing employee turn-over can help pet food manufacturers improve production and reduce equipment costs.

Ideally, the gauges of an extruder’s pressure zone will look approximately like these, and achieving those pressures requires proper maintenance, said Gary Lierz, Extru-Tech service technician during Petfood Technology Workshop Mexico. | photo by Tim Wall

Pet Food Market

Reiser expanding US headquarters and pet food test center

Reiser, a food processing and packaging equipment company, has begun construction on an expansion to its Canton, Massachusetts headquarters, where pet food product development can be performed.

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Pet food extrusion: specialty processing flexibility is key

As trends such as specialty ingredients and high-meat formulations grow in the pet food market, extruders are innovating to ensure success for themselves and their customers.

Extrusion in pet food continues to put innovation and flexibility at the forefront of its success. | iStockPhoto.com/Sasha Radosavljevic

Pet Food Processing

How to boost profits by looking at moisture in pet food

Pet food manufacturers track maintenance costs and sometimes energy costs, but rarely do they track the costs associated with over drying. Frequently, the dryer isn’t even considered until yields are visibly reduced. The good news is a pet food manufacturer can easily find opportunities to make improvements just by looking closely at the drying step. The return can be especially high.

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