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Investment increases harvesting and portioning capacity in Ellijay, Ga., and enables the facility to produce a broader mix of higher-value, boneless chicken products.

Collecting real-time data can inform processors’ predictive maintenance, as well as yield management and efficiency improvements.

Processors balance labor shortages, production demand, and SKU complexity with more targeted automation and AI-driven decision-making.

Facility in Buford, Ga., becomes Ammega's first global site to exclusively produce water-based polyurethane belts.

Ensuring a building's structural requirements meet processors' needs must be discussed early in the project planning process.

Mike McCarthy shares insights on how production management software solutions can help processors navigate the constantly evolving variables of the meat industry.

Emphasis on machine reliability and increasing output remain key motivators for processors' new equipment purchases.

A 50,000-square-foot expansion boosts production capacity and efficiency while supporting continued growth.

Refrigerator/freezer distribution facility in Florence, S.C., includes 45 loading docks, a Cheney Express and the largest culinary kitchen the company has developed to date. 

Pork processor Triumph Foods invests nearly $30 million to expand its St. Joseph, Mo., facility, increasing cold storage and shipping space and setting the stage for increased production.