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How to Choose the Right Molding for Hardwood Installations

Jack Ulstrom with Artistic Finishes answers a few common questions about profiles, trims and transitions.




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Versatrim Versaflex Wins 2023 Top Flooring Products: Installation Products

The Versaflex collection features seven different flexible molding and trim options, in addition to flooring and stair solutions.




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Laticrete Profiles and Trims Hit Shelves Nationwide

Laticrete coordinates their profiles and trims pieces to their most popular grout colors and caulks, designers, installers and homeowners giving the ability to create seamless looks across an entire installation.




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Versatrim Invests in Product Development, Manufacturing and People

Versatrim President and CEO Keith Medick shares how the floor moldings manufacturer is adding new products and new services. 




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Performance Accessories Provides New Innovations and Upgraded Digital Experience

Performance Accessories offers a total system of industry-leading flooring solutions — including trims and transitions, stair solutions, adhesives, underlayments and cleaners — designed to complement and complete any flooring installation. 




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Versatrim Announces Partnership with Fittes, Expanding Product Offering

Versatrim adds Fittes flush and framed vent designs to complement residential flooring projects.





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Versatrim Expands Versaflex Collection to Include Corner Molding

Versatrim has expanded its Versaflex collection to include a corner molding profile.




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Anodized Aluminum Stair Profile with Textured Slip-resistant PVC Tread

Schluter-TREP-V is an anodized aluminum profile with a PVC tread that protects tiled stair edges.




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Versatrim Introduces Fittes Vents

These stylish and functional vents complement your flooring projects, adding a touch of modern elegance to any space.




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Versatrim Announces New Delivery Guarantee

The company's new guarantee states that if an order is not shipped on time, the customer's next order will ship for free.




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Color Coordination for Tile Installations: Nailing the Details in Profiles, Trims, Grouts, and Sealants

Laticrete’s Ben Lampi offers advice on pairing color and finishes to take a tile installation to the next level. 




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Four New Profiles Added to Tarkett's Johnsonite Millwork Wall Base System

Four new profiles come in 114 color options as well as digitally printed designs to match any aesthetic. 




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Versatrim Launches New VersaCap Round Profile and Expands Stair Solutions Offerings

Versatrim introduces the VersaCap Round Profile, designed to enhance the aesthetic appeal and functionality of stair applications, providing a seamless finish that complements any interior design. 




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Mannington's SimpleStairs Stair Treads Offer Exact Match for AduraMax, AduraRigid, AduraFlex and Realta Wood-Look Floors

Mannington’s SimpleStairs stair treads offer a seamless look for luxury vinyl flooring installations with treads that exactly match Mannington's AduraMax, AduraRigid, AduraFlex and Realta wood-look floors. 




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Bolthouse Fresh Foods Revamps Corporate Logo, Debuts New Consumer Brand

Beyond its refreshed corporate logo, Bolthouse Fresh Foods is revealing its new consumer brand, Bolthouse Fresh, and packaging for its consumer-facing portfolio of fresh carrots and on-the-go snacking solutions.




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Meal Kit Providers Adopt Aptar-Food Protection SeaWell Active Packaging

Already utilized by major retailers across the U.S., the active packaging solution has now been adopted for direct-to-consumer shipping of various seafood items.




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Lantana Foods Rebrands Hummus Line

Carving a niche for its distinct flavor combinations, the new packaging – which is fully recyclable – positions the brand's pairings as "Fusion Hummus" and features the brand's vibrant colors.




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GEA Introduces PowerPak 1000 Thermoformer

The PowerPak 1000 has been specially developed as an entry-level machine for the thermoforming segment and offers advanced functions previously reserved for machines in the higher performance range.




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Fresh Inset Brings Vidre+ Complex to U.S.

Vidre+ makes fresh produce packaging and label functional and adaptable into a smart version with adjustable protection against the negative effects of ethylene.




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USDA Releases Updated Guideline to Strengthen Substantiation of Animal-Raising and Environment-Related Claims on Meat and Poultry Labels

In the updated guideline, FSIS strongly encourages the use of third-party certification to substantiate animal-raising or environment-related claims.




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New England Coffee Company Debuts Compostable Single-Serve Pods

Developed by PurPod, the pods have replaced all of New England Coffee’s former single-serve plastic pods to deliver a richer aroma and fresher coffee flavor with materials that are friendlier to the environment, reducing plastic waste. 




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Health Claims Particularly Likely to Influence Younger Consumers, Survey Finds

The ingredients most likely to influence purchasing decisions were probiotics, vitamins and minerals and fiber.




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SÜDPACK, LEIBINGER Join Forces on Continuous Inkjet Inks for Recyclable Film Packaging

SÜDPACK and industrial printing specialist LEIBINGER have joined forces test the suitability of continuous inkjet (CIJ) inks for printing on recyclable films for packaging food that is sterilized following the packaging process.




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Koehler Introduces Flexible Paper Packaging Options for Tea

The different types of flexible packaging paper cover a range of requirements — from good knurling and heat‐sealing properties with or without a barrier function, to teabag wrapping and flow packs.




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SÜDPACK Touts Multipeel Reclose System for Meat and Cheese Packaging

In a Multipeel pack, sliced cheese loses less moisture and weight after being opened for the first time, compared to a packaging concept without a reclose system.




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Partnership Puts Luminous Lager in Glow-In-The-Dark Cans

The 5.0% ABV lager comes in a 16-oz. glow-in-the-dark can designed to add a bit of fun for those using a festive hiking trail this fall and winter.




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Genecis Bioindustries Launches Mad Tea Brand with Compostable Pods

Mad Tea pods are fully compatible with Nespresso machines, allowing consumers to brew teas in under 30 seconds.




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Once Upon a Farm Continues Rise with Automated Packaging System

The company employs more than 100 full-time people and relies on several co-packers throughout the U.S. to service its national retail partners and consumer base.




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Do Your Packaging Machines Speak the Same Language?

While the vocabulary doesn’t have to be large, each machine should know about stops and starts upstream and downstream.




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Packaging Generates Sales for Emerging Brands

Well-designed packaging can provide shelf impact to attract attention and set the product apart from its competition, enhance usability, prevent damage, maximize shelf life and offer sustainable attributes.




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Checkweighers of the Past, Present and Future

Delve into the origins of checkweighing systems, how the technology evolved and why these machines continue to remain integral.




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UPM Specialty Papers Joins Forces with Michelman on Recyclable Paper Packaging

UPM Specialty Papers has used coatings from Michelman to develop recyclable paper packaging designed for food applications.




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The Benefits of Refurbished Bottle Conveyors in Bottling

The advantages of choosing refurbished or hybrid conveyors, especially when considering bottle conveyors, are numerous and extend beyond simple cost savings.




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UPM Specialty Papers Partners with Eastman on Paper Food Packaging with Compostable Coating

The solution integrates Eastman’s biobased and compostable Solus performance additives with BioPBS polymer to form a thin coating on UPM’s compostable and recyclable barrier base papers.




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Innovation, tradition make Sanders and Morley Candy Makers a fabulous food plant

Sanders and Morley Candy Makers, which first worked its way into the hearts of those who live in Michigan with factory tours for school kids, is beloved in its home state and is growing nationally.




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Hausbeck Pickle Co. produces pickles and peppers on a prodigious scale

Most people have likely never heard of The Hausbeck Pickle Co. in Saginaw, MI, but there’s a good chance they’ve had one of its pickles, banana peppers or jalapeños.




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How Ben & Jerry's successfully manages its plants

Ben & Jerry's company principles drive the operations and the floor workers at the company’s ice cream factory in St. Albans, Vt.




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Food quality, employee safety reign supreme at Seaboard Triumph Foods

There is not a single aspect of the Seaboard Triumph Foods pork processing facility in Sioux City, Iowa, that does not pay attention to detail.




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Hispanic Cheese Makers' fabulous food plant sets the bar for reducing waste

What Hispanic Cheese Makers is doing with its wastewater and with its sustainability efforts overall makes it a model for producers looking for ways to be sustainable and good neighbors, and it’s why Hispanic Cheese Makers is being featured as a Fabulous Food Plant.




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Fabulous Food Plants: Design, build, succeed

These projects show that renovations and new facilities aren't just for the billion-dollar food and beverage processors. Small and medium-sized processors can benefit from properly scaled and engineered solutions too.




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How Prestage Foods of Iowa built a state-of-the-art pork processing plant

Producing more than 1.4 billion pounds of pork and turkey annually, the Prestage Farms family of companies employs more than 2,700 associates and is affiliated with more than 470 farm families across the U.S.




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Clif Bar’s visual bakery project has the company ahead of the game

Clif Bar's Twin Falls bakery was named Food Engineering’s Sustainable Plant of the Year in 2017. The Indianapolis bakery has a different—although equally successful—story to tell.




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Pod Pack’s ERP system keeps the coffee moving

Pod Pack, a Baton Rouge, La.-based coffee processor, turned to the DELMIAworks ERP system to help keep up with demand. The new system has allowed to company to adapt quickly to changing conditions and be prepared for future growth.




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Fab Food Plant: Going to the dogs (and cats)

As the pet food industry has grown, so has the need for quality ingredients. Pet food brand owners seek natural foods with high protein and clean label options as owners treat their dogs and cats as family members.




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Fab Food Plant: Tyson’s innovative case-ready meat facility in Eagle Mountain, Utah

Within its walls is one of the most technically advanced food processing plants in the country—a greenfield project built from the ground up with automation, labor savings, sustainability and smart design throughout.





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Facility Innovations

For our coverage of Fabulous Food Plants this year, we decided to do something a little bit different in honor of “plants,” aka flora. When we think of food plants, we almost immediately think of processing facilities, but there’s so much more to food production than the processing plant. So, seeing how plant-based foods are altering the ways consumers think about protein, we decided to alter the way we think about food plants.




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FOOD ENGINEERING Announces Opening of 2024 Plant of the Year/Sustainable Plant of the Year Submissions

Plant of the Year entrants are automatically entered into the Sustainable Plant of the Year competition. All entries are due by December 29, 2023.




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These Food Plants are Fabulous for Very Different Reasons

Conagra Brands’ ‘Green Jay’ and Graeter’s ice cream production facility take diverging paths for production, but both facilities meet the aims of their respective companies.




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Tyson Foods Opens Virginia Production Plant

The company has opened a $300 million fully-cooked food production facility in Danville, Va.




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Emmi Roth Debuts New Headquarters

The new 158,000-sq.-ft. building also houses Emmi Roth’s new state-of-the-art conversion facility, which will cup, bag, wedge, shred and crumble the company’s cheese products for a variety of brands.