This article focuses on upgrading and improving a packing process to comply with current good manufacturing practices. The authors sought to maintain proper quality assurance for finished products.

In the “Automate the Freight” series, I’ve concentrated on stories that reflect my premise that the killer app for self-driving vehicles will not be private passenger cars, but will more likely be the ...

When John Schaefer Jr. took over as president of Jack Brown Produce Inc. in Alpine Township in 1988, his main goal, he said, was to "simplify the apple packing business." Looking at the new ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — LaBradford Smith is famous for something he never said. It was after a strong performance by Smith against the Bulls that Michael Jordan invented being insulted by the young guard, ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A first-of-its-kind packing line at the Central California Food Bank will now significantly reduce the amount of time and volunteers needed to sort through these giant boxes ...

Attie van Zyl, Two-a-Day's managing director, says the new line will allow them to pack to 44 different detailed specifications from a single grower's fruit at a speed of eight pieces of fruit per ...