Inside the Planning Behind a Future-Ready Food and Beverage Plant Part 1: ProFood World

Inside the Planning Behind a Future-Ready Food and Beverage Plant Part 1: ProFood World

Author: Packaging World, ProFood World, Healthcare Packaging, Mundo EXPO Pack May 27, 2026 Duration: 11:48
What does it take to turn an existing facility into a future-ready food and beverage plant? Editor-in-Chief Derrick Teal sits down with Matt Pulskamp, Vice President of Operations at Custom Flavors, and David Sawicki, Vice President of A M King to discuss the company’s East Coast expansion in Concord, N.C. The group talks through how early collaboration, design-build planning, and a flexible facility layout helped shape the project. From utilities and room design to long-term growth nee...

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing is a podcast from Packaging World, ProFood World, Healthcare Packaging, Mundo EXPO Pack that explores innovations and information across the packaging and processing landscape. Each episode connects topics impacting consumer packaged goods and healthcare packaging with the latest technologies in food processing operations. Listen episodes for insights on current trends, practical strategies, and the developments shaping packaging and processing today. Whether you work in packaging, processing, or related careers, you can expect timely discussion of what is changing now and what it means for how products are packaged, produced, and brought to market.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing
Podcast Episodes
Scaling Innovation with State Ingredient Bans Lurking: ProFood World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:37
How can food manufacturers scale innovation and reformulation efforts when a growing patchwork of state-level ingredient bans is reshaping what they can put on shelves? Food manufacturers are using digital twin technolog…
Lean Principles in the Machine Learning Era: ProFood World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:37
What happens when decades-old lean manufacturing principles collide with today's machine learning push in food and beverage plants? Industry experts break down why data standardization, not model-building, is the real bo…
Google Makes Paper Packaging Work: Packaging World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:43
How did Google reach its plastic-free packaging goal a year early, and what did the constraint teach them along the way? Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan talks with Joey Giacomini, packaging design engineer lead at Google,…
Top Takeaways From GS1: Healthcare Packaging [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:38
What will it take for the pharma industry to survive the National Drug Code (NDC) Rule? Editor-in-Chief Liz Cuneo recaps top takeaways from GS1 Connect, where industry leaders unpacked the FDA's coming shift to a standar…
Takeaways From The PACK Out Event: Healthcare Packaging [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:41
What were the top trends and takeaways from the latest PACK OUT event? The fifth anniversary of The PACK Out event highlighted a significant shift toward industry collaboration and sustainable development within medical…
Inside Harvest Station Foods: ProFood World [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:12
What does it really mean to design a facility for freshness? At Harvest Station Foods' new Loudon, Tenn. commissary, disciplined data analysis, USDA-ready room design, and a flexible layout let the facility consolidate d…