Dairy Processing - September/October 2022 - 44

PACKAGING
Streamlining
THE PROCESS
Faced with labor and cost constraints, the dairy
industry turns to automation for packaging solutions.
by Allison Gibeson | dairyprocessing@sosland.com
L
ike all segments within food and beverage
manufacturing, the dairy industry finds itself facing
a shrinking labor force. As a result, all phases of the
production process - including packaging - are becoming
increasingly automated, leading many in the industry to
realize they need to change the way they approach their
operational strategies.
" Due to the fluid nature of the workforce and difficulty
keeping good employees, we recognize that training is often
no longer the solution, " said Don Maxwell, Midwest regional
sales manager for Chicago-based Triangle Packaging Machinery
Company. " Triangle is working towards a simple, intuitive
machine like your smart phone that anyone can operate. Our
goal is to make it a machine that anyone can run. "
DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS
Cost pressures also are leading to increased automation, as
companies seek to mitigate increases in direct input costs,
energy, freight and labor, according to John Kearny, marketing
director for dairy with Amcor.
" We are, as an industry, experiencing an acceleration of
automation activities and projects that span across the
entire dairy and cheese value stream, from milking to
cheese production, processing, packaging and even
freight companies are finding new ways to leverage
automation, " Kearny said. " COVID and post-COVID
impacts on labor availability have highlighted
inefficiencies and pain points within the overall food
industry. "
He said automation is a key component not
only for optimizing the current work force, but also
providing significant opportunities to drive out cost
and enhance profitability by driving manufacturing
efficiencies.
Given this background, Wendel André dos Santos,
manager of automation engineering at Tetra Pak, said
a combination of new technologies like the cloud, data
Companies are using data to inform actions and
improve the quality of products.
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