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May 6, 2009

Food Sector Network Delivering New Resources for Processors & Manufacturers

Since the launch of EMC's new Food Sector Manufacturing Network, needed resources have been developed for food & beverage processors/manufacturers.

For many years, Canadian food and beverage manufacturers have enjoyed a relatively ‘recession-free' existence in our economy. As an essential sector to everyone's lives, global forces have been slower to impact food sector processors and manufacturers than it has on others such as forestry/wood products, textiles or automotive. Food prices in Canada have climbed steadily and Canadians continue to pay for these essential products, regardless of price.

In the past few years however,…

May 6, 2009

New Food & Beverage Sector Engineering & Maintenance Publication Launched

By Scott McNeil-Smith

CLB Media's PEM Magazine (Plant & Engineering Maintenance) and Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium team up on special national Food & Beverage Sector digital publication.

EMC's Food Sector network initiative just had its member resources turned up a notch, with today's launch of a new digital publication focused on Engineering and Maintenance for the Food & Beverage sector.

Food & Beverage Engineering & Maintenance is a new publication developed by CLB Media's PEM Magazine (Plant & Engineering Maintenance) in cooperation with Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC). The ideas for this new supplement were developed by PEM's…

April 23, 2009

Fresh Ideas for Green Manufacturing

By Scott McNeil-Smith

RSS feed from The Globe and Mail - RANDY RAY (author)
April 22, 2009

If healthy sales and happy consumers are true measures of success, the operators of Arthur's Fresh Co. Ltd. should be toasting each other morning, noon and night with the nutritious beverages made at their Toronto processing plant.

But while a 1,250-per-cent increase in sales of their fruit and vegetable smoothies and juices in the past five years and a recent expansion into the United States are cause for celebration, brothers Travis and Scott Bell prefer to trumpet another aspect of …

January 12, 2009

EMC Launches Advanced Peer-to-Peer Network for Food Sector

By Scott McNeil-Smith

EMC Launches Peer-to-Peer Food Sector Consortium and Online Network for Food & Beverage Manufacturers & Processors. Initiative Provides Terrific ROI: Significant $$ Rebates on New-Hire Interns and In-House Lean & Continuous Improvement Training, Coaching and Implementation

Ontario's Ministry Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) and Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) are helping Food Sector Manufacturers and Processors across Ontario to enhance their global competitiveness, protect jobs and engage leading-edge professional peer-to-peer knowledge networks, through advanced manufacturing training, next generation Web 2.0 networks and labour-pool building initiatives designed specifically for this important sector.

EMC's ‘Food Sector…