News on Processing Equipment from Louisiana

Commercial Food Sanitation (CFS) opened its first stand-alone training facility, CFS Institute North America, in New Orleans. The 13,700 sq. ft. center offers hands-on training, labs, and collaboration to advance food safety, hygiene, and efficiency.

Intralox LugDrive Series 8240 is a hygienic, solid thermoplastic belt built for small transfers. Able to wrap around transfer rollers as small as 1 in (25 mm) in diameter

In the second half of 2024 alone, multiple high-profile contaminant outbreaks shook the food industry—and challenged consumers’ trust in it.

Intralox unveils updated strategies and tools to prevent the top 5 causes of conveyor-related foreign material contamination (FMC), helping food processors enhance safety, reduce recalls, and extend belt life through proactive prevention.

Intralox launches new solutions to improve conveyor performance: CleanLock™ sprockets, ZeroSplice® on ThermoDrive® belts, S570 Tight Transfer belting, AIM Glide™, S2900 Spiral belting, durable ThermoDrive materials, and new Support Videos.

With Intralox LugDrive™ Series 8140 belting, food industry manufacturers can now purchase high-quality, hygienic lug-driven belts supported by Intralox’s expertise and guarantees. 

Intralox unveiled their latest innovation, ZeroSplice technology, to offer food processors a reliable alternative to splicing their belts. ZeroSplice technology enables food processors to connect ThermoDrive belting sections quickly and easily without field splicing.

When your brand is at stake, you need a partner you can trust. At Intralox, expertise is focused on addressing challenges before they arise. Intralox FoodSafe solutions make foreign material contamination, pathogens, and allergen risks an afterthought.

For the third time in four years, Intralox is expanding operations at its Hammond, Louisiana, location. This time, the company is more than doubling its footprint with a USD 60 million expansion

Belt materials may look similar in their raw form, but they can have completely different compositions. This one is high among those critical choices that can make or break your plant’s productivity.

This case study by Intralox at US subsidiary of snack manufacturer Calbee shows how a proper choice of belt type can reduce both cleaning labor and cleaning time. 

TOMRA Sorting Solutions will showcase its market-leading Halo 500 system at this year’s PMA Fresh Summit Expo in New Orleans.