Production

Pet Food Insights
Automation is easy. Adoption is hard.
The pet food manufacturing industry is entering a new era of automation.
Greater automation implementation without the appropriate handling of the people behind the work being done can lead to confusion, poor adaptability and, ultimately, failure to transition entirely.
Brand Insights
Helping you navigate the evolving pet supplements industry
Petfood Industry
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Pet Food Ingredients
Freeze-dried pet food gains ground in demand, ingredients and manufacturing
Consumer behavior, ingredient innovation and production engineering are converging to move freeze-dried pet food from specialty format to scalable category.
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Business Strategy
From dashboards to decisions: AI's pet food impact
Iván Franco with Triplethree International shares how AI-powered analytics can improve pricing, forecasting and profitability across Latin America's pet food market.
Franco presented a practical framework that combines data, predictive models and AI to improve pricing, demand forecasting and portfolio management.
Production
When pet food capacity outpaces demand, what's a manufacturer to do?
As pandemic-era investment continues to come fully online, manufacturers face growing margin pressure — and must compete on distinctiveness, not just scale.
When the building boom ends, the real competition begins.
Pet Food Equipment
Volkmann expands German facility
The conveying equipment manufacturer added 48,437 square feet to its Soest, Germany, manufacturing center to boost production capacity and shorten North American delivery times.
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Production
Cargill invests in new extrusion pilot plant at Belgium center
Cargill has invested in a new extrusion pilot plant at its Vilvoorde Innovation Center in Mechelen, Belgium.
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Production
10 takeaways: Smarter batching to reduce pet food waste, improve efficiency
During a recent Ask the Petfood Pro, Horizon Systems experts shared practical ways to cut ingredient loss, streamline changeovers and improve throughput without major capital investment.
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Production
Spot & Tango expands production, doubles UnKibble capacity
The pet food company is investing more than $20 million to grow its Pennsylvania facility to 90,000 square feet and add about 50 jobs.
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Production
Sanitary extruder hood designs may reduce pet food recontamination
According to a Petfood Forum Tech Talk from Coperion, reorienting the traditional vacuum takeaway system eliminates a key recontamination risk while improving product safety and process control.
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Production
Purina to celebrate grand opening of Ohio pet food factory
The US$550 million Batavia facility will mark Purina's first ground-up factory construction since 1975.
The new facility is expected to produce leading dry dog and cat food brands, including Purina Pro Plan, Purina ONE and Dog Chow.
Business Strategy
How AI is bringing pet food 4.0 to life
From ingredient discovery to factory floor automation, artificial intelligence is reshaping every link in the pet food value chain.
According to the author, pet food is learning to think.
Pet Supplements & Treats Digest
Quality systems in pet supplement manufacturing demand culture first
One pet supplement manufacturer explains how ingredient sourcing, traceability and a company-wide commitment to quality define responsible production.
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