Ideas Showcase

Wednesday, April 15
 

Visit Exhibit Hall Stage A for presentations on:

• 10:30-10:50a - Key Resin Company/Flow Resin
  • Antimicrobial Urethane Cement Flooring for Cheese & Dairy Industries: Our FlowFresh Anti-Microbial Urethane Cement Flooring allows maintenance crews to manage bacterial exposure, thermal shock and chemical resistance.
  • Speaker: Tony Lee, Sales Representative
• 11:00-11:20a - Alfa Laval Inc.
  • Alfa Laval Process Technologies that can Transform Cheese Production: Share how smart technology choices can simultaneously boost productivity, enhance sustainability & improve profitability across dairy operations.
  • Speaker: Sheldon Young, Sustainability Solutions Specialist
• 12:30-12:50p - Air Quality Process
  • Airflow: The Hidden Driver of Quality and Consistency in Cheese Plants: A ground-level perspective on how environmental controls directly impact cheese production quality and consistency.
  • Speaker: Vilius Navickas, Sales Representative
• 1:00-1:20p - Lallemand Specialty Cultures
  • Innovative Ripening Techniques for Smear-Ripened Cheeses: Ripening smear-ripened cheeses traditionally requires many washing steps. New techniques are now available to simplify the ripening process.
  • Speakers: Francois Desroches, Technical Sales Manager
• 1:30-1:50p - Novonesis
  • The Science Behind the Slice: Delivering Next-Level Cheese with Biosolutions: Explore the science that can help take your cheesemaking to the next level, focusing on the powerful synergy between two advanced biosolutions: CHY-MAX® Supreme and DVS™ Sinergia.
  • Speaker: Emilio Vigliengo, Principal Scientist
• 2:00-2:20p - rheonics
  • Optimize Cheese Yield with Rheonics CoaguTrack: Maximize cheese yield with CoaguTrack. Inline, real-time curd firmness monitoring for the perfect cut. Hygienic, precise, and maintenance-free.
  • Speaker: Sunil Kumar, Chief Commercial Officer
• 2:30-2:50p - Tetra Pak Inc.
  • Exploring the Equipment Rejuvenation Lifecycle in Cheese Production: Learn how Tetra Pak helps processors assess, repair or replace equipment to minimize downtime, optimize production and maximize lifecycle savings.
  • Speaker: Todd Stertz, Services Sales Support Manager
• 3:00-3:20p - SOMIC Packaging, Inc.
  • Retailers Move Fast. You Need to Move Faster: Packaging Agility Today!: Meeting the challenge to offer a wide range of case configurations, retail display standards and SKU specific demands in today's challenging climate.
  • Speaker: Peter Fox, Chief Executive Officer
• 3:30-3:50p - DuPont
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Innovative Sanitary Reverse Osmosis Membranes: Next-gen reverse osmosis membranes power dairy innovation with improved performance, productivity, and energy savings.
  • Speaker: Noel Carr, Global Dairy Market Leader

Exhibit Hall Stage B features:
 

• 10:30-10:50a - Circle Incorporated
  • Exporting 640-pound Blocks of Cheese with a Sustainable Package: Sustainable packaging for export 640s. Allowing cheese manufacturers, the ability for long term storage while stacking six high in their facilities.
  • Speaker: Marc Pelchat, Director of Sales and Marketing
• 11:00-11:20a - Kelley Supply, Inc
  • Shelf-Life Extension: Discussion of some of the most active areas where antimicrobials are being used to extend shelf life, what’s new about them, and where they fit best.
  • Speaker: Shelby Sheppard, Sr. Product Manger - Food Ingredients
• 12:30-12:50p - Deville Technologies Inc.
  • Innovative Cheese Cubing Lines for High-Speed Processing: Modular cubers with servo or pneumatic actuation deliver uniform cubes at up to 18,000 lbs./hr., ensuring sanitation, safety, and ergonomic handling.
  • Speaker: Felice Siciliano, Market Manager
• 1:00-1:20p - Rockwell Automation
  • Doing More with Less: AI-Powered Solutions for Dairy Processors: Industrial AI helps dairy processors tackle labor shortages, complexity, and rising costs, boosting productivity and throughput.
  • Speaker: Lance Rodenfels, Global Director, Simulation and Data Science Sales
• 1:30-1:50p - Xylem
  • Sustainability through Effective Water Treatment in Dairy Processing: Xylem's water treatment solutions throughout a facility are designed for sustainability, water reuse and decreased demand of fresh or source water.
  • Speaker: Jose Molina, Senior Business Developer
• 2:00-2:20p - dsm-firmenich
  • Mastering Mozzarella Making: How to Win on Yield and Consistency: Discover the science behind a culture–coagulant solution formulated to drive higher yield and optimized mozzarella performance from process to pack.
  • Speaker: Kees Muijlwijk, Principal Expert, Product Application Cheese
• 2:30-2:50p - ZwitterCo, Inc.
  • New Anti-Fouling Membranes for Use in the Dairy Industry: FDA-compliant Evolution membranes increase productivity through higher flux and shorter, simpler cleaning programs as direct RO & UF replacements.
  • Speaker: Scott Brown, Senior Business Development Manager
• 3:00-3:20p - Global Dairy Trade
  • Digital Dairy Sales: Leveraging E- Platforms in Volatile Markets: Use of GDT as a digital e-platform enabling agile sales pivots, global buyer access, and real-time price discovery for growing U.S. dairy exports.
  • Speaker: Todd, Wittlinger, VP Sales North America
• 3:30-3:50p - KleenMark
  • A3 Testing: Catching Hidden Contamination in Cheese Plants: Discover why ATP testing misses 30-40% of contamination in cheese plants—and how A3 technology catches what standard tests miss.
  • Speaker: Nick Helwig, Distribution Sales Manager