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OPERATIONS

BEST PRACTICES from Jorge
Izquierdo, vice president of market
development, PMMI

Pewaukee, Wisconsin-based Mehmert Store Services helps clients like
Jackson Whole Grocer ﬁnd energy-efficient solutions.

standards, the new facility houses
separate room enclosures with
electronic-controlled entry to
better control environmental conditions. Other features
include automated pressurized
air and automated controls for all
processes and packaging, including monitoring line performance,
yields and downtime.

ITW honored by EPA
for energy efficiency
For the 12th consecutive year,
ITW Food Equipment Group,
the parent company of Hobart,
Baxter, Traulsen, Vulcan, Wolf,
Stero, Wittco and many other
equipment brands, has earned
the nation's highest honor for
energy efficiency.
ITW is a winner of the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency's ENERGY STAR Partner
of the Year-Sustained
Excellence Award.
In addition to winning Partner
of the Year-Sustained Excellence
awards every year since 2010,
ITW also won ENERGY STAR
Partner of the Year awards in

2008 and 2009. "For a dozen
years now, we have been
building a strong partnership
with the ENERGY STAR program
and the EPA and we are proud
to say today that it is stronger
than ever," says Lei Schlitz, ITW's
executive vice president, ITW
Food Equipment Group. "At ITW
Food Equipment Group, we are
committed to delivering energy
and resource efficiency in our
products because it's important
to our customers, the right thing
for our industry, and an imperative for the world."
Some of the highlights of ITW
Food Equipment Group's energy
efficient equipment and technology introductions in 2018 and
2019 include:
* An 8% increase in the
availability of ENERGY STAR
certiﬁed models.
* ENERGY STAR certiﬁcation for
Vulcan's ECO2 ½ Size Electric
Convection Oven and VC4 and
VC6 Series Electric Convection
Ovens, which made Vulcan the
only convection oven manufacturer to achieve ENERGY STAR

Factor energy efficiency into ROI and TCO
Not too long ago, discussions about efficiency and sustainability were siloed, but that way of thinking has given
way to an understanding that the two can be mutually
beneﬁcial. By minimizing the energy consumption of
equipment, processors save on utilities in the long run.
It's a purchasing strategy that requires decision makers to
see the bigger picture, and importantly, to factor these
savings when determining ROI for a new purchase as well
as total cost of ownership (TCO).
In the OpX Leadership Network's Total Cost of
Ownership Packaging and Processing Machine Guidelines
for CPGs and OEMs, utility and energy expenses factor
into acquisition costs. The guidelines encourage end users
to consider compressed air, electrical, gas, water and water
treatment when calculating TCO. Neglecting to do so
can paint an incomplete picture and prompt companies to
spend more in the long run.
Implement solutions that boost operational efficiency
As equipment becomes more energy efficient, it is also
becoming more agile, fostering operational efficiency.
Food and beverage processors pursuing a greater diversity
of products that require shorter runs, shorter changeover
times and streamlined cleaning efforts call for solutions
that ultimately minimize energy usage and waste.
Clean-in-place (CIP) options, modular components and
user-friendly human machine interface (HMI) technologies invite greater operational efficiency and contribute to
reductions in utility usage and expenses. Inspection and
detection equipment help processors identify potential
issues early on, minimizing fully costed waste - and the
much larger and costlier expenditure and brand damage
that can come with a recall.

certiﬁcation for all of its ovens.
* Conversion of multiple
Traulsen refrigeration equipment production lines to low
global warming potential refrigerants that maintain or improve
on prior model energy usage.
* The introduction of the
foodservice equipment industry's most efficient ﬂight

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type dishwasher, the Hobart
FT1000e.
* The launch of a new total cost
of ownership calculator for the
Hobart brand's dishwashing
line, which calculates the water
and energy savings that can be
realized when comparing a new,
ENERGY STAR-certiﬁed dish machine with other machines.
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