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Coffee Processing Plant Build of the Year

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BY Edmund Sinnott | March 16, 2020 | Case Study , Process System Coffee Chain-Vey

A large coffee import and processing company wanted to grow its green coffee cleaning, processing, and handling capacity. The company relied on MPE’s Systems Engineering Group to design the majority of its process system with key features such as tubular drag conveyance, custom-designed mezzanine funnels, automated batching, and dust collection, among others. “We wanted to provide the customer with

December 20, 2019

Precision Manufacturing is Essential to Capsule Success

Portion packs are the new normal for high-volume roasters. Revenue from capsule coffee exceeded sales of traditionally packaged ground roast in the U.S. for the first time last year. In 2015 Americans will consume more than 1.8 billion cups of single-serve a month. European roasters will produce nearly as many espresso capsules and tea blenders
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Left to Right: Scott Will, Director of Business Development; Andrew Willse, Business Unit Manager; Andrew Huynh, Sales Engineer; Dan Ephraim, President.

Findings from Pack Expo/IBIE 2019

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BY Cyberoptik | October 22, 2019 | News , Process System Coffee Chain-Vey Food, Chemical, & Mineral

This is part of a series of Q&As with MPE Sales Engineers on what takeaways and trends they learned at trade shows.

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Bird Feed Conveyance: A Case Study

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BY Cyberoptik | September 10, 2018 | Case Study , Process System Chain-Vey

Located in Fort Dodge IA, Premier Bird Foods produces high quality bird feed.

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Coffee Storage: Options for Mid- to Large-Sized Roasteries

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BY Edmund Sinnott | February 8, 2018 | Case Study , Process System Coffee

Coffee storage is an oft-forgotten but unsung hero of great coffee process systems.

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Green Coffee Unloading: Options for Mid- to Large-Sized Roasteries

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BY Cyberoptik | January 5, 2018 | Case Study , Process System Coffee

MPE Systems Group engineering teams work with several types of green coffee unloading systems.

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Building A Mid- to Large-Scale Specialty Coffee Roasting Plant — A Practical Approach

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BY Cyberoptik | August 2, 2017 | Case Study , Process System Coffee

Part 2 of 2 — Getting to Work By Andi Trindle Mersch | Photos by Ramind Lee IN THE FIRST PART of this two-part series—published in Roast’s January/February 2017 issue—we prepared for the practical work of designing and building a mid- to large-scale specialty coffee roasting plant. We discussed creating a master vision plan, forming a

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Making Breakfast Biscuits: A Case Study

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BY Edmund Sinnott | July 25, 2017 | Case Study , Process System Chain-Vey

Bakery Co.* is a multi-billion dollar food processing company that produces a popular breakfast biscuit (and several variations) consisting of rolled oats, rye flakes, various flours and other ingr

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Ferris Coffee: Efficiency and Flexibility in a Complete Build-Out

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BY Cyberoptik | November 10, 2016 | Case Study , Process System

Ferris Coffee & Nut Co. is a specialty roaster located in Grand Rapids, MI. They first reached out to MPE with the goal of modernizing their previous operations to achieve a hi

International Powder & Bulk Solids Expo 2021

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BY Jentry Prine | January 8, 1995 | Tradeshows , Process System Chain-Vey Food, Chemical, & Mineral

Join MPE at the 2021 International Powder & Bulk Solids Conference & Exhibition, also known as “The Powder Show”. The only event in the western hemisphere bringing together the powder & bulk solids handling and dry processing sector – the community of OEMs, process engineers, and executives whose activity accounts for 70% of the manufacturing