NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2024 97 Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer, developed a cloud-based data management platform, sciORIAN™, as a digital solution to help rendering operations gain efficiency and productivity by optimizing application systems, as well as gleaning new process insights to make strategic decisions about their businesses. According to the statement from Kemin, with sciORIAN, rendering operations can monitor their systems anytime from anywhere. The platform includes bulk tank monitoring so rendering operations can check Kemin product levels in real-time from a computer or smartphone. The platform also offers applicator monitoring, which is an effective applicator dashboard that allows renderers to monitor the system and identify issues in real time. Both systems will automatically send critical warnings and alerts via email or text message, based on configuration and role-based access. Rendering operations can also use sciORIAN to assist with data analysis. The platform collects data from different sensors and analyses it to give renderers new process insights that allow for predictive actions and analytics. sciORIAN can create tailor-made reports and dashboards and share real-time information about application systems, which can reduce overall cost of rendering operations, increase productivity, and make implementation of Kemin products easier. “sciORIAN will help renderers transform their processes with self-optimization,” said Raf Snoekx, Associate Director – Digital Solutions, Kemin Industries. “The platform includes responsive application and software support and uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable self-optimization of processes. This can improve agility and reactivity while also improving quality and safety.” Read more>> Kemin unveils cloud-based technology for rendering operations Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. announced the completion of the acquisition of substantially all assets of ISE America, Inc. and certain affiliates for approximately $110 million. Cal-Maine Foods is funding the acquisition with available cash on hand. The acquired ISE assets include commercial shell egg production and processing facilities with current capacity of approximately 4.7 million laying hens, including 1.0 million cage-free, and 1.2 million pullets, feed mills, approximately 4,000 acres of land, inventories and an egg products breaking facility. The acquired assets also include an extensive customer distribution network across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, and production operations in Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and South Carolina. Read more>> Cal-Maine Foods acquires egg production assets of ISE America for $110 million
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