6 Reasons to Visit Our Process Expo Booth

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With over 500 exhibitors at this year’s Process Expo, each offering solutions to your various needs, deciding which booths to visit, interact with, and pick up information from won’t be an easy task.

Where do you start? Which manufacturers are offering solutions to your operational needs? How do you narrow it down so you have time to visit and converse with the right manufacturers and attend the educational sessions on your list? How do you avoid getting stuck at manufacturer’s booths who promise one thing but clearly can’t deliver?

The questions are endless.

We know the struggle and the time constraint you’ll face while walking the McCormick Place this September. To help you out, we have put together six reasons why you will want to visit the Fusion Tech booth at this year’s Process Expo:

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6 Reasons to Invest in a Custom Designed Conveyor

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Do a quick Google search for food conveyor, and you’ll find thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of results – most of which are stock conveyors. The manufacturer has specific sizes, options, and styles of conveyors they build, and spend big bucks convincing you to buy what they have in stock.

It’s a great business model for them. Not so much for you.

They have a few styles of conveyors they pump out in mass, only have to train their employees to build a few versions, offer select few options, and try to convince you to buy them, whether it fits your specific application or not.

There is a better way.

Custom designed conveyor systems are all about you and your specific application needs. You can get exactly what you need, designed to meet your specific goals, and not have to work around stock equipment that doesn’t quite fit.

Here are 6 reasons why purchasing custom designed conveyor systems are the better choice:

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Fusion Tech: A Proud Small Business

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It’s National Small Business Week – a week set aside every year to recognize the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Small businesses, like us here at Fusion Tech, are a driving force in the American economy. More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, and they create about two out of every three new jobs in the U.S. each year.

We are proud to be counted in such an amazing group of entrepreneurs and visionaries who set out to create something new, add to the economy, and provide jobs for those in their local community.

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5 Reasons to Attend Process Expo

5 Reasons You Should Attend Process Expo

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Imagine a place where you can view and interact with the latest equipment and technology in the food processing industry, discover solutions that fit your processing needs, and attend sessions to grow your knowledge of the industry and do it all in 4 days without paying a registration fee.

Sounds too good to be true, right?

You don’t need to imagine it! The Process Expo, held September 15-18 at McCormick Place in Chicago, is all of that and more!

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Supporting Equipment You (Likely) Need In Your Plant

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Every plant, every operation, requires some form of supporting equipment to help the process go smoothly. Moving, lifting, and storing product is essential to increasing product yield and keeping your operation running at peak efficiency – and often requires a number of pieces of supporting equipment to make it all happen.

While the specifics might vary from plant to plant, and food industry to food industry, we have found 9 main pieces of supporting equipment that are used in the majority of plants, no matter the food industry.

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Fusion Tech Participates in Manufacturing Day

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On Friday, March 27, Fusion Tech participated in the annual Manufacturing Day and Welding Competition held at Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois. Organized as a way for current college and high school students to learn about exciting career opportunities available in the manufacturing field, the Carl Sandburg College Manufacturing Day was a prime way for Fusion Tech to continue investing in the next generation of manufacturing professionals.

A number of students visited our table, learning more about the various career opportunities available to them right here in the area. Our team was able to answer questions, hand out information, and cheer on the students as they competed in the welding competition.

Participating in the Carl Sandburg College Manufacturing Day and Welding Competition is just one way Fusion Tech invests in the next generation.

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5 Reasons to Replace Supporting Equipment

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It’s fairly easy to know when to replace your main processing equipment. Constant breakdowns, infinite repairs, inability to keep up with product yield goals, not compliant with updated sanitary design and industry standards – all are signs it’s time to replace your main equipment.

But what about when to replace supporting equipment? The tables, hooks, dumpers, vats, racks and carts that keep your processing moving along? In most cases, they either work and meet your needs, or they don’t. So how do you know when it’s time to update them before it reeks havoc on your operation?

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5 Benefits of an In-house Design Team

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When it comes to developing custom food processing equipment, accessory items, processing line and factory layouts, few manufacturers are equipped to take on the full challenge like Fusion Tech. There’s one key aspect about our company that sets us apart – we have a fully staffed design and drafting team.

Most manufacturers of food processing equipment have the fabrication side down, but lack greatly when it comes to on-staff designers, drafters, and 3D modelers. Fusion Tech is different. We have eight full time staff members dedicated to design and drafting, and that team is continuing to grow. (Are you a SolidWorks designer? We’re hiring!)

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Why Use the Process Expo My Show Planner

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When you register to attend the Process Expo in Chicago this year, you’ll be given access to a great organizational tool that will help you navigate the show and visit all the exhibitors you want to see: My Show Planner.

Accessible when you load the Floor Plan map of the show right off the Process Expo homepage, the My Show Planner is your personal roadmap to a successful trade show.

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Fusion Tech at Process Expo 2015

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We have some big news to share! Fusion Tech will be at this year’s Process Expo, showcasing some of our innovative equipment, services, and solutions to the food processing industry’s biggest needs.

As North America’s largest trade show dedicated exclusively to the global food and beverage industry, the Process Expo represents the pinnacle of food technology bringing together the world’s most successful food and beverage processors, equipment manufacturers and leaders in the field of academia. We are excited to be among the list of equipment manufacturers available to assist you in finding solutions to your processing needs.

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