Food Plants 2000

FOOD PLANTS 2000 and The National Food Processors 93rd Annual Convention will take place November 9-10 at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Chicago.

Sep 30th, 2000

It immediately follows the Pack Expo trade show. Food Plants' seminars and tabletop exhibits promise new ideas and technologies for new engineering strategies, productivity and supply chain management and for business and manufacturing. Speakers include from companies such as ecFood.com, Inc2Inc, Transora, Compex at Unilever, Inside Out Development, Pillsbury, Tropicana, Cargill, Sunnyfresh, the National Center for Food Safety and Technology, Raytheon Engineering and more.

For more information, visit the Web site at www.foodprocessing.com/fp/index.html.

Or contact Jennifer Cody, Conference Coordinator at Food Processing Magazine. Phone: 630-467-1300 x438 e-mail: jcody@putman.net.

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