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Best packaging operations anywhere? Here are three...

What’s the most impressive plant you’ve ever been in? World traveler and Hartness Intl. director of market research Neville Cork has been in about 100 plants.

Cork responded with three plants, one in the United States, and two in Japan, including one so automated he describes it as a "ghost town." The following are a countdown of Cork’s picks across the global spectrum of plants he’s been inside from bakeries to nutraceuticals to breweries:

3. Ocean Spray Cranberries’ plant in Henderson, NV, which has been a favorite with trade magazine editors. "A beautiful plant. Plant manager Paul Altimier runs a tight, very clean ‘ship’ and a fine operation. He’s got one of the neatest, most efficient plants you will see anywhere. It made an impression on me."

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