U.S. meat processor Wolverine Packing Co. (Detroit, Mich.) sells more than 500M pounds of protein products a year, and prides itself on logistics and efficiency. It ships boxed beef, pork, poultry, lamb, portioned cuts and processed meats to foodservice and retail wholesalers across the country, and typically ships the day after order. The company’s no. 1 product is fresh ground beef formed into patties and 5 lb. bricks, so mixer chilling is key to quality production at high volumes. Last September, Wolverine asked the food team from Messer LLC (Bridge- water, N.J.) to investigate a chilling- related packaging issue. By Decem- ber, Wolverine not only had a solution, but one that yielded multiple advan- tages. The Problem Wolverine’s twin mixers needed to run near capacity 1

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