Success Stories

PLEX Mach2 in Food Processing

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As the global demand for food continues to grow, processors are increasingly turning to automation to help them remain competitive and deliver safe, high-quality products. Maple Leaf Foods is recognized as an industry leader in food processing with a long history of preparing delicious, healthy protein while honouring a strong commitment to sustainability. As the […]

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Poultry Processing in a Simulated Environment

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In 2021 Maple Leaf Foods began construction of the largest, most technically advanced poultry processing plant in the world. This $772 million – 660,000 square foot facility in London, Ontario was designed to process 400,000 chickens per day. The engineers, OEMs, contractors and integrators came together to seamlessly integrate 4,000 pieces of equipment on various […]

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Digitizing Underground & Surface Operations For The Mining Client

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Project Challenge A large mining client contacted RidgeTech to add digital asset tracking and reporting at one of their underground sites in North America. The client wanted a more accurate, efficient and timely method to track assets throughout an immense system of underground tunnels, and to monitor and report the progress of their mining machines. […]

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Large Scale InTouch Software Upgrade For Food Producer

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Project Challenge RidgeTech was asked by one of our large confectionary clients to upgrade all of their InTouch Software nodes including both software and hardware upgrades. New corporate policies designed at reducing the risk of cyber attacks required the upgrading of over 90 operator nodes running various versions of InTouch and outdated/unsupported computer operating systems. […]

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High Volume Intravenous Bag Fill and Packaging Line

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Project Challenge RidgeTech was asked by a machine build client to design and program a control system that could integrate the production equipment and material handling for a high speed Intravenous (IV) Bag production system.  The line was designed to produce a wide variety of products in varying bag sizes and operate at speeds of […]

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Inventory Management System – Prepared Foods Manufacturer

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Project Challenge RidgeTech was approached by one of our clients, a large prepared foods manufacturer based in North America, to investigate how we could improve their Inventory Management System (IMS) to help deal with the increasing production demands at one of their flagship facilities. Their primary challenges were the sheer size of their facility, the […]

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