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August 21, 2019 | Tom Ballard

Tyson Foods invests heavily in innovation

No doubt you’ve heard of Tyson Foods and, for sure, you’ve probably eaten chicken from the company.

How important is innovation to the 85-year old company? It just opened a two-story, 26,000 square-foot Manufacturing Automation Center facility that has four research areas including a machine vision technology lab and another that simulates a food production environment for testing before the machine goes to a plant. There are also classrooms for training equipped with teleconferencing equipment and additional space for employees to get hands-on training in automation and robotics technology.

It’s part of a $215 million investment the Arkansas-based company has made in automation and robotics in the past five years. Learn more here.



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