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Fage yogurt plant
The Fage USA plant in Johnstown began yogurt production in April. The facility is the newest and most state-of-art owned by the subsidiaries' Greek parent company. Posted on December 7, 2008.
Finished yogurt product at Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
Ioannis Papageorgiou President and CEO, talks about the robotic palletizes automatically moves pallets of yogurt down the line before shipping at Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
Mark Pabis, Control Room Operator, moves yogurt by computer in shipping area of Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
Ioannis Ravanis, Executive Vice President for Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown talks about the "cooling tunnel" the yougurt passes through after filling,case packed, and put on pallets. At this time the yogurt is warm, and must be cooled to 106 degrees before shipping.
Krista Sheils, Quality Assurance Lab Technician for Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown checks for any bacteria in milk sample, from truck dropping off milk at the facility recently. The company can decline offloading of the milk, from the truck, if any signs of contamination.
Matt St.Onge, Quality Assurance Lab Technician for Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown checks fat percentages, protein solids in milk sample, from truck dropping off milk at the facility recently.
Jason Mussui, attaches a bin of honey for yogurt producton at Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
Case packer with yogurt product Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
Ioannis Papageorgiou President and CEO, yogurt production at Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
Mark Pabis, Control Room Operator, moves yogurt that is being shipped Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
The robotic palletizer automatically moves pallets of yogurt down the line before shipping at Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
Yogurt filler in action. At left is the honey used and at right is yogurt seen through glass. Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown .
Jean Grandy, loads containers into the yogurt filler at Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
Robotic palletizer automatically moves pallets of yogurt down the line before shipping at Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
Ioannis Papageorgiou, President and Chief Operating Officer, Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. located 1 Opertunity Dr. Johnstown Industrial Park, Johnstown.
Four 10,000 gal. incubators( pasturized culture fermintation) at Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown.
Dawn Bergeron, Control Room Operator at work for Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. , Johnstown. All aspects of producing yogurt and security is done in this room.
Exterior of the new Fage USA Dairy Industry,Inc. located 1 Oppertunity Dr. Johnstown Industrial Park, Johnstown.
Ioannis Ravanis, executive vice president of manufacturing and operations for Fage USA, talks about the four sealed stainless steel silos used to hold milk used in the production of yogurt.
Sharon Millias, a filler operator, runs yogurt at the Fage USA plant in Johnstown.
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