Category: Markets
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Q2 tested food manufacturers’ exposure to regulation, ingredients, and costs. Distilled examines the deals, packaging rules, reformulation pressure, trade weakness, and safety incidents that shaped production planning.
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Pengelly Farms has automated potato case assembly and sealing operations. The Cornwall producer installed Endoline equipment to remove a manual bottleneck around heavy 10kg boxes after upstream grading and loading upgrades.
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Cranswick has automated pigs-in-blankets packing with robotic handling equipment technology. The end-of-line system uses autonox robots and Rockwell Automation controls to place products into packs at up to 240 pieces per minute.
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Sveba Dahlen will join Midera Food Processing this coming summer. The move places the bakery equipment manufacturer inside a focused group spanning protein, bakery, snack, automation, thermal processing, and packaging technologies.
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Klöckner Pentaplast has expanded kp Infinity into recyclable fruit trays. The new trays target packed fresh fruit, combining product protection, stackability, and lighter handling for produce supply chains.
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BW Packaging is bringing Hayssen X850 flow wrapping into Europe. The Hayssen system targets cheese and food applications requiring high seal integrity, washdown construction, gas flushing, and compatibility with recyclable materials.
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Newon Food is expanding protein bar production capacity in Lithuania. The €3.5m investment lifts annual capacity to 50 million bars and adds capability for softer, layered, no-added-sugar, and protein-fortified snack formats.
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Ginstberg’s closure selection shows beverage packaging becoming regulatory infrastructure too. Amcor is supplying a 28mm tamper-evident glass closure for the Belgian mineral water brand’s bottles.
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Listeria findings are sharpening controls across cooked poultry supply chains. Frozen cooked chicken products imported from Brazil and supplied into catering channels have been withdrawn after contamination was detected.
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Ferrara’s expansion strategy puts confectionery manufacturing capacity back in focus. The company is targeting international markets, acquisitions, brand innovation, and production investment as sugar confectionery faces higher cost, ingredient, packaging, and execution pressure.