Category: Processing
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Ingredion’s Argo disruption exposed sweetener processing reliability risks in America. Production challenges, rework, maintenance, and logistics costs weighed on the company’s US and Canada Food & Industrial Ingredients business in the first quarter.
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Rockwell and Actemium are cutting refrigeration energy in frozen production. Their PlantPAx-based AI application has delivered a 17% energy saving for a frozen French fry producer, pointing to a more autonomous model for industrial refrigeration control.
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Sunrise Beverages is scaling Days inside the alcohol-free beer category. The deal adds a 0.0% beer brand to a UK drinks portfolio already spanning imported beers and several British breweries.
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Diageo is expanding Irish brewing capacity around Guinness export demand. The Littleconnell investment adds lager, ale, Guinness, and Guinness 0.0 production capacity as global beer growth puts fresh pressure on brewing infrastructure.
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Häagen-Dazs is tying dairy resilience to regenerative farm support. The Arras ice cream site is using supply-chain partnerships, decarbonisation work, and energy investment to protect raw material security as European dairy farms face succession pressure.
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PMMI and FPSA have mapped US processing machinery demand. Their first joint report values the food and beverage machinery market at $6.2bn and highlights automation, sanitation, AI, and protein-led growth.
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Warburtons’ Burnley fire has exposed bakery continuity pressures again. The blaze affected part of the site’s manufacturing operation, with production support expected from the company’s wider UK bakery network.
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IMCD has expanded formulation support in Türkiye’s food sector regionally. The Istanbul technical centre brings application work closer to manufacturers across dairy, bakery, beverage, confectionery, meat, and savoury categories.
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Arla is reshaping protein bars around lighter textures and stability. Its AirBar concept uses Nutrilac PB-8420 to support stable aeration, processing performance, and shelf-life texture in high-protein snack formats.
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MULTIVAC is aligning packaging automation with production data and efficiency. Its interpack 2026 showcase brings together AI-supported traysealing, yield-monitored slicing, thermoforming, smart packaging, and major investment in manufacturing capacity.