Category: Processing
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Syntegon has launched AIM9 for high-speed vial inspection lines globally. The platform combines visual inspection with leak detection at up to 600 vials per minute, and adds integrated container closure integrity testing without separate equipment.
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AIMS is challenging the FSA’s planned 2026 meat charge rise. The association says the new charging model will add significant cost to official controls in slaughterhouses, and has filed for a High Court judicial review expected to be heard in April.
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FPS has acquired Southern Fabrication Works to widen potato systems. The addition brings hydro-cutting and water-knife technology into FPS’s equipment offering.
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Coca-Cola Canada Bottling will invest C$141m in Brampton facility expansion. The project adds a new production line, lifting capacity by 20 million cases annually.
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GEA has launched a compact CookStar First spiral oven system. The twin-zone design targets smaller lines with faster cook times.
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Boparan Private Office has agreed to buy Germany’s Heidemark poultry. The deal adds a €760m-revenue turkey and chicken processor to Storteboom Food Group, pending European Commission clearance.
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Branston has named Simon Jones to lead its Ilminster site. Jonathan Taylor will retire at the end of March 2026, after overseeing a £9m investment programme that introduced automation and upgraded facilities.
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Smithfield is planning a $1.3bn automated facility in Sioux Falls. The company has started approvals for a combined fresh pork and packaged-meats plant, with production targeted for end-2028.
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Food inflation is easing, but manufacturers are not breathing yet. January’s 3.6% annual rate is a far cry from early-2023’s near-19% surge, but it lands on supply chains with thinner margins, pricier labour, and a renewed exposure to commodity volatility and weather-linked disruption.
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Audits keep exposing the same food safety weak points worldwide. Ann-Kathrin Kuehle, Industry Insights Manager at Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection, says gaps cluster around HACCP execution, hygienic design, allergen and foreign-body controls, and food safety culture.