Category: Processing
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March exposed how fragile food manufacturing economics still really are. Rising energy-linked packaging costs, packaging regulation, and strategic consolidation turned a hoped-for recovery month into a warning about conversion, compliance, and capacity.
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Ambienta has taken a majority stake in Italy’s The Bridge, backing a plant-based producer with in-house UHT and packaging capability as consolidation pressure builds in European dairy alternatives.
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Harviestoun has started a new investment phase at its Alva brewery, adding warehouse and office space while continuing upgrades intended to lift efficiency, expand output, and support new product launches.
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Tetra Pak is expanding product development capacity in Denton, Texas. The new build adds pilot, processing, packaging, and customer innovation space ahead of a planned 2027 opening.
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Apetito has secured approval for its new Kitchen West plant. The £100m-plus Trowbridge project is set to add meal production capacity while keeping the company’s existing Canal Road kitchens running.
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WMF has added its new Cool Brewed function to the 1500 F filter coffee machine, extending the platform from high-speed hot service into cold beverage production.
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Yaskawa has launched the GA501 industrial AC microdrive with embedded Ethernet, bringing a more compact networked drive option into view for processors and packers modernising line control.
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Fairoak Foods has entered administration, with Quantuma appointed over the private-label manufacturer as efforts begin to find a buyer for the business and its assets.
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Schouten has launched a new plant-based fillet built around proprietary fibre technology, adding a supply-ready format aimed at private-label, foodservice, and industrial applications.
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ABB has extended Ethernet-APL across its entire flowmeter portfolio globally. For food plants, that brings the technology to CoriolisMaster meters used in hygienic dosing, filling, and multivariable process measurement.