Category: Processing
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A new Hokkaido model aims to track fish freshness continuously. The approach could support shelf-life forecasting, quality control, and lower seafood waste across longer export chains.
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Urschel is readying a new dicer for produce processors globally. The Little Gem Aspire is due to debut at major trade shows beginning in May.
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Malaysia is adding new plant-based beverage scale-up infrastructure this week. Pure Mylk’s Tetra Pak partnership adds processing, pilot, and packaging capability to its Selangor innovation hub.
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A machinery merger is reshaping food line integration in Italy. Tirelli is absorbing Unimac-Gherri into a dedicated food division spanning filling, capping, labelling, and robotic end-of-line systems.
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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.