Sidel has launched a PET modelling tool for bottlers worldwide. The system lets users model material, cost, and emissions savings before committing to packaging or line changes.
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.
A California dairy restructuring will keep Tío Francisco in production. Valley Milk has formed Francisco Foods to take over Rizo-Lopez assets and maintain branded Hispanic-style dairy output under a new joint venture.
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.
A new APAC sensory study has found that a leading blended chicken mince outperformed a conventional meat benchmark on taste, giving fresh momentum to hybrid meat development.
Vietnam is pressing ahead with a wider overhaul of food safety law after disruption caused by Decree 46, with a more decentralised enforcement model now emerging.
Digital twin platforms are moving further into food manufacturing maintenance programs as plants connect more assets, sharpen anomaly detection, and push predictive tools beyond early pilot stage.
Tostitos has rolled out a major packaging refresh that brings ingredient, process, and product-attribute messaging more prominently onto pack across core tortilla chip lines.
3-A SSI is recruiting technical volunteers to revise five hygienic design standards used across dairy and food processing, with publication targets set for later this year.
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.