Category: Technology
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VIV Europe 2026 closed its 25th edition in Utrecht with nearly 15,000 professional visitors, 461 exhibitors, and a new biannual cycle for the feed-to-food sector.
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Paranova has completed a £5m expansion of its St Neots operation, adding 2,000 square metres and new converting capability for fibre-based food-to-go packaging.
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Rising fibre demand is creating new opportunities for ingredient suppliers, while food manufacturers balance gut-health positioning with processing performance, texture, labelling, cost, and claims.
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Domino’s Pizza Group has opened a £25m Avonmouth supply chain centre to increase capacity across South West England and Wales, with automation planned by early 2027.
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Raisio has secured €1.8m from Business Finland for a four-year project to develop functional fibre ingredients from grain processing side streams, with pilot-plant scale-up planned at Raisionkaari.
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Ingredion has acquired Benicaros, a patented prebiotic fibre made from upcycled carrot pomace, strengthening its functional ingredients portfolio with manufacturing know-how, clinical data, and intellectual property.
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Sidel has presented complete-line and end-of-line technologies at Interpack 2026, including robotic collating and palletising systems designed to support higher flexibility, faster changeovers, and complex packaging formats.
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Plastipak has launched O2Blox, a nylon-free PET oxygen barrier technology for oxygen-sensitive food and drink formats, combining shelf-life protection with compatibility in clear bottle-to-bottle PET recycling streams.
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Sun Bear Biofuture has completed a low-cost fermentation pilot run. The Oxford start-up used a £25,000 automated facility to produce sustainable oils, testing a lower-capex route for fermentation-derived lipid ingredients.
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Canovation and CANPACK are moving CanReseal toward pilot-scale aluminium beverage can deployment. The collaboration will align resealable can-end technology with established can-making and filling infrastructure.