Category: Technology
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Endoline has appointed Christopher Tracey to lead engineering development work. His responsibilities cover machinery design, continuous improvement, new products, and tailored end of line automation.
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Manufacturers increasingly expect video systems to support operational decisions directly. Axis research identifies limited integration across productivity, quality, compliance, and safety despite growing interest in visual intelligence.
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CCEP has deployed Spot robots across seven UK production lines. The systems collect vibration, ultrasound, thermal, and visual data from almost 600 inspection points.
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Memişoğlu will add canned pulses capacity at its Mersin factory. A $29m financing package will support production, working capital, lower resource consumption, and further export growth.
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New guidance targets bacterial spores in plant based beverage ingredients. The work strengthens specifications, detection methods, thermal validation, and shelf life controls for ambient products.
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Italian food pad capacity will expand through integrated airlaid production. Magic has ordered an Andritz eXcelle line for absorbent packaging used with meat, seafood, fruit, and other moisture-sensitive foods.
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Automated collation is reducing manual work in promotional carton production. MM Packaging can combine eight artwork variants during one high-speed run at selected British and German sites.
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Wholebake is investing £3m in two new high-speed production lines. The Wrexham manufacturer will lift capability to 360 bars per minute while retaining existing equipment for greater flexibility.
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PHAntastic has successfully produced pilot grades of biodegradable PHBV material. The European project is developing mulch films and nursery foams using food-processing residues and biological crop inputs.
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Two Ishida multihead weighers have improved Italian cracker packing performance. Mondelēz has reduced weight variation, giveaway, and product damage while raising equipment efficiency to as much as 98%.