Category: Technology
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Tate & Lyle is widening its BioHarvest sweetener collaboration. The expanded programme covers multiple plant-based sweetener molecules, strengthening its technical route into sugar reduction as manufacturers seek taste, label, cost, and processing solutions beyond single-ingredient fixes.
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Volkmann has launched contained unloading equipment for allergenic powders. The system combines dust-tight docking, glove box access, and pneumatic conveying integration to improve ingredient handling and operator protection.
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Digital CIP systems are targeting water waste in food plants. Ecolab’s platform uses continuous monitoring and AI-supported recommendations to improve sanitation efficiency, uptime, compliance evidence, and resource control.
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Schubert has introduced a denser TLM platform for packaging lines. The redesign targets higher throughput, smaller footprints, and faster changeovers for food plants upgrading existing automation.
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TraceGains has appointed Zoli Gombosi as senior vice president of engineering as it deepens Veralto integration and expands AI capability across compliance, formulation, packaging, and sustainability workflows.
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Somic Packaging has launched the 434 SuperFlex case-packing platform, designed to handle multiple secondary packaging formats through a modular architecture for food and consumer goods producers.
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Mars is investing £190m in its Slough factory, adding robotics, AI, upgraded machinery, advanced cooling, energy-efficient utilities, and digital twin technology to strengthen UK confectionery manufacturing.
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Oishii has closed the first stage of a $150m Series C round to expand its indoor Smart Farm model, robotics integration, production capacity, and new product formats.
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GEA has introduced a new thermoforming platform for medium-sized food producers, targeting flexible formats, stable output, and lower operational complexity across meat, dairy, bakery, ready meals, and plant-based foods.
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FAO has called for stronger risk assessment of recycled plastics and alternative food-contact materials, warning that packaging sustainability must be matched by chemical migration controls, feedstock management, and harmonised food safety standards.