Category: Technology
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Six European associations have created a processing and packaging federation. EUROPAMA will coordinate industry positions on regulation, automation, sustainability, and manufacturing competitiveness.
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Melodea is targeting recyclable high barrier flexible food packaging formats. Barrier performance remains the conversion test for sensitive products.
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Testo Saveris is digitising temperature records for cook processes safely. The testo 195 automates HACCP evidence for professional kitchens.
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Polysense has raised capital to expand factory AI quality control. The platform brings computer vision closer to process optimisation.
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Dry formed fibre packaging is entering real food service use. Yangi’s trays are being tested through live takeaway operations with Swedish operator Flavor Boss.
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Foamed food packaging is gaining another lower-carbon material route globally. Luminy FOAM 50F targets fresh food trays, clamshells, bowls, and food service formats.
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Mr Whippy is building its Sheffield doughnut manufacturing team further. The £15m automated site is expected to produce more than 104m doughnuts annually, with production, packing, and dispatch under one roof.
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Europe’s reusable transport packaging sector wants stronger circular economy support. The call focuses on pallets, trays, crates, EPR reform, public procurement, and supply chain resilience under the forthcoming Circular Economy Act.
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Italian packaging and processing machinery revenue approached €10.5bn during 2025. Food and beverage remained the largest end-use markets, reinforcing the sector’s importance to European automation, packaging, and line integration.
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New JRC estimates sharpen Europe’s food packaging compliance pressure further. Food and beverage dominate the study scope, while plastic is the only packaging material category to show absolute growth between 2011 and 2025.