Category: Technology
-
Tetra Pak has launched its first industrial fermentation bioreactor system. The Bioreactor RF supports New Food and ingredient scale up, using magnetic agitation, automated controls, and vessel sizes from 10 to 50,000 litres.
-
Brainr has raised fresh capital for meat processing software expansion. The Portuguese developer will use a €1.5m extension from Portugal Ventures to scale its factory operating system across meat plants and adjacent food manufacturing sectors.
-
Coexpan is pushing recycled polystyrene into Europe’s food-contact packaging systems. Its rPS Food platform targets cup-to-cup circularity for yoghurt and other thermoformed applications.
-
Holderhof has added end-of-line automation for Swiss fruit processing operations. The company has installed SMI case-packing and palletising systems for bottles, jars, trays, wrap-around cases, and europallet handling.
-
Apetit is changing energy ownership at its Kantvik processing site. The Finnish food company will sell its biosteam plant to Adven under a long-term steam supply agreement beginning in 2027.
-
I.T.S has now launched a dedicated health and wellness division. The move expands flavour support for sports nutrition, functional foods, supplements, and wellness products.
-
Wintipak is expanding aseptic packaging print capacity in Germany’s Halle. The Heidelberg Boardmaster investment supports faster job changes, lower start-up waste, and higher-volume liquid food packaging.
-
GEA has opened its Sarstedt centre for food biotech scale-up. The €4m facility supports pilot development across fermentation, cell cultivation, filtration, separation, and hygienic process design.
-
Kersia UK has launched BioDtex for rapid hygiene inspection checks. The portable lamp detects organic matter, residue, scale, and surface contamination on equipment, seals, welds, crevices, and uneven production surfaces.
-
Pengelly Farms has automated potato case assembly and sealing operations. The Cornwall producer installed Endoline equipment to remove a manual bottleneck around heavy 10kg boxes after upstream grading and loading upgrades.