Category: Technology
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Atria has secured €41 million for its Nurmo factory modernisation. The ten-year NIB financing supports an €82.4 million production and energy programme intended to transform convenience-food manufacturing at the Finnish site.
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Purina has opened its most advanced US pet-food manufacturing facility. The $550 million Ohio plant combines automated storage, robotics, digital manufacturing, and advanced food-safety systems across 1.3 million square feet.
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KAIST researchers have mapped barriers to industrialising microbial food production. The study argues that manufacturing readiness, downstream processing, market entry, and regulatory predictability will decide which fermentation technologies reach commercial scale.
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Suntory has identified genetic markers linked to drought-tolerant hop growth. A 4.2-hectare Czech field trial is now testing a variety bred to maintain yield and quality under drier conditions.
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Researchers propose chemical grouping to address food packaging safety gaps. The method identifies 38 priority groups and provides screening tools for packaging developers managing substitutions and incomplete hazard data.
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Amcor will showcase UniPak Luma at Stockholm’s Empack packaging exhibition. The polypropylene platform extends its lightweight rigid range across dairy, chilled, ambient-filled, and dry-food applications.
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BW Converting expands Pour & Lok across resealable food packaging. The pre-applied closure can run through conventional form-fill-seal equipment and targets pourable products including cereals, snacks, nuts, seeds, and selected frozen foods.
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Amai Proteins has secured Israeli approval for sweet protein sweelin. The clearance covers more than 25 food and beverage categories and expands the precision-fermented ingredient’s regulatory reach.
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Wholechain and iFoodDS have linked seafood traceability systems for suppliers. The integration allows standards-based data exchange across Trace Exchange while businesses prepare for FDA’s expanded lot-level recordkeeping requirements.
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Yangi is taking Cellera dry-forming technology into the US market. Its 4.3-second cycle claim and lower stated utility demand target converters serving quick-service food packaging.