Category: Technology
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Michelman has introduced Nuvita Life 4002 and Nuvita Life 4605 for fibre-based retail food packaging. The coatings target barrier performance, recyclability, compostability, and compatibility with VFFS lines.
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Lubrizol has launched an online resource mapping women’s nutritional needs across life stages. The platform highlights microencapsulated nutraceutical ingredients for iron, curcumin, magnesium, and plant sterol applications.
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Volvo Penta’s D8 engine is powering Stara’s Hércules spreader.
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Avery Dennison has invested $75m in supply-chain sensor company Wiliot.
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BASF has expanded ecovio for compostable flexible food packaging structures.
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Food manufacturers can cut waste by tightening inspection and control. Fortress Technology argues that upstream metal detection, precision checkweighing, automated testing, and connected data tools can reduce false rejects, giveaway, contamination risk, and downtime across production.
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Nedmag has launched Novasal Blend, a magnesium-based salt replacement designed to give food manufacturers a 1:1 route to 30% sodium reduction without major recipe or process changes.
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Duni Group has launched Sealable Ronda, a paper-based ready-meal bowl combining hermetic sealing and modified atmosphere packaging to extend freshness, reduce food waste, and cut plastic content in chilled and prepared food packaging.
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Bühler will use interpack 2026 to show new roasting, chocolate processing, baking, wafer, and extrusion technologies aimed at higher efficiency and broader format flexibility across confectionery, bakery, snacks, food, and feed production.
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Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has launched the M50 R-Series AdvancedLine metal detectors, combining higher sensitivity, automated testing, secure access control, and data connectivity for food production lines.