Category: Technology
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interpack 2026 will spotlight major shifts in FMCG packaging operations. In this Markem-Imaje perspective, Rémy Fontanet outlines how regulation, traceability, efficiency, and connected packaging are reshaping production strategy.
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Eriez will launch its X8-SF Metal Detector at interpack 2026, extending its PrecisionGuard X8 inspection platform with a system aimed at variable food products, traceability, and processing consistency.
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JDE Peet’s and Airbus are using satellite imagery and AI to map coffee plantations across East Africa, creating an open geospatial dataset designed to support deforestation-free coffee sourcing and reduce risk across global coffee supply chains.
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Hybrid meat offers food manufacturers a pragmatic route to reformulation. Dr Briony Sayers of ACI Group argues that partial meat substitution can improve nutrition, reduce emissions, and retain the taste and cooking performance consumers expect.
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Fortifi Food Processing Solutions has agreed to acquire Bradford-based Deighton Manufacturing. The deal expands Fortifi’s forming, portioning, coating, frying, and modular processing capability across meat, fish, dairy, bakery, and prepared foods.
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GNT has opened a sales and application office in Shanghai to support demand for plant-based EXBERRY colours. The new site includes an application laboratory for training, formulation support, concept development, and stability testing.
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Royal Avebe has electrified part of its Foxhol processing site in the Netherlands without increasing grid capacity, using digital load management to stay within its existing connection.
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A UK flour mill has installed a new Endoline Robotics palletising and conveyor system to improve throughput, handling flexibility, and changeover performance.
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Anheuser-Busch has doubled its US manufacturing commitment to $600 million, combining brewery upgrades with packaging investment and technical workforce training.
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Andritz has launched a small-scale spray drying platform aimed at speeding up pilot work, validation, and product development in food and ingredient manufacturing.