Category: Technology
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Poultry processors are tightening control over yield, labour, and risk. At VIV Europe 2026, Ishida Europe will present X-ray inspection, robotic grading, and AI-led monitoring systems aimed at faster, more consistent poultry production.
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Sensient is committing new capital to natural colour manufacturing in St Louis. The expansion reflects how quickly reformulation pressure is turning colour from a marketing issue into a production, sourcing, and process challenge.
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The UK deposit return scheme has entered a more technical phase. Exchange for Change has now set out container, barcode, and identification rules that producers will need to build into packaging decisions ahead of registration deadlines.
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Sesotec has launched INTUITY NEX ahead of Interpack 2026, combining multi-frequency detection, AI-supported inspection, washdown-ready hygienic design, and digital connectivity in a system aimed at tougher food safety applications.
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UPM Specialty Materials and Felix Schoeller have launched a fibre-based flexible pack structure aimed at food applications where recyclability, barrier control, and converting performance all need to sit in the same specification.
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TNA will preview a new vacuum de-oiler at interpack 2026 designed to lower oil content in batch-fried potato chips while avoiding the reheating, extra browning, and added acrylamide risk associated with some conventional systems.
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TraceGains will hold its virtual Together 2026 conference on 20 May, using the event to push a connected-data model for compliance, innovation, and supply-chain workflows across food and beverage operations.
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Bakers Basco has doubled tracker deployment across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after a fresh enforcement push recovered more than 2,400 bakery assets and uncovered concentrated misuse linked to unauthorised supply activity in Belfast.
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Sidel has launched a purpose-built returnable PET bottle for still water, offering a lighter format designed for reuse cycles, bottle-to-bottle recyclability, and compatibility with existing blow-moulding platforms.
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GEA and Siemens will use Hannover Messe to show how cloud connectivity, AI analytics, and modular automation can tighten beverage processing, reduce engineering effort, and speed plant changes from raw-material handling through filling integration.