Category: Technology
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Malaysia is adding new plant-based beverage scale-up infrastructure this week. Pure Mylk’s Tetra Pak partnership adds processing, pilot, and packaging capability to its Selangor innovation hub.
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A machinery merger is reshaping food line integration in Italy. Tirelli is absorbing Unimac-Gherri into a dedicated food division spanning filling, capping, labelling, and robotic end-of-line systems.
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A new APAC sensory study has found that a leading blended chicken mince outperformed a conventional meat benchmark on taste, giving fresh momentum to hybrid meat development.
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Digital twin platforms are moving further into food manufacturing maintenance programs as plants connect more assets, sharpen anomaly detection, and push predictive tools beyond early pilot stage.
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3-A SSI is recruiting technical volunteers to revise five hygienic design standards used across dairy and food processing, with publication targets set for later this year.
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Food and drink manufacturers are slowing refrigeration and cooling upgrades as F-gas compliance tightens, leaving older plant in service for longer and pushing refrigerant strategy higher up the investment agenda.
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Tetra Pak is expanding product development capacity in Denton, Texas. The new build adds pilot, processing, packaging, and customer innovation space ahead of a planned 2027 opening.
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Tekpak Automation plans a live interpack 2026 robotics cell demonstration. At Hall 16, stand A15, the company will run its TD3/R pick-and-place cell for packaging line applications.
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ProMach has strengthened its UK packaging footprint with an acquisition. Evolution BPS adds local service, engineering, and parts support for food and beverage lines across the UK and Ireland.
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Ishida Europe will use SNACKEX 2026 to spotlight faster automation. The company will show weighing, bagmaking, film handling, and seal-testing systems aimed at higher throughput and tighter line control.