Category: Technology
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WMF has added its new Cool Brewed function to the 1500 F filter coffee machine, extending the platform from high-speed hot service into cold beverage production.
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Yaskawa has launched the GA501 industrial AC microdrive with embedded Ethernet, bringing a more compact networked drive option into view for processors and packers modernising line control.
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Theegarten-Pactec has launched the FPC6, a new-generation flow-wrapping machine aimed at chocolate, confectionery, cereal and protein bars, functional foods, and snack applications.
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A widened porridge recall has sharpened focus on packaging resilience. Symphony Environmental is pitching pest-resistant plastic technologies as manufacturers and logistics operators look again at packaging integrity, warehouse controls, and food-contact compliance after a contamination alert in the oats category.
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ABB has extended Ethernet-APL across its entire flowmeter portfolio globally. For food plants, that brings the technology to CoriolisMaster meters used in hygienic dosing, filling, and multivariable process measurement.
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Huub Lelieveld’s award puts hygienic engineering back in focus globally. The 2026 World Food Prize spotlights machinery design, cleanability, and process control as core food-system disciplines.
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BioSupPack has moved brewery waste closer to commercial food packaging. The consortium says its demonstrated PHB and PHA processes now offer recyclable and compostable routes for rigid packs as PPWR requirements tighten.
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A new coated paper concept targets grease barriers without retrofit. UPM and Paramelt say the structure can run on existing VFFS and standard converting lines.
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Qura is entering premium creatine as demand broadens across categories. The ingredient brand is targeting high-purity, highly soluble applications ahead of its Vitafoods Europe launch in Barcelona.
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Go-Pak has deployed Stretch to speed inbound warehouse handling operations. The packaging supplier says the Boston Dynamics robot has cut container unloading time sharply while increasing case throughput and shifting labour toward quality control and exception management.