Prodalim has launched California operations for its Solos platform, adding aroma recovery and beverage innovation capacity in Hopland with an initial processing capability of 15 million litres a year.
Crane NXT has completed its acquisition of Antares Vision, bringing inspection, detection, and track-and-trace technologies for food and beverage into a newly established detection and traceability segment.
Urschel is readying a new dicer for produce processors globally. The Little Gem Aspire is due to debut at major trade shows beginning in May.
A new industry report puts the U.S. flexible packaging market at $42.6 billion. The figures offer a current benchmark for food manufacturers tracking pack formats, material demand, and investment direction.
Sidel has launched a PET modelling tool for bottlers worldwide. The system lets users model material, cost, and emissions savings before committing to packaging or line changes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.