Category: Technology
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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.
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Southern Glazer’s is scaling autonomous drone counts across beverage warehouses. A wider Corvus Robotics rollout has lifted inventory validation frequency, improved throughput, and shifted labour away from manual cycle counts inside high-volume distribution operations.
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Large-format food lines can conceal costly waste, compliance, and recalls. In this feature, Phil Brown, Sales Director at Fortress Technology Europe, explains how integrated metal detection and checkweighing can reduce giveaway, improve traceability, and protect margins in high-volume food processing.
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Domino has launched dedicated coding equipment for high-speed egg lines. Its new Egg Pack Printing Traverser combines TIJ printheads with a traverser platform built for multi-lane graders, aiming to raise print consistency, traceability, and throughput on packed eggs.
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LEIBINGER is sharpening coding strategy ahead of interpack’s 2026 return. The company will use the Düsseldorf event to show how continuous inkjet hardware, ink development, and fleet software are being aligned around higher uptime, lower maintenance, and the move toward GS1 2D codes.
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Legionella compliance still depends on dependable culture workflows in practice. AnalytiChem has launched ready-to-use Redipor Legionella agar plates covering non-selective recovery, selective isolation, and cysteine-dependency confirmation for ISO 11731-aligned water testing.