Category: Operations
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Ingredion’s Argo disruption exposed sweetener processing reliability risks in America. Production challenges, rework, maintenance, and logistics costs weighed on the company’s US and Canada Food & Industrial Ingredients business in the first quarter.
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Food waste reduction is moving further into supply contracts now. The Chancery Lane Project and WRAP have updated Runa’s Clause to help food businesses measure, report, and reduce waste through commercial agreements.
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Greif is pushing barrier packaging deeper into European compliance systems. The company used interpack 2026 to highlight commercial-scale barrier technologies, PPWR readiness, lifecycle tools, digital ordering, and localised manufacturing for food and beverage packaging customers.
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Rockwell and Actemium are cutting refrigeration energy in frozen production. Their PlantPAx-based AI application has delivered a 17% energy saving for a frozen French fry producer, pointing to a more autonomous model for industrial refrigeration control.
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Defra’s SPS timetable is pushing food law preparation forward now. UK food and drink manufacturers face potential changes across hygiene, additives, labelling, food contact materials, contaminants, and border processes under the planned UK–EU agreement.
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Diageo is expanding Irish brewing capacity around Guinness export demand. The Littleconnell investment adds lager, ale, Guinness, and Guinness 0.0 production capacity as global beer growth puts fresh pressure on brewing infrastructure.
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PMMI and FPSA have mapped US processing machinery demand. Their first joint report values the food and beverage machinery market at $6.2bn and highlights automation, sanitation, AI, and protein-led growth.
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Warburtons’ Burnley fire has exposed bakery continuity pressures again. The blaze affected part of the site’s manufacturing operation, with production support expected from the company’s wider UK bakery network.
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FDA is testing one-day assessments across domestic food-facility oversight programmes.
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Cullen is expanding moulded-fibre capacity as food packaging demands accelerate.