Category: Operations
-
Testo has launched four compact temperature and humidity data loggers. USB-C and Bluetooth models store up to 16,000 readings each.
-
Suntory has secured planning approval for its Coleford factory expansion. The building work will support a £25 million high-speed bottling line.
-
Harlech Foodservice plans a £3.5m expansion at its Welsh headquarters. New warehouse, freezer, and vehicle capacity will support rapid regional growth.
-
European beer production and consumption both declined again during 2025. Alcohol free volumes continued growing as breweries adjusted capacity, portfolios, and packaging.
-
European states have approved new pollution rules for intensive livestock. The framework will set common environmental standards for the largest poultry and pig units.
-
DePoly has opened an industrial PET depolymerisation plant in Switzerland. The facility will qualify difficult waste streams and recovered monomers before a planned commercial scale-up.
-
Nestlé is combining Aero and Milkybar across York confectionery lines. Sharing bars and bite-sized packs bring together aerated milk chocolate and white chocolate across two production formats.
-
Ishida is targeting product giveaway through connected weighing intelligence systems. Real-time production data and machine learning can expose weight drift before routine overfill becomes an accepted operating loss.
-
Germany’s reusable beverage packaging share remains far below statutory ambitions. Reuse reached 34.5% in 2024, with wide differences between beer, water, soft drinks, juice, and dairy beverages.
-
KOCH has demonstrated robotic systems for flexible food packaging operations. The applications included high-speed frozen food bag handling alongside packing, palletising, labelling, and product transfer.