Category: Topics
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
MiAlgae has secured a scaled pet-food route through Butternut Box. Its fish-free DHA ingredient is now being added to Butternut Box’s Ready Steady Veggie recipe, extending microalgae’s role in premium pet nutrition and strengthening demand for alternative Omega 3 supply.
-
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.
-
Packaging EPR governance is moving into a more formal phase. PackUK has appointed UK Packaging PRO as the producer responsibility organisation for the UK’s packaging recycling scheme, with the industry-led not-for-profit beginning formal duties on 1 April 2026.
-
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.
-
Takeaway packaging security is moving from workaround to engineered format. Westpak Group’s GrabLok linerless tamper-evident bag closure won the Innovation Gallery visitor vote at Packaging Innovations & Empack 2026, with Futamura’s compostable liquid sachet placing second.
-
Clinical data sharpen competition in premium infant formula ingredient markets. Arla Foods Ingredients says a six-month, triple-blind study in China found formula containing Lacprodan IF-3070 delivered growth trajectories comparable with a breastfed reference group and was well tolerated.
-
Hapman is promoting a feeder for precise ingredient dosing operations. The system is designed to improve control, reduce downtime, and support consistent handling across a wide range of bulk food materials.