Category: Topics
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Vietnam is pressing ahead with a wider overhaul of food safety law after disruption caused by Decree 46, with a more decentralised enforcement model now emerging.
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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.
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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.
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Fermtech has raised fresh funding to scale Koji Cocoa, a fermentation-derived ingredient made from cocoa side streams as manufacturers search for lower-cost and more resilient cocoa inputs.
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Food and drink manufacturers are slowing refrigeration and cooling upgrades as F-gas compliance tightens, leaving older plant in service for longer and pushing refrigerant strategy higher up the investment agenda.
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Processed foods led regulatory food fraud reports in 2025, ahead of dairy and beverages, as the latest global trend data pointed to a further rise in reported incidents.