IN Brief:
- interpack 2026 (7–13 May, Düsseldorf) remains a key reference point for packaging and confectionery machinery.
- TNA is highlighting conveying, packaging, confectionery, and batch-frying updates, alongside XR tools for planning and support.
- The emphasis on simplified line integration aligns with labour constraints and modular upgrade strategies.
TNA Solutions is taking an integration-first message to interpack 2026 in Düsseldorf, where it will exhibit in Hall 14, stands C56 and D56, with a portfolio spanning packaging, conveying, processing, confectionery systems, and digital services. The company is positioning the stand around line-level engineering rather than individual machines, aiming to show how connected systems can reduce stoppages, shorten changeovers, and limit the maintenance burden in high-throughput snack and confectionery operations.
On the physical side, TNA is expected to feature updates across its packaging range and its roflo conveying platform, which targets gentle distribution and buffering of fragile, seasoned, or coated products through controlled motion and in-line storage. In multi-bagger environments, that type of conveying architecture is typically used to keep product flow stable when downstream packaging intermittently pauses, preventing build-up and reducing the risk of product quality drift before sealing.
Confectionery is also a clear focus. TNA’s mogul platform has been positioned around reduced labour demand and cleaning time, with recent specifications highlighting output ranges that push starch-moulded candy into genuinely industrial territory. The company describes the current line-up as designed to run with minimal operator intervention, with hygiene-oriented construction and dust control features aimed at managing starch handling more cleanly during continuous operation.
Michael Jonson, CEO of TNA Solutions, said: “Food manufacturers are under pressure to deliver more consistent results with less waste — of time, energy and operator effort. At interpack, we’ll show how simplicity in design and operation, translates into real, tangible gains across the entire production line: faster changeovers, fewer interruptions, lower maintenance demands and smarter upgrades that make sense for both new and existing equipment.”
Beyond equipment, TNA plans to demonstrate tna intelli-assist, its extended-reality toolset designed to create digital twins of plant spaces and support planning, clash detection, and remote collaboration. Digitalisation is now table stakes for most large plants, but usability remains the hard part, particularly where maintenance teams are already stretched. TNA is pitching the tooling as practical — oriented toward installation planning, training, and upgrade validation, rather than dashboards that operators ignore once the novelty wears off.
The company will also contribute sessions to the interpack Spotlight Forum on 9 May and 10 May, covering packaging-line future-proofing and the use of immersive tools such as XR, digital twins, and connected intelligence for training and predictive maintenance. Alongside the exhibition programme, TNA is running a ticket-to-donation initiative tied to event registrations, donating the equivalent of a one-day interpack ticket (€70) per qualifying registration to the Nadia and Alf Taylor Foundation.
