The production of food processing and packaging machinery in Germany rose by 8% in 2018, the highest in a decade, according to VDMA (Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association).
Systech, primarily known for its serialization, traceability, anti-counterfeiting, pharmaceutical regulations and supply chain technology, has expanded into Food & Beverages introducing its UniSecure platform at AIPIA.
Out of 50 applicants, the Rainforest Alliance selected a winner and runner-up for their remote-sensing data plans to help digitize cocoa farming in Ghana.
Pack-Smart president and CEO Derek Dlugosh-Ostap spoke at the recent AIPIA Summit Americas offering insights for brand owners and manufacturers on how to manage packaging with personalized data using disruptive technologies.
Focusing on the food and hospitality industry, Print2Taste wants pastry enthusiasts to use the printer, known as mycusini, to create decorative chocolate pieces at home.
End-to-end traceability in the food supply chain can do more than safeguard against potential disasters, particularly at the processing stage. Geoff Furniss, Head of BBC Technologies at TOMRA, explains how.
Innovia Films has launched the first of its new range of transparent high barrier packaging films, Propafilm Strata SL for cereal bars, biscuits, snacks, dried fruit, nuts, tea and coffee.
Smart packaging and connected packaging is on the radar of senior executives and is attracting significant investment across the value chain, according to Deloitte.
HERMA has opened a €20m Labeling Machinery plant at its HQ in Filderstadt, Germany, installing an IIoT-enabled (Industrial Internet of Things) HERMA 500 Label Applicator.
GEA has launched a vertical form-fill-seal packaging (VFFS) bagger that reduces breakage of fragile candies, available for the UK confectionery and bakery sectors.
Technology and innovation are playing an ever-greater role in helping the food sector get ahead of changing consumer demands, evolving regulatory pressures and environmental challenges.
Technology is creating consumer expectations on privacy, trust and traceability and cannot be overstated, said mobile and digital marketing guru Tom Daly. His answer? Blockchain.
GEA will debut PowerPak PLUS, its next-generation thermoforming packaging machine for meat, bread, biscuits, baguettes, ciabatta, croissants and pita at IFFA, Frankfurt, Germany (May 4-9).
Consumer eating habits will change in the coming decades and we will have to find new sources to provide humankind with sustenance in the future, according to Bühler.
Digimarc and HP have partnered to provide a Serialized Global Trade Item Number (SGTIN) for individual packaging items, meaning two otherwise identical units of the same product are uniquely identifiable, making it possible to track and trace for brand...
Dutch 3D printing specialist byFlow believes that by partnering with food industry multinationals the technology it develops will help shape the future of food – quite literally. And that future is personal, CEO Nina Hoff tells FoodNavigator.
Conversational AI (Artificial Intelligence), bot development and in-store entertainment concepts - 2019 is poised to be a transformative year for retail, according to Digimarc.
AIPIA (Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) opened its 2018 Amsterdam World Congress (November 19-20) touching on the challenges and hurdles for smart packaging this week.
Kezzler joined the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Innovation Norway on a State Visit to China last month, as it welcomed incoming CEO Christine Akselsen.
AIPIA (Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) has partnered with drupa 2020, printing technology show, to host a Members’ Village as well as demonstrations and presentations about Active & Intelligent Packaging technologies and how...
Constantia Flexibles has partnered with Wikitude to launch ‘Constantia Interactive’, augmented reality (AR) packaging, with plans to expand into the ‘Interactive Packaging’ market.
Videojet Technologies has introduced an optional Scan2Run functionality for its 1860 continuous inkjet (CIJ) printer, to reduce operator-induced coding errors.
The cannabis industry had never been a major customer base for the candy production equipment company, Savage Bros, until three years ago when it sold10 depositors to the US edible manufacturers for about $200,000.
MacIntyre Chocolate Systems has launched a New Generation Refiner/Conche range for more flexible and enhanced control of the refining process, with an improved design and easier maintenance.
Colbert Packaging has installed a second Brausse 1060ER die cutter at its production site in Elkhart, Indiana, the first US-based packaging supplier to implement this latest Brausse equipment with blanking technology.
An MiR100 portable heavy goods robot by Kantum and a flying drone called Prodroneto, which will be launched in December, made their debut at this year’s Tokyo Pack 2018.
Sam Part, the 26-year-old designer, entrepreneur and CEO of Candy Mechanics, is our guest today. Sam has successfully raised £400,000 ($520,000) to extend partnerships within the confectionery industry.
Rainforest Alliance says its SAT4Farming, a satellite technology that was recently adopted by 1,000 cocoa farmers in Ghana, could potentially provide ‘cheaper and more reliable’ sustainability certifications to chocolate companies.
