There are no manned forklift trucks driving about loading truck trailers with boxes of chips at PepsiCo's Broek op Langedijk site in the Netherlands. Instead, the recently installed Joloda loading system saves 30 minutes/load as it pushes 42 pallets of chips into an extra-long truck in one fully automated operation. The Flat Floor Trailerskate Dock flexible loading system, the result of close collaboration between the loading specialist Joloda, the food group PepsiCo, the logistics provider Kühne + Nagel and the truck manufacturer Heiwo, features sensor intelligence from SICK as standard.

Developed in collaboration with industry, GS1 Australia's SmartMedia is a multisector solution for managing and sharing up-to-date and authenticated images, multimedia files and other product-related digital assets and data with trading partners. It allows trading partners to access all digital assets in one location, saving time and money, and improving accuracy.

Can an industrial robot succeed at removing the breast fillet from a chicken and, at the same time, get more out of the raw materials? The answer now is yes!

Developed in collaboration with industry, GS1 Australia's SmartMedia is a multisector solution for managing and sharing up-to-date and authenticated images, multimedia files and other product-related digital assets and data with trading partners. It allows trading partners to access all digital assets in one location, saving time and money, and improving accuracy. [ + ]

Can an industrial robot succeed at removing the breast fillet from a chicken and, at the same time, get more out of the raw materials? The answer now is yes! [ + ]

As part of AUSPACK's 30th anniversary celebrations, the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) and the APPMA have organised a whole week of events: Packaging and Processing Week 2015.

A new generation of lightweight robots could help Australian food manufacturers take advantage of the falling dollar. [ + ]

Up to 30% of time in food and beverage is spent cleaning. Any reduction in this time that does not compromise the quality of the outcome directly contributes to a company's bottom line.

A new generation of lightweight robots could help Australian food manufacturers take advantage of the falling dollar. [ + ]

A new polymer powder is the key to a faster, simpler method for breweries to detect contamination in their beer. [ + ]

Within the meat industry, great efficiencies, and thus added value, can be achieved by optimally overviewing, monitoring and connecting the entire chain, from hog to hot dog. This chain consists of farmers, slaughterhouses, residual meat producers and processors producing final products. While each party involved tends to have a good overview mainly of their own part of the production process, a food technological approach adds value by overviewing as well as monitoring the entire chain for optimal economic and societal utility. It does so, among others, by connecting supply and demand within the chain, allowing for optimal carcass valorisation 2.0 to take place. [ + ]

Smart packaging that alerts you to possible food spoilage or contamination of products - that's one of the possibilities being considered by a team of MIT chemists who have devised a simple wireless sensor that can be read by a smartphone. [ + ]

In 2015, AUSPACK celebrates 30 years of bringing together manufacturers, distributors and importers of packaging and processing machinery. [ + ]

Managing the extreme complexity of real-time process control is one of the biggest challenges facing manufacturers today. [ + ]

Managing the extreme complexity of real-time process control is one of the biggest challenges facing manufacturers today. [ + ]