Hellenic Cheese recently chose a Toyota BT walkie stacker forklift for its material handling needs due largely to its ability to access confined spaces. [ + ]

SIPA has worked with PONTI - an Italian manufacturer of sauces and condiments - to develop a packaging solution for its Gastronomic Glaze range. [ + ]

US cheese manufacturer BelGioioso sought a packaging solution that was suitable for its Mild Provolone bulk sizes sold at club stores. [ + ]

FGB Natural Products recently called on Kaeser Compressors to replace its ageing compressed air system.

The Laïta dairy cooperative in north-west France has automated palletisation of its whipped cheese line, tripling its product accumulation capacity while eliminating repetitive and potentially injurious manual tasks. [ + ]

UK soft fruit grower S&A Produce selected the TOMRA Primus-D optical belt sorter to conduct quality monitoring of blueberries prior to packaging. [ + ]

Coca-Cola Amatil has signed an agreement to move its Asia Pacific customer planning and relationship management systems to the IBM Cloud. [ + ]

Grease traps are not known for their pleasant fragrance, so when a new facility was proposed in Dubbo, NSW, to treat greasy liquid waste from local businesses, one of the conditions of its approval was the inclusion of an effective odour control system. [ + ]

When selecting sensors for the various inspection tasks within its busy brewery facility, Warsteiner was attracted by the versatility of the BVS-E vision sensors from Balluff. [ + ]

When Morada Nut Company was seeking to enter new, high-end markets, it chose Key Technology's Taurys laser sorter, which is designed to remove foreign material and defects from the product and colour sort for grading. [ + ]

Because of the diversity of its product range, ARA Food Corporation needed a flexible packaging solution capable of handling different bag sizes quickly and efficiently, with minimum machine downtime. The answer was a new packaging line from tna. [ + ]

At the Tip Top Butchers meat facility in Melbourne, a 202 kW solar PV array and 108 high-bay LED lights were installed in 2013 with grant funding support from the Clean Technology Innovation Program (CTIP). [ + ]

Parmalat's Lidcombe warehouse has improved safety and productivity with its new WMS and voice solution. [ + ]

ALDI Süd has bypassed traditional metal cans, opting to package its organic vegetable range in combisafe cartons. [ + ]

Bega Cheese's focus on safety has seen it invest in Tawi vacuum-assisted lifting systems and Protema hoists.