PIQET life cycle assessment tool
18 April, 2018Owned and developed by Lifecycles, PIQET (Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool) is an easy-to-use tool for comparing the environmental impacts of packaging designs.
OFS-Flow software
09 April, 2018OFS-Flow software uses events that occur on and around the production environment to generate the variety of forms needed to record and quality check operations.
Process simulation for the food industry
29 March, 2018A Fraunhofer software solution can simulate a large variety of food technology processes including shaping, homogenising, injection, kneading, pressing and stirring.
SMC modular EX600 serial interface
27 March, 2018Flexible and compatible with a range of manifolds, SMC's modular EX600 serial interface offers a full suite of diagnostics and programmable parameters to meet stringent requirements.
Turck CIP hybrid safety I/O module
28 February, 2018The hybrid safety concept combines both safety I/O and general-purpose I/O in a single, rugged, on-machine, remote I/O device.
7 ways digital transformation adds value to F&B companies
27 February, 2018 by Mike Edgett, Director of Industry Marketing for Process Manufacturing, InforIn today's marketplace, technology shouldn't be an afterthought but instead it must be an integral part of a company's overall strategy.
Advantech AIIS machine vision systems
01 February, 2018Advantech's AIIS product series aimed at vision inspection applications is suitable for food and beverage industry needs.
Technology uses social media conversations for customer engagement
17 January, 2018Manhattan Associates has announced the Manhattan Customer Engagement solution, which has the potential to change the Australian food retail sector by providing more personalised customer experiences.
ABB and Kawasaki partner on cobot project
29 November, 2017Industrial automation and robot suppliers ABB and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have announced the world's first cooperation that will focus on collaborative robots, or 'cobots'.
Boosting poultry production by automating incubators
27 November, 2017Using a method that dates to the early Egyptians, poultry producers have been using incubators to hatch eggs for more than a century. Now new control systems are set to improve yields 3–5% while energy costs are slashed by 30%.
IDEC Corporation MicroSmart FC6A Plus PLC
24 November, 2017With its expanded I/O capacity of up to 2060 local I/O, the Microsmart FC6A Plus PLC is said to be able to control and monitor the largest machines or entire small-scale manufacturing facilities.
Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray X38
25 October, 2017Manufacturers of pumped food products can benefit from high detection sensitivity and improved OEE with the X38 X-ray inspection system from Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray.
Panasonic Toughpad FZ-F1 rugged handheld tablet
23 October, 2017Panasonic has announced the Toughpad FZ-F1 fully rugged handheld tablet, powered by Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Express App Platform – Manufacturing
13 October, 2017Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) Express App Platform – Manufacturing simplifies application deployment in manufacturing plants and unifies the operation of legacy and smart-factory applications.
Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Industrial Software Platform
13 October, 2017EcoStruxure Industrial Software Platform is an integrated, modular software suite designed to address operational and business imperatives across the value chain in industrial and infrastructure businesses.
