Discover your next big idea in food packaging & processing this Sept.

Experience a breakthrough in food packaging & processing—explore solutions from 2,300 suppliers spanning all industries at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

JBT has developed iOPS to provide performance optimization across not only its Avure HPP offerings but across its full equipment line.

Big Data Analytics Optimizes HPP Equipment, Processes

Springing in large part from its acquisition of HPP equipment provider Avure a few years ago, JBT’s iOPS cloud-based performance optimization platform helps to improve utilization, visibility, and control in HPP facilities.

August 4, 2021

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PACK EXPO Las Vegas Processing Zone Preview | Technical Workforce Development Trends Within Manufacturing

Take Five Video: As processing and packaging come together as an integrated system, it’s more important than ever to bring them under one roof. Also covered: NAM initiatives reach out to minority communities to fill the demand for a quality workforce.

July 30, 2021

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PepsiCo, Nestlé, Del Monte in the News | High Pressure Processing Update

Take Five Video: Sustainability efforts remain front and center at major food companies, while high-pressure processing technology delivers the freshness and extended shelf life consumers demand.

July 16, 2021

Beverage Manufacturers Turn to Dynamic Machines and Automation to Meet SKU Expansion

Manufacturers are being pressed on all fronts to expand offerings in the beverage market, and they are turning to OEMs and suppliers to offer solutions at all points in the manufacturing process.

July 9, 2021

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Smart Manufacturing Platform Transforms Poultry Processing

U.S. government-funded CESMII is using ThinkIQ’s intelligence platform to drive smart manufacturing in a pilot project at a chicken rendering plant. The findings could help improve efficiencies across all kinds of energy-intensive industries.

July 6, 2021

ThinkIQ’s cloud-based platform takes into account contextual data across the supply chain.

B&G Foods, Liffey Meats, Graphic Packaging, and More Protect the Planet

Take Five Video: ProFood World will pay tribute to the winners of the Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, honoring those companies and individuals that seek to go beyond environmental compliance.

July 2, 2021

Global Automation Leader Fanuc Announces Production of 750,000th Robot

Fanuc is capable of producing 11,000 robots per month in fully automated factories that use its own robots to make robots, controllers, and machine tools that offer world-renowned reliability, precision, speed, and easy operation.

July 1, 2021

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unPACKed with PMMI Podcast: Stay Ahead of Cybercriminals . . . or Else

Listen to the unPACKed with PMMI podcast as Donna Ritson, president of DDR Communications, helps lay out a blueprint for discovering areas where your network could be vulnerable to cybercriminals.

June 25, 2021

unPACKed podcast: Cybersecuring Packaging IT and OT Systems

New Era of High-Performance Actuation to Enable Simpler, Safer, and More Productive Robots and Machines

This direct-drive actuator combines high torque density, cleanliness, and reliability to improve performance and lower total cost of ownership, the company says.

June 18, 2021

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Coronavirus’s Impact, Learnings, and the Value of Discipline

Prior to the pandemic, manufacturers spent most of their time optimizing assets and processes. When the crisis struck, the industry was forced to reinvent day-to-day activities. Refocusing on people is the key to being prepared for future uncertain times.

June 9, 2021

While most agree we won’t be returning to normal as we have known it, they also agree there will be a continual need for discipline and repeatability in manufacturing in the new normal world as well.

MWC’s Robot Configurations Provide Flexibility

Robotics come into play in the cheesemaker's palletizing operations. But for the most part, that level of complexity isn't needed in a facility producing such consistent product types and sizes. What's needed more is simplified automation.

June 7, 2021

At MWC, Fanuc robots are used to place the packaged 40-lb blocks of cheese onto pallets before they go through a stretch wrapper and are taken to the warehouse.

Cheesemaker Harvests the Data Cream of the Crop

The MWC cheese and whey facility, ProFood World's 2021 Manufacturing Innovation Award winner, continues to layer on SCADA functionality to get more information from the data it gathers.

June 3, 2021

The Ignition SCADA system provides alarms for MWC operators, and also provides layers of data capabilities for track and trace, OEE, and more.

unPACKed podcast: Market Disruption as a Competitive Advantage

Listen to the unPACKed with PMMI podcast as Tom Morrison outlines a classic good news/bad news evaluation for the next five to ten years.

June 3, 2021

unPACKed podcast: Market Disruption as a Competitive Advantage

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Products

Devices and software used to automate food and beverage manufacturing, including controls, sensors, instrumentation, robotics, and Internet of Things platforms.

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AI-driven Digital Platform

Norwalt and ei3 partner to launch Norwalt Nexus, which transforms manufacturing equipment into intelligent, proactive systems, helping to address the talent crisis and demand for data-driven manufacturing.

The Grote Company Unveils Automated Material Handling System with Integrated Robotics at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

KUKA Robotics to Showcase Advanced Solutions for Packaging and Processing at PACK EXPO 2025