Sustainability

OMAC Releases New PackML Implementation Guide – Sustainability

OMAC's guide provides a standardized framework to help automation professionals track energy consumption and integrate sustainability metrics into machine operations.

April 8, 2026

Business Drivers: Page 4

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Seeing Is Believing: Vision Systems Done Right

How machine vision is reducing waste, improving QA, and creating real-time insights.

April 6, 2026

Automation & Digital Transformation

TwinThread

March 31, 2026

Wastewater Treatment

MSU Students Help Dairy Facility Stabilize Wastewater Treatment

In a collaboration between industry and academia, students at Michigan State University diagnosed and developed a strategy to resolve instabilities in a major dairy processor’s operation.

March 30, 2026

Software

What Holds Processors Back from Implementing Industry 4.0 Tech

Implementing digital tools requires significant time and financial investment, as well as buy-in from executive leadership, explains Tom Annett, Director of Engineering and Automation Controls and Power for Conagra.

March 27, 2026

Automation & Digital Transformation

Workforce Survey: CPGs Shift Strategies in Hiring and Training

In this preview of the 2026 Annual Outlook Report on the packaging workforce, findings reveal CPGs are adapting to a difficult hiring landscape with new approaches to recruitment and a reallocation of training investments.

March 26, 2026

Automation & Digital Transformation

AI Gains Ground in Packaging Industry

Lower costs and greater functionality are helping increase adoption.

March 24, 2026

Inspection

METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection Launches New eGuide to Help Food Manufacturers Prevent Physical Contamination

METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection

METTLER TOLEDO's free eGuide outlines five practical steps to help manufacturers control physical contaminants, strengthen food safety programs, and reduce recall risk.

March 23, 2026

Robotics

Yaskawa America, Inc. Acquires Variadores SAS

Yaskawa America, Inc.

Partnership expands direct Yaskawa presence in Colombia and the entire Andean region of South America.

March 23, 2026

Inspection

Potato Processor Balances High Demand and Quality with Sorting Tech

Brazil-based Bem Brasil installed an integrated line with two stages of optical sorting to ensure maximum quality and yield at a high production volume.

March 18, 2026

Food Safety

PACK EXPO International Showcases Solutions to Packaging and Processing Industry’s Most Pressing Challenges

The October 2026 show in Chicago will be its largest ever, bringing together thousands of exhibitors, educational sessions, and industry experts to address workforce shortages, AI adoption, sustainability demands, and much more.

March 16, 2026

Software

How Conagra Uses Industry 4.0 Tech in its Operations Today

Conagra is already using Industry 4.0 technology to be more prepared as it considers automation projects, according to Tom Annett, Director of Engineering and Automation Controls and Power for ConAgra.

March 13, 2026

Webinars

From Concept to Capacity: 5 Success Factors for Scalable Process Systems

Learn five key strategies that help growing manufacturers design reliable process systems. These include aligning capital investments with performance goals and simplifying designs for long-term flexibility.

April 16, 2026

Sponsors: TechniBlend

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