Industry News

Beverage Packaging Industry Responds to Rapid Transformation

Research shows 68% of companies plan significant equipment upgrades ahead of PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2025.

June 3, 2025

Conveying & Product Handling

Conveying & Product Handling

Motion Opens Its First Canadian Conveyance Solutions Shop

Motion Industries, Inc.

The Calgary shop aims to expand Motion's conveyance services, including custom belting fabrication and maintenance, for various industrial sectors across Western Canada.

May 29, 2025

Food Processing Equipment

Urschel Becomes Stakeholder in KRONEN

Urschel Laboratories, Inc.

Urschel U.S.A. soon will offer KRONEN machinery and systems, including conveying, packaging, and small-to-medium scale cutting machinery.

May 15, 2025

Workforce

Jacob Hilbrandt Joins Sharpe Engineering

Sharpe Engineering & Equipment

Hilbrandt brings his experience in food industry equipment sales to his new role as Sharpe Engineering's inside sales & marketing coordinator.

May 9, 2025

Conveying & Product Handling

Large-Scale Fully Automated MDR Conveyor Project

Pack Air Inc.

Pack Air Inc. builds several automated tote-handling processes for confectionery products.

April 29, 2025

Robotics

Unique Gripper Shines in Robotic Cookie Multi-pack Automation System

Ten delta-style robots use unique, easily changed end-of-arm tooling to stack cookies into slugs and then place slugs into plastic trays at 700 cookies/min with a 99% performance guarantee.

February 16, 2025

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Coperion to Expand Switzerland Test Center to Enhance Capabilities

Coperion

Coperion K-Tron's is expanding its Niederlenz test center to enable more comprehensive material testing, especially for tests involving materials that require containment.

February 12, 2025

Processing Instrumentation

Advanced Material Processing and Automated Handling Solutions Merge and Rebrand

Akona Process Solutions

Newly merged AMP and AHS will go to market under a new brand name, Akona Process Solutions, providing comprehensive material processing and handling solutions.

January 31, 2025

Food Safety

Revolutionize Food Production Hygiene with Hapman’s CablePro Tubular Drag Conveyor

December 4, 2024

Dry Processing

Chip Company Quickens Unloading with New Bulk Storage Bins

The 93-years-running Backer’s Potato Chip Company upgraded its bulk storage bin system to minimize repair time and significantly speed up its unloading process.

November 21, 2024

Conveying & Product Handling

Quick Change in Timing Screws

Ways to increase efficiency and reduce time spent on changeover time was a main focus at Morrison’s booth. Quick and tool-less change of core plates lets even operators who are not highly skilled manage change of timing screws.

November 4, 2024

Conveying & Product Handling

Toolless Disassembly Highlights New Conveyor for Food Processing

The modular DynaClean S-Series conveyor is hygienically designed to handle direct food applications as well as frequent washdowns.

November 4, 2024

Conveying & Product Handling

New Addition to Sanitary Conveyor Line Enables Smoother Product Transitions

Dorner's new stainless-steel belt curve conveyor facilitates the smallest transfers in the most compact footprint as part of the company's sanitary AquaGuard product line.

November 3, 2024