Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: PACK EXPO Recap—AI Puts Data to Work and GLP-1s Ripple Through Packaging

What happens when all that plant-floor data finally becomes useful?

October 26, 2026

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Food Ingredients

Dairy Proteins Give Food and Beverage Makers Their Toughest Ingredient Challenge

Whey and dairy proteins top the list of ingredients that complicate production, but difficulty also compounds when formulators combine multiple functional components in a single product.

October 23, 2026

Software

Condition Monitoring Helps Britvic Avoid Six Hours of Downtime

AI-based monitoring from Alfa Laval alerts Britvic’s Rugby facility to a pump issue before failure, helping the beverage manufacturer avoid lost production and cleaning water waste.

October 23, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Live from PACK EXPO—Actionable Data, Fenceless Cobot Safety, and the Humanoids That Didn’t Show

Everyone agreed the industry needed more data. What happens when the machines start telling you what to do with it?

October 21, 2026

Cleaning, Sanitizing & CIP

Lechler

October 20, 2026

Liquid Processing & Handling Equipment

G&F Manufacturing Co., Inc.

October 20, 2026

IIoT

Kettles Use Control Panel, Sensors to Record Production Data

These liquid kettles are equipped with a control panel, HMI, and sensors that capture production data like flow rate and liquid level.

October 20, 2026

Liquid Processing & Handling Equipment

New Pump Upgrades Hygienic Maintenance

The MaxiLobe pump offers a more efficient, modular design with front-loading seals for in-line maintenance.

October 20, 2026

Dairy

Compact Cartoner

Model 782 cartoner is designed to be the most compact in its class. Especially suitable for putting wrapped butter sticks into cartons. It operates at 60 cartons/min Changeover requires only 15 minutes. Relies on servo technology to make sure all machine functions are perfectly coordinated.

October 20, 2026

Beverage

High-Speed Bottle Packaging

Making its debut at the Delkor booth was a new line that was running 8-count cases at 750 bpm. Line can run single-flavor or, with optional infeed, multi-flavor packages. Featured on the line are patented Smart Lock quick-change indicators. Also, the Trayfecta X case former sends 50 cases/min to supply empty cases for the line.

October 20, 2026

Automation & Digital Transformation

End of the Line Video Series: Humanoid Robots, a Manufacturing Boom, and a Fresh Look at Plastic Bottle Production

Listen in as we talk growth in pharma manufacturing, what's up with humanoid robots, and Suntory's modified Flake-to-Preform recycling technology.

October 19, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Humanoid Robots, a Manufacturing Boom, and a Fresh Look at Plastic Bottle Production

PMMI Media Group’s chief editors, Matt Reynolds, Derrick Teal, Liz Cuneo are joined by ProFood World associate editor Casey Flanagan to discuss whether humanoid robots should look human at all, what the BLS projects for pharmaceutical packaging jobs, and the recycling process Suntory is testing on a much dirtier feedstock than Japan’s.

October 19, 2026

Conveying & Product Handling

Automated Solution Reduces the Strain of Manual Bag Breaking

An AI vision system identifies, selects, and targets the best bags from the pallet to avoid the challenges associated with imperfectly oriented bags.

October 18, 2026