Industry News

World-renowned Swiss Chocolate Gets New Line

The investment increases Toblerone's production and innovation capability to accelerate the brand's global growth ambition.

March 11, 2026

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PFW): Page 20

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: How to Avoid Food Recalls

What are the best strategies to avoid food recalls and maintain customer trust? The toll of a food safety failure extends far beyond the initial problem. Whether it brings costs associated with food waste, production delays, regulatory consequences, or loss of consumer trust, suffice to say a recall is best avoided.

March 11, 2026

Packaging Equipment & Materials

Weber Packaging Solutions Acquires AT Information Products

Weber Packaging Solutions

The acquisition of ATIP aims to expand Weber's integrated labeling, coding, and thermal inkjet printing capabilities across multiple packaging markets in North America.

March 10, 2026

Pumps/Valves

Graco Electric Diaphragm Pump Cuts Energy Use by Up to 80%

Graco Inc.

Graco’s Quantm replaces traditional compressed-air operation with an electric motor, which reduces energy use, simplifies operation, and supports PLC integration.

March 10, 2026

Packaging Equipment & Materials

Graco’s Tank-Free Hot Melt System Reduces Adhesive Use and Downtime

Graco Inc.

See how Graco's InvisiPac melts adhesive on demand—eliminating char buildup, reducing glue consumption up to 30%, and improving uptime for high-volume CPG packaging lines.

March 9, 2026

Liquid Processing

Fristam Pumps Introduces an Inline Mixing System for Efficient Powder-to-Liquid Mixing

Fristam Pumps USA

Learn how Fristam Pumps' PL Powder Dissolver quickly dissolves free-flowing powders into liquids using a forced-passage mixing principle to ensure rapid dispersion and homogeneous blending without clumps, waste, or excess processing time.

March 9, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

E-book: Smooth vertical startups are built on fundamentals

Missed targets, rising scrap, reactive maintenance—startup dips compound fast. This report shows you how to avoid them.

March 6, 2026

Processing Instrumentation

Processing News Roundup 3/06: Building for Change, Beef Traceability, Dainty Foods in Ohio

Processing News Roundup 3/06: Building for Change, Beef Traceability, Dainty Foods in Ohio

March 6, 2026

Inspection

AI Visual Inspection Market Poised for Rapid Growth

Projected to grow from $2.1 billion in 2024 to $4.2 billion by 2031, AI-powered inspection technologies are reshaping quality control as manufacturers seek more adaptive defect detection and data-driven quality management.

March 5, 2026

Webinars

Staying Competitive in Food Manufacturing: Closing the Gaps Between ERP and Plant-Floor Reality

This webinar examines where ERP systems commonly fall short and how manufacturers address those gaps to remain competitive without overcomplicating their technology environments.

April 2, 2026

Sponsors: Vicinity Software

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Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: What Plants Need to be Resilient and Adaptable

In the past, many plants thrived on consistency. Stable schedules, long production runs, minimal product changeovers—all hallmarks of efficiency. But modern manufacturing doesn’t live in that world anymore. The winning plants are the ones that adapt fast, smart, and often quietly behind the scenes.

March 4, 2026

Food Safety

Food Radar Systems

March 3, 2026

Meat, Poultry & Seafood

Sysco

March 3, 2026