As part of AUSPACK's 30th anniversary celebrations, the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) and the APPMA have organised a whole week of events: Packaging and Processing Week 2015.

Can an industrial robot succeed at removing the breast fillet from a chicken and, at the same time, get more out of the raw materials? The answer now is yes!

Up to 30% of time in food and beverage is spent cleaning. Any reduction in this time that does not compromise the quality of the outcome directly contributes to a company's bottom line.

A new generation of lightweight robots could help Australian food manufacturers take advantage of the falling dollar. [ + ]

A new generation of lightweight robots could help Australian food manufacturers take advantage of the falling dollar. [ + ]

Smart packaging that alerts you to possible food spoilage or contamination of products - that's one of the possibilities being considered by a team of MIT chemists who have devised a simple wireless sensor that can be read by a smartphone. [ + ]

Within the meat industry, great efficiencies, and thus added value, can be achieved by optimally overviewing, monitoring and connecting the entire chain, from hog to hot dog. This chain consists of farmers, slaughterhouses, residual meat producers and processors producing final products. While each party involved tends to have a good overview mainly of their own part of the production process, a food technological approach adds value by overviewing as well as monitoring the entire chain for optimal economic and societal utility. It does so, among others, by connecting supply and demand within the chain, allowing for optimal carcass valorisation 2.0 to take place. [ + ]

A new polymer powder is the key to a faster, simpler method for breweries to detect contamination in their beer. [ + ]

In 2015, AUSPACK celebrates 30 years of bringing together manufacturers, distributors and importers of packaging and processing machinery. [ + ]

Managing the extreme complexity of real-time process control is one of the biggest challenges facing manufacturers today. [ + ]

Managing the extreme complexity of real-time process control is one of the biggest challenges facing manufacturers today. [ + ]

Active and intelligent packaging technologies are already seen by many brand owners and retailers as a route to increasing profits or improving the bottom line through savings in the supply chain. [ + ]

Active and intelligent packaging technologies are already seen by many brand owners and retailers as a route to increasing profits or improving the bottom line through savings in the supply chain. [ + ]

Proven DAF technologies can be very profitably combined with the latest anaerobic waste digestion technologies which not only extract very high levels of harmful COD contaminants from wastewater streams and sludge by-products, but also convert them into profitable green energy. [ + ]

Inspection is key to improving your business's production methods, reducing waste and increasing efficiency. Taking that one step further, reliable inspection is a must for any business that is serious about making the most of its resources and being competitive. [ + ]