Looking for an automated, cost-effective way to produce its customers' products, TCI invested in 6-axis industrial robots to perform labelling and assembly tasks. [ + ]

A NitroHotfill line from Krones has produced a 44% reduction in compressed air consumption for a Turkish tea processor. [ + ]

When repackaging its sensitive products in PET bottles instead of in soft packages, French beverage company Jus de Fruits d'Alsace invested in a Contiform AseptBloc from Krones. [ + ]

Refrigeration Services has supplied and installed an ammonia holding blast/freezer system which holds up to 9300 pallet spaces of boxed meat to Ralph's Meat Company. [ + ]

Canadian-based Brandneu Foods significantly reduced lead times for its popular range of kale chips by 75% after installing the high-performance tna intelli-flav OMS 5 at its plant in Toronto. [ + ]

Italian brewer Brewfist's SPX Flow Seital clarifiers minimise oxygen pick-up and improve productivity. [ + ]

Seeking to upgrade the quality of its products, Pott's Brewery in Germany has installed inspection technology from Krones for its swing-stopper bottling line. [ + ]

Euro Pumps was asked by Commercial Wire Designs to see how well the company could clean baked-on tar from refurbished bakery racks. [ + ]

When Chef's Pantry refurbished the vegetable processing area of its plant in Braeside, Victoria, it was imperative to ensure a hygienic environment that would maintain the freshness of its produce. [ + ]

White Rabbit Brewery looked at the pros and cons of epoxy resin and polyurethane systems, two of the most common types of brewery floors, before settling on a bright Coral Red, antimicrobial-enhanced, polyurethane coating that meets the site's practical, hygienic and aesthetic requirements. [ + ]

A thorough air audit on an Australian food manufacturer's entire system has revealed some unexpected results. [ + ]

At a German delicatessen company, a Busch central vacuum supply for the packaging machines has improved efficiency and reduced energy consumption by 70%. [ + ]

The sugary sludge consisting of sugar, fat and protein that is left behind after production line cleansing at a UK ice-cream manufacturing plant is to be transformed into bio-methane. This will then go to the National Grid to heat UK homes, thanks to the nearby Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility. [ + ]

Grinding PET into flakes is part of a German soft drink company's recycling agenda. [ + ]

Americold's cold and frozen storage DC in Arndell Park, NSW has implemented a fully automated advanced voice picking system from Dematic. [ + ]