TNA to preview confectionery innovations at interpack 2026

As a complete confectionery line solutions partner, TNA is enabling producers to do more with less — reducing waste, minimising manual intervention with its inherent risks, and maximising equipment availability across the entire line.

With manufacturers facing growing SKU complexity, labour shortages and rising operational costs, TNA’s upcoming mogul enhancements are designed to boost productivity, enable faster changeovers and improve process control. Delivering outputs of over 3000 kg/h, these innovations are designed to maximise throughput and product quality while reducing waste and improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). They are particularly suited to jelly, gummy, marshmallows and liquorice applications, where precision and flexibility are critical.

Smarter starch handling

TNA is redefining starch tray-filling — traditionally one of the most critical operations for ensuring high-quality mould printing and uniform starch dispersion. A new spring-loaded seal mechanism, integrated within a patented starch-filling containment system, creates a controlled environment during filling, levelling and transport, preventing overflow at tray edges and eliminating the need for further compressed air cleaning. This is designed to result in cleaner trays, more consistent stacking, reduced airborne starch dust, lower material loss and reduced energy consumption.

Real-time weight control to lower waste

To address the challenge of weight accuracy in increasingly complex confectionery formats — from layered and centre-filled products to premium textures — TNA has developed an in-line tray weighing system that measures product weight before and after depositing. The system allows the mogul to self-adjust the pump stroke dynamically during production, ensuring consistent weight control across every batch. This continuous monitoring approach is designed to reduce product giveaway, minimise waste and enable early rejection of out-of-spec trays, protecting yield and product quality.

Faster changeovers to maximise uptime

TNA’s clean-in-place (CIP) hoppers and remote-controlled hopper compartment valves are designed to reduce changeover time, minimise machine and factory contamination and improve operator safety.

In addition, TNA’s latest piston valve design can simplify the changeover process, reducing it by approximately five minutes per change. For operations performing multiple changeovers per day, this translates into a meaningful increase in available production time and overall line productivity.

Advanced pump design

TNA’s new top-driven pump architecture is designed to improve both performance and usability. Uniform piston stroke across the pump array can ensure consistent weight control, while optional servo-driven valve bar technology enhances depositing precision across a wide range of formulations.

Additional features, including hopper overflow drainage, reduce cleaning requirements and unplanned downtime, improving overall reliability.

Commenting on the innovations, Luca Menassi, General Manager – Asia, TNA Solutions, said: “Confectionery manufacturers today are under pressure to deliver greater flexibility, higher efficiency and consistent product quality — often with fewer resources. Our focus is on simplifying operations through intelligent design, automation and integration. By reducing manual intervention, enabling faster changeovers and providing real-time control over critical processes such as weight accuracy, we help producers improve performance across the entire line while maintaining the highest quality standards.”

These innovations will be on show at interpack 2026, Stands C56 & D56.

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