New tool offers global machinery connectivity

METAL detector specialist Fortress Technology has launched a new tool the firm said looks set to “transform” production quality assurance for food manufacturers. The business...

Loma appoints new Scottish sales manager

IVOR Milne has been appointed regional sales manager for Scotland at machinery specialist Loma Systems. He was most recently a sales engineer with coding and...

Finding flat flakes in foods

LAST year Fortress Technology unveiled a metal detector that inspects low profile, high value foods vertically and horizontally concurrently to achieve the 'highest sensitivity...

GIC coins it in with latest bullion plant solution

A supplier of automated coin packing lines has celebrated 25 years in the bullion industry by supplying its latest solution. GIC undertook its first project...

Cobalt extends collaboration with Zebra Technologies

BARCODE labelling automation specialist Cobalt Systems has expanded its collaboration with Zebra Technologies as an industrial automation partner for Zebra’s new fixed industrial scanning...

OMRON appoints new CEO of IAB in Europe

OMRON has appointed Fernando Colás as CEO of its Industrial Automation Business (IAB) in EMEA. Colás, who has been with the business for over 37...

Automation innovation is improving all the time

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE Automation is one of the fastest growing areas of packaging machinery innovation. Designed to help address a range of challenges, from labour shortages...

Beating the skills shortage in food and drink sector

Garry Lewis, market development manager for FMCG at Omron, explores workplace dynamics and shows how a blended working approach, using a combination of automation...

Automated e-commerce solution is very much in fashion for brand

AN automated solution provided by Yorkshire Packaging Systems (YPS) using Hugo Beck’s flexo e-com machine has reportedly helped fashion accessory specialist totes ISOTONER (UK)...

Cobot helps Danish firm meet demand for vegan ice cream

THE end-of-line packaging process at Ice Bakers, a Danish producer of plant-based ice cream, has been automated with an OMRON TM cobot featuring a...