AI-powered robots used to pick valuable materials from Fife waste

AI-powered robots are being used to sort Fife Council's household waste in its Dunfermline material recovery facility (MRF). Installed in late 2022, the robotic pickers...

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...

Brooks seals ULMA Packaging move

STEVE Brooks has been appointed to the role of Vertical Form Fill Seal (VFFS) business manager at ULMA Packaging to coincide with the launch of the ultrasonic...

Retrofit solution for leaf salad technology

A technique that increases the bagging speed of leaf salads and is said to reduce film use and contamination levels can now be fitted...

X-ray system offers window of opportunity to eliminate ‘fear factor’

SPARC Systems claims its Apollo food x-ray inspection system has 'bucked the trend' when it comes to transparency by engineering a system featuring magnetised sliding...

New weighing platform makes the grade

ISHIDA Europe has announced an enhancement of its FLEX-Grader for fresh poultry and meat with the introduction of a new weighing platform which the...

Side-sealing flow wrapper launched for cheese packaging operations

ULMA Packaging has developed a new side-sealing version of the company’s original ARTIC side seal flow wrapper, designed to help cheese suppliers provide sustainable...

Berry specialist marks automatic case packer milestone

THE first Proseal CP3 automatic case packing system to be installed at Arbroath-headquartered Angus Soft Fruits has reached a major milestone after handling over...

Flexible systems are in the bag for YPS

YORKSHIRE Packaging Systems (YPS) has divulged details of its various e-commerce packaging machines, encompassing both horizontal and vertical baggers, after the firm joined forces with...

FANUC event to showcase benefits of industrial robots

FANUC UK has announced plans to bring together more than 30 leading names from across the automation and robotics industry to explore the biggest...