Shifting consumer expectations mean food manufacturers must adapt not only their formulations, but their equipment too. Here, Chris Johnson, managing director at SMB Bearings, explains why the smallest components, like industrial bearings, are playing a bigger role in food safety and compliance.

At PPMA 2025, inspection equipment specialist Fortress Technology debuts a fully automated top and bottom label inspection solution, ensuring complete compliance with retailer food safety and labelling requirements.

ifm has unveiled the DV301x range - an advanced machine lighting solution that exceeds the stringent requirements of the Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC. The range reflects ifm's dedication to sustainability, energy efficiency and engineering excellence, helping industry partners embrace responsible, future-focused operations.

In 2024, the number of UK food recalls increased by 10%. Food safety specialist Phil Brown from Fortress Technology examines the rationale behind this rise and how a multi-layered approach to food inspections and contaminant detection can help to keep food and consumers even safer.

Food and beverage manufacturers face unique challenges in ensuring precision, hygiene, and reliability in their equipment. Ruland's shaft collars and rigid couplings are engineered and manufactured to meet the demanding needs of food processing, packaging, and handling systems, offering solutions that enhance efficiency and reduce downtime.

Total Automated Solutions announces the launch of the TASK.1 IIoT Portal - a powerful, cloud-based platform set to transform how businesses monitor, manage and maintain industrial assets.

Stainless steel remains one of the most trusted materials in industrial design, and for good reason. Known as INOX, it combines strength, resistance to corrosion, and hygiene in a way that makes it indispensable across sectors where performance can't be compromised.

Titan Enterprises is spotlighting the customer testing phase as a vital milestone in the research and development of its latest product: a low-cost ultrasonic beverage flowmeter designed specifically for OEM drinks dispensing systems.

Baumer has introduced what is claimed to be the smallest time-of-flight (ToF) sensor specifically developed for applications with limited installation space. The new versatile and reliable OT200 ToF sensor measures only 8 x 25.1 x 5.8mm and is designed to deliver outstanding performance - even in the most space-restricted and challenging conditions.