The wafer machine specialist Buhler relies on the burner version of the small controller PNOZmulti 2 to safely control and monitor its ovens.

Lyckeby's new full potato starch production line includes 28 Sulzer single-stage overhung process pumps in duplex material and double mechanical seals.

Veolia Water Technologies Ireland, a long-established provider of water treatment solutions and services for municipal, industrial, scientific and healthcare markets, recently opened its Life Science Centre of Excellence near Dublin in Ireland. Designed to provide training for internal engineers as well as customers, the new facility is fully equipped with the latest cutting-edge technology for water purification and distillation, including a water analysis system from Burkert.

With an output of up to 45,000 rolls per hour, the KGV-H industrial bread roll line from the Austrian manufacturer Koenig sets new performance standards - including a 50 per cent higher throughput than the usual commercial bread roll lines. Koenig chose low-voltage motors from WEG and geared motors from WEG's subsidiary, WEG Gear Systems, to keep the dough moving.

One of the largest premium flour and ingredient companies in North America, Ardent Mills, recently implemented automatic testing on several of its conveyor Fortress Technology metal detectors. A number of the company's packaging lines are now also using digital reporting to enhance efficiency, food safety and traceability.

A wine harvester has designed an autonomous 'steep slope' harvesting vehicle with igus energy chains.

Automation and digitisation are advancing in the food industry, particularly in the area of inline quality management where continuously monitoring packaging production with machine vision increases efficiency and significantly reduces the number of recalls. With the support of MVTec Software, PackCheck has developed a modular solution for ensuring packaging quality.

Stockport-based Macpac has designed and produced an innovative dome-shaped style pack for Martin's Chocolatier's premium new Snow Globe chocolate Santa and snowball truffles product.

Turkish-style meat specialist Solmaz Foods never undervalues the importance of food safety. The Canadian-based halal meat processor describes its four Fortress Technology metal detectors as "essential equipment" that shows regulatory food quality control inspectors that they have the right safeguards in place.

When Swiss dairy manufacturer Zuger Frischkase looked to optimise its CIP processes, it turned to sensor specialist Baumer for a conductivity sensor.