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Bright yellow lemons pass through a sorting line

Automation answers helping mitigate costs, labor shortages

From inflationary pressure on inputs and rising costs to a shortage of workers across the produce industry, it is clear that fruit and vegetable proce... continue reading »

AI topic of keynote address at Food Automation & Manufacturing Expo and Symposium

Automation will be a theme of the keynote presentation at the 2025 Food Automation & Manufacturing Expo and Symposium in Tampa, Florida, from Apri... continue reading »

A robotic arm sorting fresh onions

Robots helping to ease labor issues in Vidalia onion sorting

Robotics are involved in a trial helping sort onions on Georgia farms, helping ease labor shortages in time for this year’s Vidalia sweet onion harv... continue reading »

Clarifruit raises $12 million to reduce food waste

Clarifruit, an Israeli company developing an automated quality control software platform for the fruit and vegetable supply chain, has raised $12 mill... continue reading »

Data Management a key role in food and beverage industry

Data management begins with collecting data from each machine on the shop floor and consolidating it into meaningful information for various levels of... continue reading »

New AI-powered Sort-to-Grade equipment by Key Technology

Advanced AI algorithms allow Key Technology's Sort-to-Grade (STG) for potato strips to digitally resolve clumps of overlapping product and better iden... continue reading »

TOMRA, Compac, BBC show off new equipment at Fruit Logistica

TOMRA Food, Compac and BBC Technologies exhibited at Fruit Logistica Berlin in early February. Fruit Logistica is world’s leading fresh produce i... continue reading »

New Eagle Packaging machinery creates XL trays

Eagle Packaging Machinery has recently introduced the Vassoyo Air XL for forming extra-large produce trays with or without a lid. The tray former can ... continue reading »

FTNON develops lettuce decoring machine

Food Technology Noord-Oost Nederland (FTNON) has issued a global release of its first robotic decoring machine for iceberg lettuce, the CoreTakr. The ... continue reading »

New FAM cutting machine for wavy fries

FAM has introduced the new FAM Tridis 240P, designed especially for the frozen fries industry. “The Tridis 240P has been tested and approved in c... continue reading »