The main lesson from the JBS food attack applies to all industrial organisations: digital transformation expands an organisation’s attack surface, making it easier for threat actors to enter the network and gain control of OT assets. By Vijay Vaidyanathan, Regional Vice President—Solutions Engineering, APJ at Claroty. When it comes to…
Taking Complexity Head-on: Why 3D Printing is Best-Placed to Replicate Animal Meat
The alternative meat sector has grown exponentially over the past few years and the pursuit is on to create meat products that are not only much more sustainable than animal meat, but as delicious. While the impact of meat on the environment has been much discussed in recent years, COVID-19…
The Natural Food Safety Solution To Meet Market Needs & Consumer Demands
Consumers today are increasingly reaching for simpler, ‘free-from’ and clean-label products. The main challenge for food production has always been food safety and shelf-life, and KEMIN helps provide answers for the food industry. Over the last decade, demand for convenience food products have soared, attributing to factors such as shift…
Increasing Resilience In Asia Pacific Meat & Poultry Operations Through Automation
Automating end-of-line production and order assembly for meat and poultry products with Multishuttle Meat Buffers and automated palletising, storage and transport, eliminates physical contact by operators. The meat and poultry sector is rapidly evolving in Asia Pacific, with demand constantly expanding to meet the changing dietary requirements of an increasingly…
Discerning Asian Shoppers Demand High Food Safety & Quality Specifications For Meat Packaging
Volume sales of flexible packaging for meat and seafood products in the Asia-Pacific to reach 311.7 million metric tonnes by 2020, according to GlobalData. With a confluence of burgeoning population, rising disposable incomes, rapid urbanisation and the retail boom, the Asia-Pacific offers an opportune market for meat, poultry and seafood…
Safe, Stable & Clean
The family business, Schindler & Wagner GmbH & Co KG (short:SCHIWA), has been one of the leading manufacturers of customised and standardised slicing systems in the sausage, ham and cheese industry for over 50 years. The FDA-compliant e-chains from igus help to meet the strict requirements for safety and hygiene. …
An Overview Of The Poultry Packaging Segment
Consumers’ inclination towards convenience and ready-to-eat meat & seafood products is propelling the growth of the meat, poultry & seafood packaging market. By Vikas Basuru, Research Associate—Food and Beverages, Abhishek Dhar, Research Analyst—Food and Beverages & Suraj Nagvenkar, Assistant Manager—Food and Beverages at Markets and Markets Research. Packaging has been…
Meatless Meat Manufacturing
In 2018, the total value of the UK plant-based market was worth £443 million. With growing environmental and health concerns surrounding the impact of meat, the demand for meat free produce is increasing. Here, Darcy Simonis, industry network leader for ABB’s food and beverage segment, discusses the rise of meatless…
Safeguarding Brands With Meat And Poultry Coding
James Wolff, Global Marketing Manager at Videojet Technologies, looks at the evolving regulations in coding and marking for the meat and poultry sector, and how technology can be used to comply with these standards, safeguarding brand image in challenging environments. According to Technavio, the global meat market has reached an…
Shoppers Want Convenience, Not Sustainability—Packaging Manufacturer Warns
As supermarket giant Tesco axes fresh food counters at 90 of its stores, Miguel Campos of food packaging manufacturer Advanta, explains why this isn’t a demonstration of cutting costs, but adapting to customer needs. Tesco’s decision to reduce fresh food counters in stores was met with a flurry of…