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Krones' new line concept starts with the filling of non-carbonated water in PET containers, but that's just the beginning. Additional container types and product categories are to follow. Copyright: © Krones

The Road to Better Performance

Big data and AI fuel Industry 4.0

Sachsenmilch manufactures a wide range of products such as milk, butter, yoghurt, cheese and whey derivatives for baby food in complex and in some cases fully automated facilities. Copyright:© Siemens AG

Dairy Industry: Maintenance

Siemens sustainably improves machine maintenance at Sachsenmilch with AI-supported prediction algorithms

Marielle In de Braek, Global Key Account Management & Strategic Sales Lead ILS Copyright: ©Schaeffler Technologies

Condition Monitoring

Interview with Marielle In de Braek about condition monitoring with OPTIME from Schaeffler: Hygienic, retrofit-friendly, and efficient against downtime.

A close-up of a laptop displaying software used to control or monitor a production line. The image conveys a sense of a modern, digitally monitored production environment.

AI and machine learning

AI and machine learning are powerful technologies with the potential to revolutionise the food industry. What are the differences between them?

A woman is working in a modern laboratory, wearing a striped blouse and crossing her arms. In the background, technical devices and an automatic robotic arm are visible, indicating a high-tech research or development environment.

Friction-based grippers offer advantages

Choosing the right gripper technology is crucial to maximising the efficient use of robot technologies in the food industry.

The LDL200 conductivity sensor ensures that the CIP process at Danone runs correctly and efficiently.

Digitization of Process Systems

Sensors with an IO-Link master with integrated OPC UA functionality enable direct communication all the way up to the cloud.

Filling technology

AI-supported software optimises industrial planning in the process industry and ensures greater transparency and resilience in supply chain management.

Single Pair Ethernet Alliance

VEGA is involved in the Single Pair Ethernet Alliance (SPE) in order to offer customers the best possible networking in digital infrastructures.

A central component of the LEAP product generation is an intelligent, electrical position feedback unit with integrated sensor technology for comprehensive condition monitoring.

The Future of Valve Technology

Specialists in valve technology focus on the high demands that are typical in the food and beverage industry.

Companies that consistently implement the three steps - collect, analyse and optimise data - gain decisive competitive advantages.

Three Steps to Digitalised Food Production

Efficiency through digitalisation: Capturing and analysing machine data and optimising processes - this is how the transformation in the food industry succeeds.

Anton Ivanov, Industry Manager for the Food, Beverage, Medical and Packaging sectors at Schmersal GmbH

Machine Safety in focus

Safe sensors and the digital twin improve machine safety in the food industry, while also ensuring the highest hygiene standards.

Company founders Johannes and Nathanael Laier

Faster and Better with AI

German technology start-up WeSort.AI shows how artificial intelligence is highly suitable for optimising the sorting of packaging waste.

Digital Twins and Machine Learning

Digital twins and machine learning are revolutionising food production through process optimisation and quality assurance.

Potential of Predictive and Video-Based AI Solutions in the Food Industry

SLA is revolutionizing process and quality control in the meat and food industry with easy-to-implement AI applications.

Investments and Trends in the Food and Beverage Industry

The DLG Trend Monitor 2024 ‘Investments and trends in the food and beverage industry’ also provides an outlook on new technologies

Future of Digital Transformation and Automation

Digitalisation and automation in the food and beverage industry will be a thematic focus at Anuga FoodTec India 2024.

Award-winner Dr Thomas Jackson in his family’s own diary with cheese shop in the United Kingdom.

Net zero for the dairy industry – GEA and OmegaLambdaTec are adopting new approaches

GEA and OmegaLambdaTec are cooperating to develop AI-based sustainability solutions for water management in dairies.

Andreas Winter, Business Development Consumer Goods & Robotics at Bosch Rexroth

We need open, modular and scalable automation

Automation technology is lagging behind developments in the IT world, making it difficult to implement flexible solutions.

Digital tools and programs help with the joint development of innovative product formulations. © Laurent Falkenberg

Using AI to Create Innovative Products

Predictive maintenance is now standard for modern industrial gearboxes. © SEW Eurodrive

One step ahead of every problem

Predictive maintenance and proactive services are becoming increasingly important in the food industry.

The protection offered by Nagardo is based on the fungus Dacryopinax spathularia, which was discovered in French Guiana.

Natural Protection Against Spoilage

Nagardo's natural beverage protection is based on the glycolipids of a fungus that originates from French Guiana.

Optical foreign object detection made of plastic

Robots are pushing the digital transformation in the food industry forward

The technology suppliers will demonstrate how artificial intelligence and smart sensors can increase the possibilities of implementing robots at Anuga FoodTec from 19 to 22 March 2024.

Potential of the Blockchain in the Food Sector

The blockchain is still new territory in the food sector. But it has potential especially in the areas of food safety and sustainability.

KUKA hygienic oil portfolio increases food safety

The new version of the KR IONTEC completes KUKA's Hygienic Oil robots, which operate exclusively with H1 lubricants.

For a sustainable energy turnaround in the food production sector

Learn how digitization and automation not only increase efficiency, but also drive the energy transition in the industry.

Exhibitor News

A highly automated production facility featuring a robot-like system holding an orange, white, and blue product on a rotating roller or conveyor belt. The environment is marked by metal fencing and technical components, producing a sterile, controlled atmosphere.

Robot slicer is a world first

Stäubli TX200 HE six-axis robot has taken on the job of loading a machine for the automated slicing of 1.5-meter-long sausages into appetizing sausage ready for packaging.