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Smarter membrane cleaning for the dairy industry

Ultrasil™ Connected is Ecolab’s latest innovation in membrane cleaning. This solution helps dairy processors make their cleaning processes smarter, more efficient, and easier to control. By combining advanced cleani..

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Van Wees: flexible robotics for meal production

07 April 2026

In the food processing industry, a surprising amount of manual work is still involved. Consider tasks such as adding sachets of croutons to meal salads, portioning ingredients or filling packaging. These are often repeti...

QING: More control with AI-driven Food Automation

07 April 2026

How do you automate a production process where no product is the same? Variations in shape, color, and structure, stricter quality requirements, and labor shortages make it increasingly difficult to maintain consistent q...

4FOOD software: Your software for the food industry

07 April 2026

Did you know… 4FOOD software is developed right here in the Netherlands? Your ERP solutions for the food industry are fully created in the Netherlands by our in-house Dutch development and support team. From the first li...

Control your production with ISM Machinery

07 April 2026

We as ISM Machinery know that you want control over your food production. Every company and production process has its own challenges and pitfalls. What works for one company may not be the solution for another. This mea...

From sampling to full control in the fruit sector

31 March 2026

OneThird is taking the next step in quality control within the fresh produce chain. The company from Enschede has received a €1 million Innovation Credit from RVO. With this funding, it is developing a spectral imaging s...

Kroon Vlees continues automation with paSys

27 March 2026

Kroon Vlees is replacing its outdated software system and has selected paSys Food Automatisering. With this step, the meat processor is advancing further digitalization and a future-proof setup of its production environm...

Scancheck Barcode Control System

26 March 2026

The Scancheck machine has been developed for the automatic and accurate inspection of barcodes on tray-sealed topseal products. Rejected products are gently blown off the line using an air knife, without damaging the pac...

What document flows do to your operations

19 March 2026

How smoothly document flows run often determines how smoothly your operations perform. Orders, quality reports, supplier certificates, certificates of origin, packing slips, and invoices move daily between systems, depar...

AI platform aims to reduce audit pressure in the food industry

17 March 2026

Pressure on quality teams in the food industry continues to rise. More audits, stricter regulations, and staff shortages are creating bottlenecks. The Flemish start-up AuditQ is responding with an AI platform for quality...

Best read articles February 2026

11 March 2026

Which topics kept the food industry busy last month? In February, articles about data in spices, gas-free production, innovation and meat processing were widely read. Themes such as food safety, sustainability and smart ...

Column Pieter Vos: VUCA World

09 March 2026

There was a long queue outside cookie shop X; they had gone completely viral on Instagram. The owner quickly bought an additional oven. A month later, the queue has disappeared... Now the crowd is standing hungrily outsi...

Downtime due to inspections? Not at Haacht Brewery

09 March 2026

High speeds, high standards, and no room for error. That is the daily reality in modern beverage production. Haacht Brewery in Boortmeerbeek knows this better than anyone. Reliable inspection and coding are not a nice-to...

Packaging lines are becoming smarter and more data-driven

09 March 2026

Applying AI within production processes offers both opportunities and challenges. Dirk Boumans, expertise director digitalization, and Erik Snijders, senior project manager at NIRAS, an engineering firm specializing in t...

Sensors in the food industry: the power of PAT

09 March 2026

To meet the strict requirements for traceability, safety, and quality in the food industry, not only large volumes of data are needed, but also careful analysis and interpretation of that data. PAT (Process Analytical Te...

Managing risks in the food industry

05 March 2026

In the food industry, everything revolves around certainty. Certainty about the origin of raw materials. About product shelf life. About compliance with laws and regulations. And above all: certainty that the output you ...