PMMI, Koelnmesse and IDFA joined forces to launch ProFood Tech, a new event that will focus on processing and production technologies serving the food and beverage industry.
For as long as I’ve been overseeing the content of Food Engineering magazine, the mandate for food and beverage processors has been serving consumer needs.
In Europe, they call it Internet 4.0. In the US, the buzzword is “Internet of Things.” Whatever you call it, smart manufacturing is the future of industry, and it will be in the spotlight at PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 28–30; Las Vegas Convention Center).
Multinational confectionary company Mondelez International, manufacturer of chocolate, biscuits, gum and candy, announced the opening of a new $30 million state-of-the-art chocolate production “line of the future” in Poland to capitalize on growing demand in its European confectionery business.
It was one small bite for man, but a big leap forward for the future of food in space as NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station tasted the first crop of red romaine lettuce grown in space Monday.
IBM has launched a new community designed to help developers – from novice to experienced – quickly and easily learn how to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices to the cloud and how to use data coming from those connected devices.
