Winstone Pulp International has upgraded its New Zealand pulp mill to Rockwell Automation’s PlantPAx DCS, with a standardised Distributed Control System to minimise downtime and enhance plant connectivity.

Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has celebrated the launch of its new flagship branch in Melbourne with a special opening ceremony attended by dignitaries and key stakeholders.

Sidel is launching RePETable, a portfolio of services it says is designed to help the packaging industry make an efficient transition to rPET bottle production.

Heat exchangers are ideal tools to help maximise energy efficiency within a process or wider business context, as they continuously recover and utilise energy that would often otherwise go to waste.

Coffee Galleria, a Sydney-based Australian boutique coffee roastery, tells PKN it has boosted productivity by 50% following the installation of Jet Technologies’ Goglio G21 VFFS coffee packing machine.

Heat and Control is celebrating with its partner, Ishida, which has reached its 50th anniversary of multihead weighing. To commemorate the milestone, Ishida has released a new CCW-AS multihead weigher.

Tomra Food has launched several new solutions for sorting, grading, and packing, which is showcased at Fruit Logistica in Berlin earlier this year.

Krones has opened a new fully-equipped R&D centre for ideas of the future in Neutraubling, Germany, designed to support customers in their product development and processes.

SMC ANZ has recently introduced the next-gen AMS20/30/40/60 compressed air management systems to the market – designed to reduce CO2 emissions and cut energy consumption by up to 62%.

Adelaide-based power transmission specialist, Motion Control, has invested in a Bonfiglioli assembly machine, sourced from the company’s headquarters in Italy.

Processing and packaging machinery manufacturer Krones to acquire 90 per cent of Ampco Pumps, with the deal set to increase the profitability margin of Krones' Process Technology segment.

Bonfiglioli has signalled further investment in local stockholding and production during a special event that marked the opening of its new regional office in Cranbourne West, Victoria.

Nord has launched its ECO service, which aims to reveal to companies the hidden optimisation and savings with their electric drives, and to help them find the most efficient solution for their application.

KHS now offers conversion of its shrink tunnels to alternative sources of energy (electricity, natural or liquid gas), securing for its customers an economical supply of energy for the long-term.