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In this AUSPACK video interview, Jeff Walker from SICK speaks to Kim Berry about how SICK’s focus on helping its customers with their digital transformation.

The SICK stand was set up to mimic a food manufacturing kitchen, working through four stages: sensor connectivity, visibility and transparency, predictive capacity and autonomous decision making .

For Walker, SICK’s skill is in its ability to partner with customers rather than simply complete a transaction with them. The ability to specialise and customise is what sets them apart, he says.

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Food & Drink Business

CCEP has completed a $39.7m manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in WA, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40% and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

Nearly 6 in 10 Aussies in food and beverage manufacturing believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to Argon & Co.

Every food, drink, personal care and household product made in Australia starts with an investment decision. A company chooses to replace a production line, automate a process or expand a plant. That choice is now made in a global market for capital, and Australia is struggling to compete. The question is simple. Will the next generation of manufacturing investment come here?