At interpack 2026, KHS demonstrated how flexibility, automation and sustainability are shaping the future of packaging and processing for the beverage and liquid food sectors.

Syntegon used its interpack showcase to outline a reimagined vision for the 'Factory of the Future' – a manufacturing environment designed to be seamless, smart and increasingly touchless.

HMPS is enhancing the performance, usability, and flexibility of its packaging machinery by integrating Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Optix HMI platform across its portfolio.

BW Packaging used interpack 2026 to demonstrate how a unified human-machine interface (HMI) can simplify operation across different packaging technologies. PKN spoke to Australian GM Gordon Wood.

Packserv has introduced a new PLC-controlled capping machine, bringing Industry 4.0 capability, modular design, and operator-focused functionality to the production floor.

In an industry where efficiency often challenges authenticity, Floridia Cheese continues to prove that tradition and technology can thrive together, writes Mahdokht Aghel, strategic sales manager, J.L.Lennard.

BW Packaging’s Hayssen ISB vertical form-fill-seal system now includes the company’s OpView HMI human-machine interface, designed to simplify machine operation and troubleshooting.

BW Packaging has launched the Hayssen X850, a multi-jaw flow wrapper designed for cheese and other products that require high seal integrity at high speeds.

Cama Group is stepping forward with new green packaging projects to meet evolving sustainability regulations, focusing on the transition from plastics to paper and carton-based materials.

BW Packaging, Barry-Wehmiller’s packaging machinery business, is combining its BW Flexible Systems, BW Filling & Closing and BW Integrated Systems divisions into one organisation.

Cama Group showcased its latest automated packaging innovations at drinktec, the world’s leading trade fair for beverage and liquid food industry.

For the first time, KHS has been awarded a platinum medal by EcoVadis, certifying the system provider’s excellent achievements with respect to sustainability and the progress it has made in this field.

Australian packaging equipment manufacturer Asset Packaging Machines has entered liquidation, with creditors owed more than $1m, including customers with prepaid deposits and employees with unpaid entitlements.

Filton Packaging has reached two significant milestones that signal what it describes as a “new era of innovation and excellence” for the business, with a Bobst flexo install and global food safety certification.

Cama has developed an automatic carton loading solution that uses collaborative robotics and vision technology to automate the previously manual task of loading carton blanks into magazines.

Packserv has released its PLC-controlled twin-head filling machine, a first of its kind, designed and manufactured in Australia specifically for small to mid-sized (SME) manufacturers.