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Polysense has raised $10.7 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to accelerate the rollout of its AI-powered quality control platform across global food manufacturing operations.

Nestlé is investing CHF 563 million (approx. $696 million) into building a new Nescafé production facility in Thailand.

Tetra Pak has announced the launch of its first industrial bioreactor, designed to enable scalable fermentation with reduced operational cost.

The Better Meat Co has announced that it will rebrand itself as BMC Ingredients, a new trade name reflecting the broader food applications for its Rhiza mycelium ingredient.

Fortifi Food Processing Solutions has completed the acquisition of UK equipment manufacturer Deighton Manufacturing UK Ltd,

The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) has opened a new Research, Design & Innovation Centre in Bengaluru, India.

Carlsberg Group has entered into an agreement with Sapporo Breweries, forming a major joint venture across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, and partnership in the UK.

Nestlé has revealed it will remove all artificial food colourings from its entire portfolio worldwide by the end of the year.

Blue Ocean Closures, a Swedish company that develops fibre-based closures and packaging components, has unveiled its latest innovation: Paper-Plug, an integrated fibre-based opening system.

GEA has opened a new €4 million Application and Technology Center (ATC) in Sarstedt, Germany

GEA has unveiled the complete range of its new KOB series, a new cost-efficient line of homogenisers reaching up to 400 bar.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) has invested HUF 4 billion (approximately €10 million) to modernise its manufacturing facility in Veszprém, Hungary.