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ASTI’s AMR robots extends ABB’s portfolio of automation, providing a solution for moving products in warehouses and plants.
Robotics acquisition

ABB expands robotics line to include autonomous mobile robots with acquisition

ABB will purchase ASTI Mobile Robotics, completing the deal by mid-summer
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
July 20, 2021

ABB will acquire ASTI Mobile Robotics Group (ASTI), a manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots (AMR), which has a broad portfolio across all major applications enabled by the company’s software. The acquisition will expand ABB’s robotics and automation offerings, providing the company with a complete portfolio of flexible automation technologies.


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Tribe 9 Foods' Clean-Flow pasta cooker handles 2,400 pounds of cooked gluten-free pasta per hour
Automated pasta processing

Cooking/cooling/freezing gluten-free pasta with a gentle touch at Tribe 9 Foods

The automated processing equipment also includes built-in CIP to do a thorough cleanup in 40 minutes once a day
Jim McMahon
July 16, 2021

Located in Madison, Wisconsin, Tribe 9 Foods (Tribe 9) is a specialty foods company dedicated to creating delicious, nourishing and functional food. In 2019, Tribe 9 built a new manufacturing facility to support further growth in Taste Republic’s co-manufacturing, private label and foodservice businesses. Capabilities at this new facility include extrusion, IQF, form-fill-seal, flow-wrap packaging, nut butter milling and gluten-free flour blending.


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Beckhoff ProSolutions

Food inspection machine increases foreign object detection rates up to 500%

ProSpection Solutions uses EtherCAT and PC-based control technology from Beckhoff to optimize low-density foreign material inspection system
July 8, 2021
In 2017, ProSpection Solutions began its transition from machine distributor to machine builder OEM. One of the first products its engineering team designed was the IP69K-rated low-density foreign material detection and removal system.
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Lock N Pop after destacking

How transit packaging technology and materials ensure food-industry safety beyond the pandemic

Signode offers tools to help food suppliers and distributors meet the challenges of the online shopping boom and increase in people stocking up on food since the pandemic.
Tim Gardner
June 30, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted all industries. The food industry is no exception. Just one year before the pandemic, hopeful projections from Instacart, a leader in online grocery delivery, predicted that one-fifth of American households would be shopping for groceries online within five years.
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BioConsortia runs tests on corn to discover nitrogen-fixing bacteria specific to corn
Pollution control

Novel method to provide nitrogen to plants without nitrate pollution

What if corn and wheat could create most of their own nitrogen like soy and peas?
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
June 24, 2021

While some farms today are trying to get off the mono-crop bandwagon and rotate crops, many large farms still tend to grow corn or wheat in the same field every year, requiring a lot of nitrogen-based fertilizer. But what if corn and wheat could have their own symbiotic relationship with soil bacteria that could pull nitrogen out of the air?


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