Food Engineering

05/31/2026

ONDEX Automation has acquired The Fitch Company, an electrical engineering and process automation systems integrator based in Rumford, Maine.

This acquisition expands ONDEX's capabilities in process automation, electrical design, field engineering and control systems integration across the industry.

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📸: Getty Images / Jacob Wackerhausen

The acquisition strengthens ONDEX's process automation capabilities, adding DCS and PLC programming, OT/IT networking, electrical design, instrumentation, panel fabrication and plant-wide control system expertise.

05/30/2026

Heartland Food Products Group, owner and manufacturer of the Splenda brand, is set to acquire the Americas business of Whole Earth Brands, including the Equal, Whole Earth, Swerve and Chuker sweetener brands across North America and Latin America.

Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x2XEM

📸: Heartland Food Products Group

05/29/2026

Munson Machinery has launched a sanitary paddle blender with two intensifiers that blends, de-agglomerates and disperses dry bulk materials, pastes, slurries and emulsions in batches.

Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x2WUy

📸: Munson

05/29/2026

Stream Realty Partners has launched its Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, and Distribution platform, bringing together strategy, site selection, capital and ex*****on to address the growing complexity of manufacturing, food and beverage production, cold storage and specialized distribution operations.

Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x2WQr

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This integrated service brings together strategy, site selection, capital and ex*****on to address the growing complexity of manufacturing, food and beverage production, cold storage and specialized distribution operations.

05/28/2026

PPM Technologies and Key Technology are introducing their fully-integrated potato chip processing line, bringing together PPM's frying, seasoning and product handling capabilities with Key's optical sorting technology into a single solution.

Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x2URQ

📸: PPM Technologies

05/28/2026

Sunrise Farms is investing C$100 million in a new, 155,000-sq.-ft. poultry processing facility in Woodstock, Ontario.

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05/27/2026

Returning under the theme “BIGGER - BETTER – BOLDER,” this year’s THAIFEX-Anuga Asia will welcome food buyers and importers from more than 130 countries worldwide.

Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x2SJD

📸: Photo: Koelnmesse Pte Ltd / THAIFEX – Anuga Asia

Returning under the theme “BIGGER - BETTER – BOLDER,” this year’s edition will welcome food buyers and importers from more than 130 countries worldwide.

05/27/2026

As AI becomes embedded in industrial landscapes, organizations need to treat these capabilities as part of the broader cyber-physical attack surface.

Learn more on how to control AI access in the OT environment: https://brnw.ch/21x2SFu

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05/26/2026

Gericke has introduced the Nibbler GNB 250, which provides gentle deagglomeration, pre‐breaking and coarse size reduction in one compact machine.

Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x2QDN

📸: Gericke

05/26/2026

For decades, sterility in manufacturing was defined almost exclusively as the absence of microbial contamination. But now, food manufacturers now require aseptic technologies that don’t just stop spoilage but also improve efficiency, lower resource consumption and provide complete visibility into the process.



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📸: Shibuya Hoppmann

By combining sustainability, precision engineering and real-time intelligence, modern aseptic technologies are redefining what sterility looks like in practice.