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CONTENTS JULY 2022
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✷ REGULARS
05 NEWS
Bubs flying high | Asahi Beverages’ build | Frew Foods’ grant | Mars Global CEO resigns | Kellogg splits in three
12 COVER STORY Conveyor expert FlexCAM on what food and beverage manufacturers are looking for to meet their equipment needs.
22 THE FUNCTIONAL LINE MultipackFood is installing the fourth iteration of its functional beverage line.
30 WYZING UP
Wyzo, the world’s first – and award winning – sidebot.
36 DIP INTO INNOVATION Jet Technologies MD Daniel Malki explores innovations in dairy packaging.
38 PRODUCT NEWS Treotham Automation | NORD Drivesystems | Compressed Air Australia | Klockner Pentaplast
39 SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT Tecpro for a hosedown | GS1 Australia talks Digital Link
40 NEW IN STORE
42 REAR VIEW Openway Food Co. CEO Andrew Loader answers our Fast 5.
✷ FEATURES
27 HOMELY MEALS Australian baking royalty Simmone Logue has created a range of ready meals with the aim of nourishing time-poor customers with food that “tastes like home”.
INDUSTRY M&A ACTIVITYREPORT P08
JULY 2022
THE FUNCTIONAL FORCE OFC-BIOGENICS P14
POWER OF IIOT PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE P028
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✷ INDUSTRY INSIGHT
08 M&A industry report
Senior advisor Mark Ostryn from Groves & Partners provides analysis on a competitive market and what it means for owners keen to sell, or acquire.
14 A functional purpose
Start-up C-Biogenics Nutrition creates functional and
adaptogenic powders for gut and mind health. Kim Berry interviews co-founders and clinical nutritionists Hayley Robinson and Lynsey Koch.
16 A cultured spirit
In Rubibi (Broome), a distillery, pearl farm, and Indigenous cooperative have come together to create a gin that embodies the flavours and spirit of the region. Pippa Haupt writes.
✷ FOCUS
20 Health&FunctionalFoods
24 ReadyMeals
28 Industry4.0&IIoT 34 FoodPackaging
32 MEATY INSIGHTS Remo Carbone, CEO of MEQ Probe, shares his top five take-aways from the IFFA 2022 exhibition and the Global Food Forum conference.
36 PACKAGING
WITH CARE
The latest campaign promoting New Zealand’s environmentally conscious and ethically manufactured food and wine industry also showcases the sector’s commitment to sustainable packaging.
KEEPING YOUR PRODUCTS MOVING
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FlexCAM’s range of high throughput, hygienic food grade conveyors are designed for maximum efficiency and minimal down time.
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ON THE COVER: FlexCAM’s range of high throughput, hygienic food grade conveyors are designed for maximum efficiency and minimal down time. Read more on page 12.
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