Automation is almost like a journey into space because there are so many broad terms to describe it. With the labor shortage continuing, the demand for industrial robots is expected to increase in the United States, China and Japan.

Endress+Hauser launched its advanced clamp-on flowmeter unit for water, wastewater and other process industry applications. 

At the Northwest Process & Packaging Expo, Spencer Strainer featured its sanitary self-cleaning filters for process flows of up to 400 gallons per minute (gpm).

Charles Ross & Son Co. offers its ROSS VersaMix triple shaft mixer, which handles challenging mixing applications requiring efficient powder dispersion and critical homogenization of medium to high viscosity slurries, pastes, gels, creams and suspensions, the company says. 

For an even wider range of manufacturing applications, ABB has expanded its OmniCore robot controller family with two new controllers: E10 and V250XT. 

With consumers’ growing preference toward functional beverages, beverage manufacturers are adopting new processing equipment designed to churn out healthier beverages including juices that have undergone high-pressure processing (HPP).

FoodTech start-up Better Juice Ltd. sealed its first commercial deal to bring reduced-sugar juices one step closer to supermarket beverage aisles.