Automation

Café in Taiwan uses robots to make drinks

Taiwanese tea shop, Babo Arms, is using a Universal Robots arm as part of its production process.

Business, Equipment & packaging

Pack Expo International 2018 Offers Beverage Solutions

Pack Expo International 2018, organized by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, opens 14 October and runs through 17 October at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

Blending, roasting & processing

Man versus Machine

Harvesting tea leaves by hand or by mechanical devices is a highly topical question. Transitioning from man to machines is a major decision with many variables, which will heavily impact company investment and marketing strategy.

Equipment & packaging

Starbucks Augusta Plant to Nearly Double in Size

Prompted by growth and consumer demand, Starbucks announced a USD $120 million expansion of its Augusta Soluble Plant that will nearly double the size of the operation and create up to 100 new jobs at the Georgia facility in the year after construction is completed.

Equipment & packaging

Spreafico diversifies with two new brands

After a successful 2016, which saw an increase in orders and revenue, Spreafico, the Calolziocorte, Lecco, Italy-based company that specializes in designing and marketing machines for the packaging of coffee capsules and soluble products, has expanded and diversified its activities with the creation of two brands: Spreafico Automazion and Spreafico Meccanica.

Blending, roasting & processing, Equipment & packaging

Generation 10 adds RCMA Coffee division to analytics platform

Generation 10, a provider of cloud-based commodity supply chain and financial tech solutions, based in Liverpool, England, announced the addition of RCMA Coffee division, located in Singapore, onto their commodity trade, risk and logistics management (CTRM) and data analytics platform, G10 Commodity Manager.

Blending, roasting & processing, Equipment & packaging, Sustainability