Tag: Food and Beverage

Australian food and beverage manufacturers are producing more product variants in shorter runs as customer and retailer requirements continue to change.

Manufacturing businesses in Australia’s food and beverage sector are increasingly able to reduce emissions using commercially available technologies, according to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

A new $17.14 million manufacturing hub has opened at Ourimbah on the NSW Central Coast, with Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC) saying the purpose-built facility is designed to help small and medium-sized food and beverage manufacturers expand production, access shared equipment and strengthen local manufacturing capability.

A new manufacturing hub designed to support Australia's food and beverage sector has opened on the NSW Central Coast, with the Australian Government saying the facility will help small and medium-sized manufacturers scale production, develop new products and strengthen domestic manufacturing capability.

Manufacturing capability across Western Australia’s agrifood and beverage sector is set to be strengthened, with 80 businesses receiving support under the State Government’s Agrifood and Beverage Voucher Program to help scale production, improve processes and pursue growth opportunities.

Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing sector will take centre stage at foodpro 2026, with organisers confirming the major trade event will return to the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 26 to 29 July. 

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are now open for tenancy at the Central Coast Food Manufacturing Innovation Hub, a new facility designed to boost manufacturing growth and collaboration across the region’s food and beverage sector.

TURBINE has issued a final call for tenants as plans progress for Australia’s first purpose-built collaborative food and beverage manufacturing precinct on the Sunshine Coast.

Artificial intelligence is continuing to reshape food and beverage processing in Australia, as leading technology providers showcase their AI-supported solutions at FoodTech Qld 2025. 

Technology company Siemens has partnered with Sachsenmilch Leppersdorf GmbH to implement an artificial intelligence-powered predictive maintenance system at one of Europe’s most advanced milk processing plants.