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Automating food production, one serving at a time

Robotics Business Review

Before launching Chef Robotics, Bhageria approached food automation from a market analyst perspective. He completed a market research study, dissecting the market to better understand where the bottlenecks are in food production and to identify the opportunities. million in equity and debt since its founding in 2019.

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Chef Robotics brings in $43M to deploy more food assembly robots

Robotics Business Review

Bureau of Labor Statistics, the food industry has the highest labor shortage of any U.S. million unfilled jobs, a sign that people dont want to work in food preparation or food service. The company chose to start with food production rather than restaurants to get enough data to train its systems, noted Bhageria.

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Plant-based meat industry poised for growth: analysts

Canadian Manufacturing

The day Beyond Meat went public on the Nasdaq in 2019, its share price rose 163 per cent. These days, however, shares in Beyond Meat are trading at a fraction of their 2019 high. sales of plant-based meat products rose by 42 per cent between March 2016 and March 2019, according to Nielsen.

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Continuous Emphasis on Food Safety for Health and Well Being

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

However, statistics still show that food-borne illness outbreaks are an ongoing concern. WHO highlights that food-borne diseases affect at least 1 in 10 people worldwide. The US FDA reported 585 food recalls in 2019, 495 in 2020, and 427 in 2021.

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Bluewhite raises $39M to expand autonomous tractors to farms worldwide

Robotics Business Review

“This next phase of our growth will help provide unprecedented transparency throughout the food supply chain and ensure healthier, safer, and more sustainable food production and consumption,” he added. billion in 2019 to $4.15 ” Ben Alfi , Yair Shahar , and Aviram Shmueli founded the company in 2017.

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CSL announces milestone in decarbonizing the maritime industry through biofuels

Canadian Manufacturing

CSL initiated its biofuel journey in 2019 with a B50 blend, gradually progressing to B80 and, in 2020, running two ships on B100 – pure biodiesel produced entirely from waste plant material unrelated to food production. Since 2019, CSL’s biofuel program has played a pivotal role in shaping industry standards.

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GMP Pharmaceuticals adds new manufacturing capabilities to Huntingwood HQ

AU Manufacturing

The Huntingwood site was first opened in 2019 and enabled GMP to be the first of its kind in Australia to produce and manufacture pharmaceutical-grade freeze-dried dairy, health, and functional food products for the domestic and overseas markets.