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What is "food-grade" powder handling – and what does it require?
05/08/2026

What is "food-grade" powder handling – and what does it require?

Learn what food-grade powder handling requires, including food-contact materials, hygienic design, cleanability, allergen control and cross-contamination prevention.

Business Case for a Food Powder Handling Upgrade
05/08/2026

Business Case for a Food Powder Handling Upgrade

Build a business case for food powder handling upgrades using safety, allergen control, waste reduction, cleaning efficiency and staffing impact.

Evaluating Food Powder Handling Solutions
05/08/2026

Evaluating Food Powder Handling Solutions

Compare food powder handling solutions using hygiene, allergen control, ergonomics, dust exposure, process stability and cleaning effort.

Food Powder Handling: Reducing Strain and Line Disruption
05/08/2026

Food Powder Handling: Reducing Strain and Line Disruption

Learn how manual food powder handling affects operator safety, dust control, hygiene, allergens and line stability in food production.

PFAS-free Operations: Raising the Bar for Sustainable Food Manufacturing
01/10/2025

PFAS-free Operations: Raising the Bar for Sustainable Food Manufacturing

Piab launches PFAS-free filters and investigates all products for PFAS, reinforcing its commitment to sustainability, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Piab Group’s European Supply Unit Relocates to Modern Facility in Butzbach
24/06/2025

Piab Group’s European Supply Unit Relocates to Modern Facility in Butzbach

After 13 years in the current location, Piab Group’s European Supply Unit (ESU) is relocating to a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility in Butzbach, Germany.

Blue Detectable Sealings for Advanced Food Safety
23/06/2025

Blue Detectable Sealings for Advanced Food Safety

Boost food safety with Piab’s new blue detectable sealings for piFLOW®f: easy-to-spot and magnetically detectable, they help prevent contamination and simplify compliance in food manufacturing.

Filter Monitoring for preventive maintenance
23/06/2025

Filter Monitoring Enables Preventive Maintenance

Sustainable Progress in Powder Conveying: Supporting Resource Efficiency and Reduced Energy Use

18/04/2024

Industry 4.0 ready? Don’t forget about your manual sub-flows

Industry 4.0 has been on the agenda for quite some time now, but its realization is a far away from what fills our daily news feeds.

Berith and Sverker Paulson, owners of Weba Kemi, with their C2 vacuum conveyor from Piab
06/04/2023

Four decades and still running – a story of conveyors that last

To celebrate the 70-year anniversary of Piab, the Vacuum Conveying Division launched a competition to find the oldest, still running Piab vacuum conveyor out there. And it was found...

Johan Jonsson, Design Engineer Vacuum Conveying Division
03/10/2022

The complex road to simplicity

Our R&D department has been working with solutions for Industry 4.0. since 2017; I joined the team in 2020. It might sound controversial, but...

Piab’s Kenos® KCS gripper can handle just about everything – an important feature when it comes to cosmetics distribution
16/02/2022

Choosing the right cobot gripper for cosmetics handling

For the cosmetics industry, placing products into packages is a particular challenge. Today this task is often fulfilled by an armada of workers, but with...

Eliminate ergonomic hazards in the Food industry
04/11/2021

Ergonomic hazards in the Food industry and how to eliminate them

The food production line is a hazardous one. Therefore, it is extremely important to avoid...

Respiratory hazards in the Food industry
02/11/2021

Respiratory hazards in the Food industry and how to eliminate them

With allergies, asthma, and other conditions becoming more frequent, processors need to implement changes...

Automating seed spreading in bread baking with Piab's piFLOWf
10/08/2021

Industrial Bakery Austerschmidt in Germany automates handling of seeds with Piab’s vacuum conveyors

Employee relief and careful use of resources prompted the industrial bakery Austerschmidt in Germany to switch the handling of seeds from a manual to an automated process. In piFLOW®f vacuum conveyors, they found the critical tools.

Nicklas Holmgren – Content Creation Manager at Piab
12/05/2021

A great internal motivation driver

The X-Factor Interviews – Introducing the people behind the development of the MX Cup! Nicklas Holmgren – Content Creation Manager, Marketing Department – 5 years with Piab.

Lennart Ryberg – Global Product Manager at Piab
04/05/2021

We do not copy others, we lead

The X-Factor Interviews – Introducing the people behind the development of the MX Cup! Lennart Ryberg – Global Product Manager, Vacuum Automation Division – 2.5 years with Piab

Johnny Skagersjö – Senior Application Engineer at Piab
29/04/2021

Mapping the gaps of customer needs

The X-Factor Interviews – Introducing the people behind the development of the MX Cup! Johnny Skagersjö – Senior Application Engineer in Automation div. and part of the System Engineering & Research team, with Piab since 2004

Gustaf Wigren - Director Product Technology at Piab
27/04/2021

“Lagom” – not the best for something but just right for anything

The X-Factor Series – Introducing the people behind the development of the MX Suction Cup! Gustaf Wigren – Director Product Technology, Conceptual System Design, Research & Development (R&D), Automation Division – 13 years with Piab

Jonas Herrström – Senior Design Engineer at Piab
22/04/2021

The thinner the lip the better the grip

The X-Factor Series – Introducing the people behind the development of the MX Suction Cup Jonas Herrström – Senior Design Engineer, Conceptual System Design, Research & Development, Automation Division – 8 years with Piab

Piab products used in bakeries
17/06/2020

Help for strawberry shortcake lovers

With Piab's combination of conveying, gripping and lifting tools, strawberry shortcakes can be baked quickly and safely packed for transport.