On the factory floor, every decision counts. Producers face constant pressure to optimise performance, manage resources, and adapt to change. Digitalisation opens new possibilities - but real transformation requires more than visualising data or automating equipment. It’s about analysing, contextualising, and using data to drive continuous improvement across every part of the factory.
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ is built for this next step. With open standards, modular architecture, and deep industry expertise, it turns fragmented data into actionable insights, unifies the user experience, and drives performance across your entire operation. Whether you're building a new factory, modernising legacy equipment, or preparing for AI-driven manufacturing, we’re here to help you solve the challenges that matter most – step by step, at your pace.
What is Tetra Pak® Factory OS™?
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ is our next-generation automation and digital platform – purpose-built for food and beverage production. It’s an open, modular and scalable ecosystem of hardware and software that connects equipment, data, and people across the factory to help producers make smarter, faster decisions, every day.
Whether you're managing a single line or a multi-site operation, Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ provides a unified foundation for a smart factory – It’s designed to grow with your business, adapt to future technologies, and integrate seamlessly with both legacy and modern systems.
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ transforms fragmented operations into a connected ecosystem. At the heart is a new data integration platform, powered by open technologies, industry standards and analytics. This platform connects equipment and systems across the factory, providing a unified, real-time view. It collects and contextualises data from all equipment (both Tetra Pak and third-party) and delivers real-time insights through intuitive dashboards and business applications. These insights help producers reduce costs, improve product quality, increase productivity, optimise resource use, and empower their teams.
All you need to know about Tetra Pak® Factory OS™
- Outcome-focused: Built around solving food and beverage producers' challenges in production, quality, asset, and material management
- Open architecture: Ingests data from any source, including legacy machines, new lines, and third-party equipment
- Modular and flexible: Adapts to diverse factory setups, processes, and business goals
- Scalable: Grows with your business – supporting increased production, new product lines, and organisational expansion
- Creates AI-ready factories: Provides contextualised data – laying the foundation for effective AI adoption and confident decision-making at speed
- Supported by a robust partner ecosystem:
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ is built in collaboration with leading technology partners, ensuring interoperability, innovation, and long-term reliability.
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ is designed to meet the everyday realities of food and beverage production – where complexity, cost pressure, and operational risk are constant. It helps producers move from reactive problem-solving to proactive performance improvement across key areas:
- Lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ connects data across equipment and systems to identify inefficiencies, reduce waste, and optimise energy use. Predictive insights and integrated control help producers make smarter investment decisions and reduce downtime. - Safeguard product quality
Quality routines are digitised and centralised, enabling real-time sampling, testing, and reporting. With contextualised data and AI-ready infrastructure, producers can prevent defects, improve traceability, and drive continuous improvement. - Empower the workforce
Unified HMIs and intuitive dashboards simplify operator tasks and reduce training time. This helps teams work more confidently and consistently – especially important in high-turnover environments or when onboarding new staff. - Modernise legacy infrastructure
Built on open standards, Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ connects seamlessly with both new and legacy equipment. Producers can upgrade at their own pace, without needing to replace entire systems – making digitalisation practical and scalable. - Accelerate digitalisation
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ is modular and scalable, allowing producers to start small and expand as needed. Whether integrating a single line or transforming a multi-site operation, the platform adapts to evolving business needs and technology landscapes.
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ Quality Management provides structured, end-to-end digital quality assurance – from raw material intake to market claims. It enables real-time sampling, testing, and reporting across all production phases, with flexible modes (manual, event-driven, automated) and full integration with both Tetra Pak and third-party equipment.
By centralising quality data and guiding operators in real time, it helps reduce errors, improve traceability, and optimise routines. Producers gain the precision and control needed to meet internal standards and external compliance – while laying the foundation for AI-driven continuous improvement.
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ provides a 360° view of asset performance, maintenance, energy consumption, and sustainability metrics. It helps producers monitor Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), benchmark against best-in-class factories, and identify cost drivers across operations.
With supporting tools and expert services, producers can make smarter investment decisions, improve equipment uptime, and align operations with long-term sustainability goals.
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ guides operators through material preparation and validation using mobile, web-based tools. It ensures accurate registration, interlocking, and traceability of all materials – including those manually introduced.
Integrated with barcode scanners and handheld devices, it supports batch-level costing, inventory control, and compliance. This helps reduce waste, streamline intralogistics, and improve visibility across material flows.
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ offers end-to-end solutions for recipe execution, batch handling, scheduling, and traceability. Delivered through a unified, intuitive interface across all equipment, it reduces complexity and training time.
Production Management connects with ERP systems to synchronise planning and execution – helping optimise throughput, minimise errors, and improve operational efficiency.
Being AI-ready isn’t about having artificial intelligence in place today – it’s about having the right foundation to unlock its full potential when you're ready.
Most factories today struggle with fragmented systems, inconsistent data, and limited visibility. AI can’t deliver value in that environment. To be AI-ready, a factory needs:
- Clean, contextualised data from across equipment and systems
- Standardised infrastructure that connects legacy and modern assets
- Scalable architecture that can grow with evolving needs
- Secure, interoperable systems that protect data and ensure compatibility
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ provides exactly that. It creates a unified digital backbone that makes it possible to apply AI meaningfully – whether for predictive maintenance, quality optimisation, or autonomous decision-making. It doesn’t just collect data; it prepares it, connects it, and makes it usable.
So when producers invest in AI tools or advanced analytics, they’re not starting from scratch – they’re building on a system designed to support it.
Yes. The portfolio is built on open standards and commercial technologies, making it compatible with virtually any equipment, regardless of age or supplier. Whether you're running legacy systems or integrating third-party machines, the solutions are designed to connect seamlessly and scale with your needs. This means you can modernise at your own pace, without needing to replace everything at once.
You don’t need to overhaul everything at once. The portfolio is designed to be modular and scalable, so you can start where it matters most and expand as your needs evolve. Whether you're modernising legacy systems or building a greenfield site, the goal is the same: smarter decisions, better performance, and future-ready operations.
Is your factory ready for the future?
Factories of the future aren’t defined by the technologies they adopt, but by how those technologies work together to create a dynamic, interconnected, self-improving ecosystem.
With the right data, the right tools, and the right partner, transforming your operations is not only possible, it’s the practical step to future-proof your business.
