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Rising costs, supply chain uncertainty and evolving sustainability demands are making food production more complex than ever. To stay competitive, you need automation that adapts fast – and data that drives better decisions. That means one platform that grows with your business, adapts to change and simplifies operations – so you can focus on performance, not complexity.

Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ is built for the real-world demands of food and beverage production. It connects processes, data and user experience in one scalable, configurable platform – grounded in decades of industry and equipment insight. By turning data into actionable insights and applying technology where it drives the most value, it helps you make faster, smarter decisions and run a more agile, efficient operation.

Introducing
Tetra Pak®
Factory OS™

Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ is an open, modular and scalable ecosystem purpose-built for the food and beverage industry. It collects and contextualises data from any equipment, giving you a unified, real-time view of your operations. By enabling smarter decisions and seamless integration, it helps you lower total cost of ownership, boost productivity and maintain consistent product quality. And because it’s designed to evolve with your needs, you can expand capabilities over time and unlock even greater value.

 

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Introducing
Tetra Pak®
Factory OS™

Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ is an open, modular and scalable ecosystem purpose-built for the food and beverage industry. It collects and contextualises data from any equipment, giving you a unified, real-time view of your operations. By enabling smarter decisions and seamless integration, it helps you lower total cost of ownership, boost productivity and maintain consistent product quality. And because it’s designed to evolve with your needs, you can expand capabilities over time and unlock even greater value.

 

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INSIGHTS REPORT

AI and automation in food production

As operational demands grow, producers are embracing smart factory technologies to drive efficiency, agility and sustainability. Our new report, “AI and Automation Trends in Food and Beverage Manufacturing”, explores how producers are using these technologies to make operations more adaptive, precise and predictive. Find out what’s driving this shift – and what it means for your business.

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Challenges

Solve the top three pressures in food and beverage

Are these challenges also holding you back? Rising costs, sustainability goals and a shortage of skilled workers are the top main pressures food and beverage producers face today. In this interview Sean Sims, Vice President, Automation and Solutions at Tetra Pak, shares proven strategies for tackling them, boosting competitiveness and long‑term profitability.

Sean Sims, Vice President of Tetra Pak Automation & Digitalisation solutions
INSIGHTS ARTICLE

Discover six ways automation adds value to your business

Looking to reduce costs, improve quality and maximise the potential of your team? Alessandro Zardini, Director, Automation and Solutions at Tetra Pak, shares six ways automation and digital solutions can make a measurable impact – when designed for the specific needs of food and beverage production.

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A robust ecosystem ready for the next decade – and beyond

Open

Ingests data from any source – legacy machines, new lines and third-party equipment.

Modular 

Adapts to your factory setup, processes and business goals.

Scalable

Expands with your business, supporting increased production and new products.

Secure

Comprehensive security designs and defence layers protect against emerging cyber threats.

AI-ready

Turns real-time data into contextualised insights for faster, smarter decisions ​using new AI tools.

Tetra Pak® Factory OS™

Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ connects all parts of a factory – machines, materials, data and people – so that everything works together smoothly and can be optimised in real time. At its heart, there is a single scalable data integration platform that collects and contextualises data across the factory from any equipment (regardless of vendor or age), making it usable at higher levels – like applications, dashboards, analytics platforms or enterprise systems. A suite of smart business applications provides actionable insights to address challenges across all areas of the factory – from production and asset to quality, knowledge and material management. A modern, unified and intuitive interface ensures consistent user experience.

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Embedded automation

Improve your decision making and empower your operators with embedded software that delivers real-time, actionable insights through a clear, intuitive interface – and gives you access to our extensive food and beverage expertise.
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Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ Digital Core

A device-agnostic edge gateway that collects and exposes data to MES applications from any equipment.

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Production Control

Gain full control of your production to ensure food safety and quality, reduce costs and improve line efficiency. Production Control connects all equipment, capturing and contextualising real-time data to support faster, smarter decisions.
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Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ Digital Bridge

A single scalable and configurable data collection system to manage and contextualise all factory production data. 

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Production

Production

Optimise your production, increase throughput, flexibility and efficiency – by connecting your business to your factory and executing a smart manufacturing plan.

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Asset

Asset

A suite of 360° asset management applications designed to monitor performance, optimise operations and reduce costs across energy, maintenance and sustainability.

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Quality

Quality

Create a seamless, automated quality flow across your operations by connecting physical quality checkpoints with traceability and quality management systems.

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Knowledge

Knowledge

An in-context data engine that unifies, contextualises and visualises factory data – enabling smarter decisions and continuous improvement.

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Material

Material

Material management for your entire operations that digitalises handling, validation and tracking – ensuring accuracy, traceability and cost control across the factory.

Discover what makes
Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ different

Tetra Pak® Factory OS™ is purpose-built for the food and beverage industry, shaped by deep production insights and supported by a strong network of technology partners. Explore its capabilities and see how it helps solve your most pressing operational challenges.

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CUSTOMER STORIES

Lowering total cost of ownership

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Delta embraces the future with advanced automation

Delta embraces the future with advanced automation

Delta has successfully transformed its legacy automation setup, bringing reliability, efficiency, and ensuring uninterrupted production. The newly implemented automation solution provides integrated control across key areas of the plant, meeting the objectives set by the dairy. By automating previously manual routines, the dairy has reduced the risk of human error, improved product consistency and freed up valuable time for operators.

Read about the automation revamp⁠
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Take efficiency to a new level with automation

Take efficiency to a new level with automation

Megval, one of Greece’s biggest dairies, unlocked new levels of efficiency by updating their automation with a comprehensive solution based on Tetra Pak® PlantMaster. By providing visibility into plant operations and reliable production data, the solution delivered valuable insights that ultimately boosted their profitability – and will ensure long-term benefits as well.
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Empower your workforce with digitalisation

Empower your workforce with digitalisation

A customised digital platform that automatically captures and visualises production performance data achieved higher operator engagement and better performance for one large US dairy producer. This helped them understand the cause of performance issues on their filling lines – our performance dashboard meant they gained better visibility of the entire line’s operation and spent 85% less time collecting information.
Read more about line performance analysis ⁠
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The benefits of integrated plant management

The benefits of integrated plant management

By automating all operations in their plant in Brasov, Romania, Hellenic Dairies virtually eliminated errors, enhanced productivity, and delivered significant cost savings. Our solution involved automating virtually all end-of-line and warehouse operations, software that gave instant access to feedback and information, and the total integration and synchronisation of all operations from the finished goods department to logistics.
Read more about integrating your plant ⁠
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Customisation delivers success

Customisation delivers success

With a customised version of Tetra Pak® PlantMaster alongside customised equipment powering TINE’s new state-of-the-art plant in Bergen, Norway, they achieved efficiency levels over the target of 96%, together with very low levels of product loss and waste. Full automation means the risk of production stops due to human error has been reduced to almost nil, and the system is future-proofed, with the capacity to scale up or down as needed.
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CUSTOMER STORIES

Improving food safety and quality

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Leading Chinese producer modernises its quality management

Leading Chinese producer modernises its quality management

A Chinese dairy transformed its daily operations thanks to a new Traceability tool and a Quality application. These tools are bringing tremendous benefits to the dairy. For the first time, its managers can see the full picture – all quality data, instantly at their fingertips. Decisions are faster. Confidence is higher. Root causes are identified in minutes, with quality incidents traced in only five minutes.

Learn more about this dairy’s success⁠
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Smart automation drives quality, efficiency and control

Smart automation drives quality, efficiency and control

DenEast, a fast-growing contract manufacturer in Southeast Asia, set out to establish a production setup that could ensure reliability, flexibility, and high quality to meet the expectations of global and local brands. As a co-packer, transparency in the operations is paramount. With Tetra Pak® PlantMaster at the core of their operations, they can provide all their customers with detailed production reports for each batch produced.
Read about the automation solution⁠
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Capturing greater market share with automation

Capturing greater market share with automation

It’s not easy establishing a new brand in a highly competitive market, but automation helped Hayatna, a new dairy and beverage brand, stand out from the crowd. A new, fully automated plant delivered the reliability, consistency, and traceability required to accelerate the development of their product portfolio.
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Gain control over your operations with automated mixing

Gain control over your operations with automated mixing

By creating a fully automated mixing setup, a Spanish mayonnaise and sauce producer improved overall food safety and quality while reducing product losses. Together, we created a solution that delivered real-time information about their production processes, reducing their dependence on operators and increasing their line’s productivity.
Read more about automated mixing⁠
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Visualising CIP operations for resource efficiency

Visualising CIP operations for resource efficiency

Reducing CIP costs was the aim of a Brazilian fermented milk product producer. By visualising their CIP operations with a unique, customised digital dashboard that delivered full visibility, we helped them reduce operational costs by 30%. But that was just the start – the solution also ensured improved food safety and quality, a reduced environmental impact, and reduced equipment downtime.
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Full automation and advanced mixing solutions deliver quality

Full automation and advanced mixing solutions deliver quality

Improved quality was the goal of Salsa Rica, Spain’s leading mayonnaise manufacturer for the food service market. But thanks to a fully automated and advanced mixing solution, the company also achieved safer, more hygienic production, faster production, improved accuracy, reduced staff costs, and the flexibility required to expand their brand and unlock new market potential.
Read more about fully automated solutions⁠
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Increase capacity – with built-in flexibility and traceability

Increase capacity – with built-in flexibility and traceability

When a milk and whey-based powder producer required increased capacity, replacements for old equipment, and the flexibility required for variations in incoming raw material, we built them the largest processing plant we’ve ever created. The result? Streamlined daily production with full traceability throughout the new plant, and the ability to easily adapt to meet varying market and customer demands.
Read more about fully automated plants⁠

CUSTOMER STORIES

Driving sustainability ambitions

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The benefits of a lighthouse factory

The benefits of a lighthouse factory

By building the world’s first fully intelligent dairy factory with a complete end-to-end solution, Chinese producer Mengniu has set new production efficiency standards in dairy production. Packaging efficiency is up 67%, energy consumption is down 23%, space utilisation is down 37%, and Mengniu has seen a striking 32% reduction in conversion cost and a 20-fold increase in workforce efficiency.
Read more about the lighthouse factory ⁠
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How advanced automation helped Oatly grow

How advanced automation helped Oatly grow

By implementing Tetra Pak® PlantMaster at all their production sites, Oatly was able to ramp up their oat milk production capacity and create an efficient, global factory setup while ensuring the highest food quality, the lowest cost per unit produced, and the minimum possible consumption of water and energy. They also achieved a shorter time to market.
Read more about advanced automation and efficiency ⁠
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Efficiency and sustainability with Tetra Pak® PlantMaster

Efficiency and sustainability with Tetra Pak® PlantMaster

When a dairy in northern Europe needed a fully automated new plant with full traceability that integrated equipment from several different suppliers, they turned to us. The result – a customised Tetra Pak® PlantMaster solution that is fully automated, flexible and future-proofed – is much improved production capacity at what is now the most efficient and sustainable dairy in northern Europe.
Read more about efficient production with Tetra Pak PlantMaster⁠
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Increased profitability with Tetra Pak® PlantMaster

Increased profitability with Tetra Pak® PlantMaster

A complete Tetra Pak® PlantMaster integration solution for processing, packaging, and ERP gave one juice, nectar and still drinks producer increased capacity, efficiency and profitability. A completely automated factory ensured a simplified, streamlined, and optimised operation that delivered numerous benefits throughout the entire production process in addition to lower costs.
Read more about increased profitability with Tetra Pak PlantMaster⁠

Discover how automation helps your business

Expert advice

#1 See improvement from day one

Discover solutions that will drive your success. Whatever you’re producing and wherever you are on your digitalisation journey, we have the knowledge and expertise to ensure you get the best out of your production.

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#2 Ensure food safety and quality

Achieve the food safety and quality that will help you respond to ever-changing market demands and legislation by staying in control of your process stability and repeatability.

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#3 Reduce your operational costs

Lower your costs by combining automation and data collection with world-class manufacturing methodologies – automated plants have a better OEE than those with no or low automation.

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#4 Make better decisions

Make reliable, fact-based decisions and continuous improvements thanks to real-time input and insights that give you the right information at the right time.

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#5 Empower your workforce

Attract and retain operators, and ensure their safety, thanks to a modern, automated plant and connectivity – giving you both reliability and peace of mind.

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#6 Improve your sustainability results

Use fewer resources – and reduce your waste – by allowing automation to plan the most efficient production schedule, ensuring you have less downtime and less environmental impact.

Expert advice

#7 Upgrade your legacy systems

Ensure you upgrade at the right time – and with the right solution – by understanding what signs to look out for, and problems that obsolete and out-of-date automation can cause.

Expert advice

#8 Drive improvements with benchmarking

Get a better overview of your whole operation – and enable benchmarking between all your production sites – with a future-proofed solution that standardises and structures data in the same way.

Stories and insights

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A transformation of the dairy industry 

Data is the new essential in dairy production. As the industry evolves, digitalisation is transforming how producers work. Today, data is just as vital as solids, fat or protein – driving smarter decisions, reducing errors, and improving efficiency across the entire production line. In our newly updated Dairy Processing Handbook, we examine how more accurate data, along with automation and integrated processes, are reshaping dairy operations. 

Read the automation chapter⁠
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Comparative study shows the benefits of automation

Read our study “How automation improves efficiency, quality and waste” and learn how automation solutions can cut waste and lower defect rates while boosting overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

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Lower your TCO with Smart Material Handling

To stay competitive, lowering your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is essential, without compromising on safety, quality and sustainability.

Find out more about Smart Material Handling⁠

Cyber security in food and beverage industry

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Countering the cybersecurity challenge

Cybersecurity is a top strategic challenge today. Cyberattacks are a real and growing threat. We explain the risks and offer one prime way to counter them.
Read more about cybersecurity challenges⁠
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How to protect against cyber threats

What can food and beverage producers do to protect their systems against cyber threats? Our five-point guide brings you up to speed on what you need to know.
Learn how protect your systems against cyber threats⁠
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Restoring plant operations after a cyberattack

A saved server backup helped us restore a customer’s operations after a devastating cyberattack halted their production.
Read about how we restored plant operations⁠

Explore other solutions

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Connected packaging

Give your products a digital life with Tetra Pak® Connected Package. It will help you boost sales, enhance engagement and get to know your consumers better.
Learn more about connected packaging solutions⁠
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Rethinking resources

Discover our solutions that reduce energy, water, and waste in your food & beverage production, lowering your costs and maximising your efficiency.
Learn more about rethinking resources⁠
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Digital solutions for ice cream

Numerous factors make ice cream production a difficult process. Our tailored digital solutions will help you succeed at lower cost and with higher profits.
Learn more about digital solutions for ice cream⁠

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