Tetra Pak launches Tetra Pak^® Factory OS^™ to make factories AI-ready

Tetra Pak’s next-generation Automation and Digitalisation portfolio, Tetra Pak^® Factory OS^™️, delivers contextualised, real-time insights for smarter, faster decision-making in food and beverage production.

Tetra Pak unveiled its next-generation Automation and Digitalisation (A&D) portfolio, Tetra Pak^® Factory OS^™ ️at Gulfood Manufacturing in Dubai. This new suite of modular, open and scalable smart factory technologies will transform food and beverage (F&B) production and lay the foundation for AI-ready factories.

A recent comparative study¹ shows that highly automated beverage factories achieve 20 % higher overall equipment effectiveness, 45 % lower product waste and 20 % fewer packaging line stops compared to less automated facilities. Yet, many producers struggle to adopt automation due to limited digital expertise and difficulty of finding a holistic end-to-end solution providers with industry expertise². Tetra Pak^® Factory OS^™ bridges this gap, by combining advanced technologies with deep food and beverage know-how to help producers tackle cost pressures, meet sustainability goals, and prepare for AI-driven manufacturing.

At the heart of the next-generation portfolio is a new data integration platform, powered by open technologies, powerful analytics and industry standards. It connects equipment and systems throughout the factory, transforming fragmented data into one unified, real-time view. This can empower food and beverage producers to deliver consistent product quality, enhance efficiency, reduce utility usage, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO)³.

Designed for flexibility and scalability, Tetra Pak^® Factory OS^™ allows F&B producers to adopt automation and digitalisation at their own pace: starting small, scaling up, and tailoring solutions to their unique requirements.

Tetra Pak^® Factory OS™ standardises data collection across all equipment, regardless of age or supplier, ensuring full compatibility and scalability. Other key features include a unified user experience that enables seamless interaction across lines, equipment and control rooms; a suite of digital applications for real-time monitoring of materials, quality, production and asset performance; and enterprise-level insights powered by contextualised, factory-wide integration.

Developed in collaboration with Accenture, the portfolio is supported by a robust ecosystem including Siemens, Rockwell Automation and Inductive Automation – but it’s Tetra Pak’s deep food production expertise that ensures these technologies deliver real impact for food producers.

¹Tetra Pak Studie: How automation improves efficiency, quality andwaste https://www.tetrapak.c…ion-v2.pdf
²https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/industrials-and-electronics/our-insights/unlocking-the-industrial-potential-of-robotics-and-automation#/
³Consistent product quality and enhance efficiency: Tetra Pak Comparative study: How automation improves efficiency, quality and waste [https://www.tetrapak.com/content/dam/tetrapak/media-box/global/en/gated/automation/automation-digital-products/automation-digital-solutions/documents/comperative-study-improvements-through-automation-v2.pdf] Reduced utilities usage and lower total cost of ownership: https://www.tetrapak.com/insights/cases-articles/future-of-dairy-production