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

3 million industrial robots use by 2020

Nearly 70 percent of employees believe that robotics and automation offer the opportunity to qualify for higher skilled work. This is the result of a worldwide automatica survey of 7,000 employees in seven countries. The technological change calls for targeted training and further education for employees. More than 3 million industrial robots will be in use in factories around the world by 2020. This means that the operational stock will more than double within seven years (2014-2020).

According to the International Federation of Robotics, more than 3 million industrial robots will be in use in factories around the world by 2020. This means that the operational stock will more than double within seven years (2014-2020).

„IT like robotics process automation is by far the biggest contributor in transforming people’s jobs,” comments Junji Tsuda, president of the International Federation of Robotics. “Companies and governments must collaborate to ensure workers have the skills that the technological change requires.”

Singapore invests in SkillsFuture initiative

As far as training is concerned, Singapore is one of the most advanced countries with its SkillsFuture initiative. Employers in the city-state are asked to spell out the changes, industry by industry, that they expect to happen over the next three to five years, and to identify the skills they will need. Their answers are used to create “industry transformation maps” designed to guide individuals on where to head.

Since January 2016 every Singaporean above the age of 25 has been given $345 credit that can be freely used to pay for any training courses provided by 500 approved providers, including universities and MOOCs.