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Discover how OAL helps food manufacturers achieve retailer compliance and boost productivity

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We help Food Manufacturers Automate.

We’ve helped over 2,000 food production lines automate to increase profitability, reduce waste and ensure compliance.
We apply AI, automation and robotics to modernise production from specification to integration and ongoing support.
We’re a market-leading technology and system integration business based in Peterborough, UK, serving the industry since 1993.

50% Output Boost with Zero Labelling Errors

See how Ilchester cheese did it

Discover how a leading cheese manufacturer partnered with OAL to automate label verification and double their line capacity.

In this in-depth case study, learn how AI vision technology eliminated manual checks, ensured compliance with retailer codes and made traceability 5× faster.

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Right Date Code and Packaging

Eliminate errors, protect your brand and boost productivity

Remove the risk of costly errors and product recalls from your business with a single automation partner.

Our market-leading AI Label Verification and Autocoding systems are installed on over 2,000 lines, ensuring full compliance with retailers' codes of practice to prevent product recalls while boosting efficiency.

Once protected, food manufacturers can achieve fast payback using proven modules to add OEE productivity measurement, connectivity to line equipment, paperless quality checks, traceability and SCADA integration.

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OAL x Worldwide Fruit: Accelerating digital transformation

See how automation is driving smarter operations in fresh produce

OAL is proud to support Worldwide Fruit on their journey to smarter manufacturing, helping them digitise key processes, boost efficiency and improve quality across their operations.

In this case study, you'll see how we helped:

Automate label and date code verification
Integrate their ERP with Redzone for real-time visibility and control
Deliver 24/7 support and onboarding to ensure smooth daily operations

Discover Worldwide Fruit’s success story

Are you Humanoid ready?

See how humanoids are transforming food factories

Discover how OAL is exploring the next frontier in food manufacturing by deploying humanoid robots.

Learn how humanoids support teams by taking on repetitive tasks and enabling smarter improvements on the shop floor.

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Automate Complex Powder Weighing

Secure quality and overcome labour shortages by automating your pre-weigh and “making” processes.

Automatically store over 100 raw materials and accurately dose 500,000 additions per year direct from your ERP.

Dose to an accuracy of +/- 0.5% on additions from 100g to 50kg.

The APRIL Weighing System automatically weighs out powders and liquids to a recipe, creating the perfect premix or direct addition into a mixer/vessel.

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Latest Case Studies

Discover how OAL has helped market-leading food manufacturers automate.

Case Studies

ADM Milling UK - Smooth upgrade of production-critical 1980s control panel

ADM Milling is a market leader for flour and bakery ingredients with a strong reputation for product quality, technical support and customer service. At their Corby mill, OAL has seamlessly upgraded and modernised production-critical control panels, achieving zero unplanned plant downtime - a notable achievement given the complexities involved.

Edwards the Welsh Butcher, UK - Eliminate errors with OAL's AI-Driven Label and Date Code Verification System

As a fast-growing leader in the high-quality convenience meats industry, Edwards needed to ensure the correct application of labels and date codes on its expanding range of award-winning products. OAL automated their manual processes with a state-of-the-art, AI-driven label and date code verification system that has been critical in Edwards growth plans.

Worldwide Fruit, UK - Stopping human error with automated product label verification

Worldwide Fruit is a growing £200+ million turnover fruit marketing and distribution business. Quality is critical to their customers, and they wanted a solution that could scale across their complex operations handling thousands of SKUs from over 1,000 global growers. OAL has helped Worldwide Fruit automate to ensure all its products have the right date code, right packaging and country of origin.

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Are You Ready for Humanoid Robots in Your Food Factory?

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Jan 6, 2025

Why were food recalls on the rise in 2024?

Jan 6, 2025

Food recalls have become an increasingly common headline in recent years, raising questions and concerns about the safety of what we eat.

2024 is one of the most disruptive years, seeing an increase of 10%.

Due to the increasing number of incorrect labelling, Incorrect date codes, and undeclared allergens, recalls are gaining more public attention than ever before.

Jan 6, 2025

Jul 4, 2024

Kick off your promotions with confidence

Jul 4, 2024

In the consumer goods industry, the ability to swiftly and accurately update packaging for seasonal events. Automated label verification systems, such as those offered by OAL, play a vital role in managing these changes efficiently.

Jul 4, 2024