Bühler partnered with Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., to unveil groundbreaking digital technologies designed to minimize toxic contamination, reduce food waste and increase end product quality across the whole food value chain.

DayMark Safety Systems, Bowling Green, Ohio, introduced a new kitchen automation system, designed to transform the way restaurants and quick-service retailers safely prepare food.

Videojet Technologies, Wooddale, Ill., introduced VideojetConnect Remote Service.

EVS, Boulder, Colo., released mobe3 warehouse management system (WMS), which combines the iOS user experience with artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver an industrial-strength platform built to optimize and improve warehouse workflow.

EVS, Boulder, Colo., sold the intellectual property rights to its integrated process manufacturing software to Infor, New York.

Swift Sensors, Inc., Austin, Texas, added user-defined dashboards to simplify and enhance viewing and analytics of critical sensor data.

Arviem AG, Switzerland, announced the closing of its series B investment round. The $10 million bring its total funding to $15 million.

Ocado Technology, a UK division of Ocado, developed what is said to be the world's first artificial intelligent-based fraud detection system for online grocery purchases.

An estimated 8.4 billion connected things were in use worldwide in 2017, up 31% percent from 2016, and will reach 20.4 billion by 2020, according to Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn.

JustFood, Allentown, Pa., released JustFood 2018, software that connects departments, data and processes into a single cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution built specifically for the food industry.