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IPPE Tech Talk: Creating an AI Implementation Plan – A Roadmap for Processors and Producers

In this video from the IPPE 2025 Tech Talk Series, Tim Stork, Senior Solution Engineer at PPO, discusses the importance of planning when implementing AI into your processes. It’s essential to consider both the technical and people aspects, including technology integration, data management, and stakeholder engagement. Risk assessment should be continuous, with mitigation strategies updated as the project evolves. Success relies on measuring the right KPIs, such as business impact, operational efficiency, and AI performance. Starting small, iterating based on feedback, and maintaining transparent communication throughout the project are key.

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IPPE Tech Talk: How Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Can Improve Food Safety

In this talk, we explore how AI and machine learning are improving food safety by detecting foreign materials, optimizing processes, and enhancing supply chain management. Learn how industries like manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture are leveraging AI—and how PPO’s hyperspectral imaging system is helping food processors make better decisions in real-time. We also discuss the risks of AI, including data bias and privacy concerns, and how to plan for them. Watch now to discover the future of AI in food safety!

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P&P Optica Announces New Partner Program to Expand Access to Industry-Leading Inspection Technology

Waterloo, Ontario – January 27, 2025 – P&P Optica (PPO), a global leader in food inspection technology, is excited to announce the launch of its Partner Program, designed for companies and individuals interested in collaborating with PPO to bring its advanced hyperspectral imaging systems to customers around the world. This program provides a unique opportunity for organizations already serving the meat processing industry to complement their technology and service offerings with PPO’s industry-leading automated inspection solutions. With flexible options for collaboration, partners can leverage PPO’s expertise to deliver innovative food inspection technology to their customers while working closely with the PPO

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PPO Introduces Modular System to Allow Inspection at Risk Points Throughout the Line

Waterloo, Ontario – January 27, 2025 – P&P Optica (PPO), a leader in food inspection technology, is proud to unveil its new modular inspection system, offering the same advanced inspection capabilities as the Smart Imaging System without the integrated materials-handling hardware, providing greater adaptability for installation throughout the processing line. This innovative above-the-line inspection module combines PPO’s patented hyperspectral imaging technology with a vision-based camera, delivering two powerful inspection modalities in one solution. Designed for maximum flexibility, the modular system can be installed anywhere on the processing line. It’s mounted above existing conveyor belts, and configured to communicate with existing rejection mechanisms

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PPO’s Software Enhances Food Inspection Capabilities with Addition of Sizing Application for Measuring Quality

Smart Imaging System can now measure size, shape, thickness and weight  Waterloo, Ontario – January 27, 2025 – P&P Optica (PPO), a leader in food inspection technology, has just introduced new capabilities into its Smart Imaging Solution with the addition of a new Sizing Application that measures size, shape and thickness and estimates product weight.  PPO’s solution combines hyperspectral and vision-based inspection to provide unparalleled insights into product quality and safety. PPO has been providing precise detection of foreign materials to the meat industry since 2015, and more recently introduced lean point and woody breast detection.  Installed over the air, PPO’s

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P&P Optica Unveils the Waterfall Elite: Compact, Powerful, and Industry-Leading Inspection Technology for Meat Processors

Waterloo, ON – January 23, 2025 – P&P Optica (PPO), a leader in innovative food inspection technology, is excited to introduce the Waterfall Elite Configuration, the latest advancement in its Smart Imaging System lineup. This new offering provides the same reliable performance as PPO’s flagship Waterfall system but in a smaller footprint, making it ideal for facilities looking to optimize space without compromising safety or quality. Compact and Powerful Design This innovative system is the perfect solution for processors of chunked or ground products, bacon bits, and other small-form items. With its streamlined design, the Waterfall Elite integrates effortlessly into compact

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