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Meet Us at METPACK 2026 | May 5–8 | Essen, Germany
📍 Hall 3 | Stand 3A26
We look forward to connecting with metal can manufacturers from around the world at METPACK 2026 in Essen.
If you manufacture food, beverage cans, or aerosols cans and can ends, your production environment demands:
- High-speed, high-accuracy inspection
- Seamless defect detection across shells, ends, and finished cans
- Reliable data visibility across multiple lines and plants
- Cost-effective solutions that scale with demand
At Stand 3A26, we will showcase:
✔ The announcement of a new flexible, affordable solution for food can inspection, designed to bring advanced quality control within reach for more manufacturers.
✔ KLARITY data integration solution — transforming inspection data into actionable production intelligence.
✔ Comprehensive inspection solutions purpose-built for food and beverage can and can ends manufacturing.
From food and beverage can inspection, to intelligent data integration, our focus is simple: Reduce defects. Increase line performance. Protect your customer relationships.
If you’re attending METPACK 2026, let’s schedule time to talk about optimizing your can manufacturing lines.
👉 Register for METPACK 2026 here: https://www.metpack.de/
Drinktec 2025
PRESSCO, FILTEC, and SOMEX — all part of the Kestrel Vision Group — will showcase cutting-edge innovations in inspection and coding technologies at Stand 380, Hall A6, during the Drinktec show, taking place September 15–19 in Munich, Germany
PRESSCO: Precision in Preform and Can Inspection
PRESSCO will highlight its latest can inspection systems, designed and engineered to detect critical flaws in beverage cans prior to filling. PRESSCO inspection solutions also include preform and cap inspection integrated into blow molding systems. The innovative IMASS system provides real-time monitoring of PET material distribution, replacing traditional manual QC methods and enabling enhanced control of the blow molding process.
FILTEC: Advancing In-Line Inspection
Filtec High Frequency Fill Level
FILTEC, a global leader in in-line inspection solutions for the food, beverage, consumer goods, and pharmaceutical sectors, will unveil its new High Frequency (HF) Fill Level System at the Drinktec show. This advanced system ensures precise fill-level measurement for both glass and PET lines. Its modular design enhances line efficiency by delivering comprehensive filler valve and capper head performance statistics. The system offers cap inspection via sensor or camera, including tamper band detection. Notably, the HF system operates without a license and includes foam compensation functionality.
OMNIVISION 4 with INTELLECT: Next-Level Empty Bottle Inspection
FILTEC Omnivision 4 with Intellect
The new OMNIVISION 4 with INTELLECT merges state-of-the-art empty bottle inspection capabilities with FILTEC’s advanced INTELLECT platform, delivering unmatched performance and intuitive operation. The system monitors packaging quality throughout the production process to provide manufacturers with actionable intelligence.
Key innovations include:
- Vacuum-less starwheel design
- Simplified product changeover
- Next-generation LINESCAN outer sidewall inspection with 4× the resolution for full 360° contact-free bottle surface analysis
Kestrel Eco System: Powering Efficiency with Data
The KESTREL Eco System is a versatile, web-based platform designed to enhance line performance. It collects, stores, and shares valuable inspection and sensor data (via API), including data beyond simple counting. The system generates dynamic webpages for transparent analysis and actionable insights.
Track & Trace for Beverage Lines
Filtec Lasetec 5
Kestrel delivers robust track and trace solutions, featuring 2D matrix and QR code coding via the FILTEC Lasetec 5 Series, integrated with camera-based vision inspection. These solutions also support EBI applications on RefPET lines for comprehensive traceability.
Kestrel Digital Solutions
We will announce a new industry-leading, cutting-edge collaborative digital and AI-powered platform at Drinktec 2025.
SOMEX: Excellence in Laboratory Inspection
SOMEX, a trusted supplier of laboratory inspection systems, will present its latest quality control innovations. SOMEX solutions are widely certified and trusted by leading beverage manufacturers for lab-based testing and analysis.
Vision-Based Tethered Cap & Filler Management for PET Lines
A new vision-based inspector for PET bottles marks a major leap forward in fill-level and cap inspection. The system detects typical cap defects — including tethered cap faults — and assesses both low/high fills. It goes further by diagnosing root causes through detailed filler valve and capper head statistics. It also offers a sampling function for quality control and supports OMAC/Weihenstephan protocol via Ethernet for SCADA system integration.
More information about Pressco can be found at www.PRESSCO.com
About Kestrel Vision www.kestrel-vision.com
Kestrel Vision is a group specializing in rigid packaging solutions. It is serving container manufacturers and fillers. The group is a holding structure composed of six companies including FILTEC, PRESSCO and SOMEX. All the brands are front runners in their various segments – Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics. The strategic focus on services and data capabilities combined with the vast expertise in inspection vision allows the group to be the real partner in industry 4.0 construction.
Kestrel Vision is designed to support the packaging industry through its sustainability transformation: product circularity, lightweighting, recycling materials.
Pack Expo International – Chicago, IL – November 3-6, 2024
We are excited to announce that Pressco will be exhibiting Pack Expo International 2024, taking place from November 3-6 at McCormick Place, Chicago. This year, we are presenting alongside our parent company, Kestrel Vision. You’ll find us at Booth #S-1730 where we will showcase our end-to-end inspection technologies, and you can learn how the companies within Kestrel Vision work together to drive innovation, offer an expanded suite of proven solutions, improve customer service and support experiences, and support sustainability initiatives.
Here are the main things to know:
- Find inspection solutions for up and down the line. Between Filtec, Pressco, and Somex, we will demonstrate X-Ray and Vision Fill Level, Empty Can Inspection, the new Lasetec 5 Marking Solution, Preform/Empty Bottle Inspection, and PET Burst Testing. These machines work with a variety of different containers, including PET, aluminum, and cartons/packs. You will also have the opportunity to meet with our representatives in person to discuss your company’s unique quality assurance inspection needs.
- And don’t forget to use our comp code, 27N56, when you register for Pack Expo Chicago at https://www.packexpointernational.com.
We look forward to seeing you there!
