Ishida Europe will use SNACKEX 2026 in Lisbon to present a package of weighing, bagmaking and inspection technologies aimed at improving throughput, consistency and line efficiency in savoury snack production.

Exhibiting with industrial food equipment partner Heat and Control, the company said its stand will feature the latest CCW-AS multihead weigher, the INSPIRA Rotary Bagmaker, a compact Auto Splice solution and the TSC-AS inline seal tester. The combined offer is positioned around the operational priorities facing snack manufacturers: higher speeds, tighter quality control, lower waste and reduced reliance on manual intervention.

The event will take place on June 17-18, 2026 at FIL – The Lisbon Exhibition and Congress Centre in Lisbon, Portugal. Ishida Europe will exhibit in Pavilion 4 on Stand 401.

At the center of the company’s presentation will be the CCW-AS multihead weigher, which Ishida describes as its flagship system in the segment. The machine builds on the company’s long-established position in combination weighing and is designed to support faster, more accurate product handling across snack lines.

According to Ishida, the CCW-AS incorporates automated adjustment of hopper opening and closing profiles, a function intended to improve product flow, raise weighing efficiency and reduce downtime. The company also says a new feed system moves product faster and with greater precision, including more difficult products such as sticky snacks, helping processors pursue higher throughput without compromising handling performance. An enhanced motor drive is also intended to reduce energy consumption and operating costs.

The emphasis on automation reflects broader pressure on snack manufacturers to deliver greater output and more consistent pack presentation while managing labour availability, cost inflation and tighter production targets. Ishida is framing its latest systems as line-level tools that can help processors maintain output and product quality with fewer interruptions.

Alongside the weigher, the company will show a new compact version of its Auto Splice technology. The solution is intended to support near-continuous film supply by enabling faster reel changes and reducing the risk of operator error. Ishida said customers can now choose between two Auto Splice configurations depending on production requirements: a fully automatic model requiring minimal operator input, and the Compact Auto Splice, which is aimed at users seeking a more space-efficient and lower-cost option.

Both versions are designed to improve uptime and operational safety by limiting stoppages associated with film changes. For snack manufacturers running high-volume bagging operations, such incremental reductions in interruption time can translate into measurable gains in line utilisation over the course of a shift.

The company’s presence at SNACKEX will also underline the importance of pack integrity and final quality assurance. Ishida said it will demonstrate how its weighing, bagmaking and inline inspection technologies work together to support performance across the full packing process, from accurate portioning to bag formation and seal verification.

Andrew Green, Business Unit Manager Snacks Packaging at Ishida Europe, said: “As the only international trade show dedicated exclusively to savoury snacks, SNACKEX is a great opportunity for the industry to come together and share the latest developments in snack manufacturing and packing.”

He added: “At SNACKEX we will demonstrate how Ishida’s innovations support snack producers at every stage of the line, from accurate weighing and consistent quality bagmaking to rigorous seal testing and quality control.

“Our goal is to help manufacturers boost efficiency, reduce cost and waste and to deliver the high-quality products consumers expect, and we are looking forward to showing how our technologies deliver these benefits.”

The company’s message for SNACKEX 2026 is clear: as snack producers continue to push for higher efficiency without sacrificing product quality, equipment suppliers are increasingly expected to provide integrated answers rather than isolated machines. Ishida’s Lisbon showcase will therefore focus not only on individual equipment performance, but on how weighing, film handling, bagmaking and inspection can work together to support more stable and productive snack packing operations.