Tetra Pak has been awarded the 2026 Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award (MIMA) in the “Scale!” category for its advanced automation and digital solutions platform, Tetra Pak®️ Factory OS™️. The “Scale!” award recognizes intelligent industrial solutions that drive transformation across value chains, customer operations, and internal manufacturing processes, delivering measurable impact at varying levels of digital maturity.
As part of its ongoing commitment to accelerating digital transformation within the food industry, Tetra Pak recently hosted a global webinar titled “Unlocking the Agile AI-Ready Factory,” highlighting the company’s latest digital innovations through the Tetra Pak®️ Factory OS™️ platform. Designed to help manufacturers build more agile, efficient, and AI-ready operations, the session brought together leading experts in digital transformation and industrial technologies to discuss the importance of integrating operational systems and data to enhance decision-making speed and optimize manufacturing performance.
For more information about the webinar, please visit the following link: Unlocking the agile, AI-ready factory
The webinar also explored how manufacturers can transition toward the “connected factory” model through intelligent solutions that enable seamless integration across production processes without compromising operational efficiency. Attendees were also given a live demonstration of Tetra Pak®️ Factory OS™️ and its advanced capabilities in industrial data management and analytics. The global event further reinforced Tetra Pak’s leadership in developing innovative technologies that support the future of smart manufacturing while enhancing operational resilience and sustainability for customers worldwide.
The award jury commended Tetra Pak®️ Factory OS™️ for its ability to help food and beverage producers increase production output, accelerate time-to-market for new products, and reduce operational costs amid increasingly complex geopolitical and economic conditions. As food prices and production input costs continue to rise, the platform enables manufacturers to strengthen operational efficiency and improve process resilience while maintaining product quality.
Tetra Pak®️ Factory OS™️ stands out for its scalability across multiple production sites and varying levels of digital readiness. The platform enhances operational performance, accelerates large-scale digital transformation, and unlocks new growth opportunities by elevating integration, consistency, and intelligence across manufacturing operations. Developed with a “security-by-design” approach, the platform incorporates multiple layers of protection to ensure operational and data security amid growing cybersecurity risks linked to current geopolitical tensions. In addition, the system provides AI-ready infrastructure that transforms real-time data into actionable insights, enabling faster, more effective decision-making.
Shaun Sims, Vice President Automation & Solutions at Tetra Pak, said: “Food and beverage manufacturers today are under growing pressure to achieve higher production output with fewer resources while maintaining competitiveness in increasingly uncertain markets. This recognition reflects the tangible impact advanced industrial automation technologies can deliver by transforming factory data into actionable intelligence on a scale. Through Tetra Pak®️ Factory OS™️, companies can turn complexity into clarity, continuously improve performance, and build a digital foundation ready to support the next generation of AI-powered manufacturing.”
The Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award (MIMA) recognizes pioneering industrial solutions that create measurable impact through smart manufacturing technologies. The award is presented by Microsoft in collaboration with Roland Berger following a rigorous competitive evaluation process. Tetra Pak was shortlisted as a finalist before presenting its solution to an independent jury and ultimately winning the award in the “Scale!” category. Tetra Pak®️ Factory OS™️ was officially recognized during Hannover Messe 2026 on April 22.
