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- The AgTech Landscape (November 18, 2019)
- McKinsey on the Food Processing and Handling Industry (November 18, 2019)
- Comparing Multispectral Imaging to Hyperspectral Imaging (November 29, 2019)
- Hyperspectral Imaging, Explained (March 17, 2020)
- Are Food Inspectors Really Effective? (April 3, 2020)
- Webinar – A New Approach to Food Safety and Quality (May 4, 2020)
- Vision Systems, Explained (May 12, 2020)
- Webinar – Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Food Industry (May 28, 2020)
- Olga Pawluczyk on The Future of Ag Podcast (June 4, 2020)
- Webinar – The Science of Spectroscopy (July 22, 2020)
- 2020 State of Food Manufacturing Survey (September 30, 2020)
- Webinar – Helping Poultry Processors Increase Automation and Optimize Production (October 23, 2020)
- PPO Team Supports Food4Kids with $4,630 Donation (January 8, 2021)
- Preventing Food Contamination: It’s All About Detection (January 12, 2021)
- Webinar – Preventing Contamination: It’s All About Detection (February 12, 2021)
- Xenics and PPO: A Case Study (April 29, 2021)
- 3 Reasons Why Food Processors Should Know About Spectrometers (May 28, 2021)
- People at PPO: Rachel Bobb, Applications Technician Co-op (May 28, 2021)
- Pride at PPO 2021 (June 22, 2021)
- People at PPO: Fraser Robinson, Hardware Intern (June 22, 2021)
- Webinar – The More The Merrier: A Multi-Hurdle Approach to Detection (June 25, 2021)
- People at PPO: Kesha Bodawala, Software Developer (July 26, 2021)
- An Inspirational Optics Leader: Dr. Romauld (Romek) Pawluczyk (August 11, 2021)
- People at PPO: Brad Oldenburg, VP of Data Architecture (September 24, 2021)
- Developing Artificial Intelligence Models For a Meat Processing Plant (October 25, 2021)
- The North American Meat Institute’s Foreign Materials Manual (November 22, 2021)
- Webinar – Food Safety Hazards Series: Physical Hazards (December 20, 2021)
- PPO to Showcase Smart Imaging System in Virtual Reality at IPPE 2022 (January 19, 2022)
- PPO 2021 Holiday Fundraiser Raised More Than $12,000 for Food4Kids (February 16, 2022)
- People at PPO: Dr. Andrea Weeks, R&D Project and Experimentation Lead (March 1, 2022)
- Building Hyperspectral Imaging Technology with the Women at PPO (March 8, 2022)
- PPO Women Share their Professional Experiences (March 8, 2022)
- People at PPO: Danielle Smith, Optics Specialist (April 26, 2022)
- Pride at PPO 2022 (June 3, 2022)
- People at PPO: Jamie Poholko, Customer Success Manager (July 18, 2022)
- People at PPO: Philip Hancock, Sales Engineer (September 26, 2022)
- Webinar – Experts Discuss How a Multi-Hurdle Approach With Visual Inspection Can Achieve Zero Foreign Materials In Your Plant (November 29, 2022)
- PPO TechTalk for IPPE 2023: Achieving Zero FM by Expanding Multi-Hurdle Inspection (March 2, 2023)
- Hear HER story: The Women of WMIN at IPPE 2023 (March 9, 2023)
- Before you Invest: How to Calculate the ROI for Automated Inspection Systems (June 9, 2023)
- Experts Demystify Hyperspectral Imaging For Meat Processors (June 22, 2023)
- 5 Meat Processor Trends to Future-proof Your Business in 2023 (July 5, 2023)
- Four Experts Weigh in on Foreign Material Detection (August 2, 2023)
- Your Hyperspectral Imaging Primer: What it is and Why it Excels at Foreign Material Detection (September 1, 2023)
- Four Foreign Material Detection ROI Success Stories (October 19, 2023)
- A Head-to-Head Test of 3 Foreign Material Inspection Technologies (November 22, 2023)
- Introducing PPO’s Foreign Materials Challenge at IPPE 2024 (January 17, 2024)
- Three Foreign Material Detection Stories From the Meat Processing Plant (March 8, 2024)
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- Foreign Materials Dropdown Tool (June 12, 2023)
- Thank you (June 19, 2023)
- Thank you For Subscribing (July 7, 2023)
- Thanks for Contacting Us! (September 18, 2023)
- Thanks for Contacting Us! (October 27, 2023)
- PPO’s IPPE 2024 Case Studies (January 30, 2024)
Press Articles
- PPO Teaming up with McGill University on Aerosols Instrumentation Project (January 11, 2016)
- PPO and SFU Aim to Advance Biomedical Imaging (May 1, 2016)
- PPO and Simon Fraser University Aim to Advance OCT Imaging (May 1, 2016)
- P&P Optica Re-launch Scheduled On The SpaceX-9 (June 1, 2016)
- SPEC 2016 Sponsored By PPO (June 1, 2016)
- PPO Sponsors SPEC 2016 Conference (June 1, 2016)
- P&P Optica Re-Launch Scheduled On The SpaceX-9 (June 1, 2016)
- PPO Chemical Imaging Systems Reducing Food Waste (July 1, 2016)
- PPO Chemical Imaging Targets Food Waste (July 1, 2016)
- Waterloo’s P&P Optica Selected From Field of 800 To Present at Google Demo Day – Women’s Edition (November 1, 2016)
- P&P Optica Presents at Google Demo Day: Women’s Edition (November 1, 2016)
- P&P Optica Featured In Waterloo Record Tech Spotlight (November 1, 2016)
- PPO Announces NSERC Engage Partnership With McGill Researcher (November 1, 2016)
- P&P Optica’s Smart Imaging System Gets $3 Million Boost (June 1, 2018)
- PPO Named Cleantech “One to Watch” by Export Development Canada (November 6, 2018)
- Woman-Led Midwest Angel Investment Firm iiM Invests $2.4m in 6 AgriFood Tech Startups (January 31, 2019)
- EDC invests in Canadian food technology company that reduces waste and improves quality of food supply (February 4, 2019)
- Spectroscopy monitors chemistry, surface-level foreign objects in real time (April 16, 2019)
- Canadian Poultry Magazine: Shining the Light for Safety and Quality (April 19, 2019)
- Advances in Food Scanning Might Spell the End for Product Recalls (July 1, 2019)
- The present and future of food tech investment opportunity (October 22, 2019)
- Hyperspectral imaging could simplify meat quality analysis (February 2, 2021)
- Assessing Detection Systems to Make Food Safer (March 19, 2021)
- Bioenterprise Announces Round Two SmartGrowth Recipients (March 31, 2021)
- Visual Acuity (April 12, 2021)
- Twenty-four innovators advance to Food Waste Reduction Challenge semi-finals (May 7, 2021)
- How to Compare Vision-Based Detection Systems for Food Processing (June 30, 2021)
- P&P Optica Secures Series B Funding Round (July 8, 2021)
- P&P Optica gets Series B funding to bring hyperspectral imaging to the meat industry (July 8, 2021)
- P&P Optica Raises Fresh Funding for Hyperspectral Food Safety Inspection Tech (July 8, 2021)
- P&P Optica Secures Series B Funding Round (July 8, 2021)
- Challenging their way to innovative food waste solutions (July 9, 2021)
- Poultry processing imaging technology closes funding round (July 12, 2021)
- P&P Optica Transforms Food Industry Through Technology (July 21, 2021)
- P&P Optica uses the science of light to keep food out of landfills (October 15, 2021)
- Winning Products of the Innovation Showcase at Process Expo Unveiled (November 3, 2021)
- Foreign Matter Detection (January 3, 2022)
- Simplifying woody breast detection (February 9, 2022)
- EP 54: Tips from a Black Belt: Leaning in, Six Sigma-style to continuous improvement (February 14, 2022)
- Ask the Expert: Olga Pawluczyk Discusses Hyperspectral Imaging (March 7, 2022)
- P&P Optica’s Smart Imaging System Drives Millions In Customer Savings (July 8, 2022)
- Tyson Ventures Spotlight Sustainability Solutions at its Inaugural Demo Day (July 20, 2022)
- Tyson Ventures selects six startups to mentor (July 21, 2022)
- Government of Canada invests over $2.4 million to support growth of technology for meat processing (November 4, 2022)
- Federal Government Invests $2.4 Million In P&P Optica To Help Meat Processors Automate Food Safety (November 7, 2022)
- Government of Canada invests over $2.4 million to support growth of technology for meat processing (November 7, 2022)
- Canada invests over $2.4 million in technology for meat processing (November 8, 2022)
- Canada invests over $2.4 million in technology for meat processing (November 8, 2022)
- Canada funds updated inspection (November 10, 2022)
- Canada invests C$2.4M in food safety tech company UPDATED (November 15, 2022)
- Using the science of light to reduce food waste, improve meat quality (December 7, 2022)
- Products to See at IPPE 2023 (January 17, 2023)
- P&P Optica’s Smart Imaging System Drives Millions in Customer Savings (February 3, 2023)
- Utilização de inteligência artificial na inspeção de carnes (February 3, 2023)
- Utilización de la inteligencia artificial en la inspección de la carne (February 3, 2023)
- IPPE 2023: The Latest in Food Tech (February 13, 2023)
- CAAIN Announces Meat Processing Challenge Recipients (August 14, 2023)
- From AI to robot butchers, automating the meat packing industry is not cut-and-dried (October 9, 2023)
- P&P Optica Announces Foreign Materials Challenge at IPPE, Powered by Smart Imaging System (January 17, 2024)
- PPO Unveils Insights 2.0 Platform at IPPE, Elevating Safety and Efficiency with Enhanced Interface (January 26, 2024)