On August 27, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) and the Australian Embassy in Cambodia held a meeting in Phnom Penh to present Cambodia’s new Agri-Food Industrial Park (AIP) Framework to agricultural businesses, investors and potential developers.

In July 2026, Restaurant Asia 2026 was held in Singapore, bringing together businesses and solutions across restaurants, commercial kitchens, foodservice equipment and related technologies.

Since late August, global manufacturing supply chains have continued to face multiple sources of uncertainty.

A recent smart manufacturing project involving Australian food manufacturer Kilcoy Global Foods (KGF), RMIT University and Food Agility CRC has delivered early results from applying digital twins and generative AI directly to food production.