Engineering capability is becoming a growing constraint across food, drink and FMCG manufacturing. Production lines are more automated and increasingly combine equipment from multiple OEMs. As a result, many manufacturers are looking more closely at how external engineering services in FMCG can support reliability, resilience and uptime.

Independent editorial commentary helps share practical, experience-led perspectives on how external engineering services in FMCG are applied in real operating environments. This allows manufacturers to benchmark their own approaches and consider alternative ways to maintain operational performance.

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Originally published by Machinery Update, February 2026

Article – External engineering services and the FMCG skills gap