May 2029
KLARiTY is Kestrel Vision's scalable, open digital platform designed to unify, analyze, and operationalize inspection and production data across the packaging ecosystem. At the core of the company's AI strategy, KLARiTY consolidates data from multiple machines, brands, and production lines into a single platform, transforming inspection results into actionable production intelligence. By providing clear visibility into performance trends, defect patterns, root-cause analytics, and operational efficiency, KLARiTY enables manufacturers to move beyond isolated defect detection toward connected, interpretable insights, predictive maintenance, and cross-plant optimization.
Time efficieny
KLARiTY accelerates decision-making by consolidating inspection and production data from multiple machines and lines into a single platform. Plant managers and quality teams gain immediate visibility into defect trends, performance deviations, and root causes, reducing time spent analyzing fragmented data and enabling faster corrective actions.
Cost reduction
By transforming inspection data into actionable intelligence, KLARiTY helps manufacturers reduce false rejects, optimize process settings, and prevent recurring defects. Predictive maintenance signals and root-cause analytics minimize unplanned downtime, scrap, and rework, directly lowering operational costs across plants.
Sustainability
KLARiTY contributes to sustainability by reducing material waste, energy consumption, and unnecessary production losses. Improved defect detection accuracy and process optimization lead to fewer rejected cans, better resource utilization, and more efficient production - supporting manufacturers' environmental and regulatory commitments.
Quality improvement
KLARiTY goes beyond defect detection by delivering interpretable, connected insights. Quality teams can identify systemic defect patterns, correlate machine behavior, and implement data-driven improvements across lines and plants.
Pressco has been refining the inspection of metal containers and their components for over 25 years. We have continually evolved our optical configurations and lighting setups to facilitate accurate and reliable inspections that ensure product quality and reduce spoilage.
Our experience has led us to design modules dedicated for specific installation locations to allow full process integration. Examples include light testers, necker/flanger machines and a variety of conveyor-based applications.
With features like RETRO-SPECTM, CHROMAPULSETM and machine correlation, Pressco provides significant value-added functionality in a reliable and proven turn-key system.
Learn more at: https://info.kestrel-vision.com/metal-can-solutions
The Pressco DECOSPECTOR 360TM detects print-related defects and validates color on every can at production speeds in real time. With Decospector’s 360-degree online inspection module, the entire outside of the can is scanned to detect deco spots, smears, smudges and incorrect or missing colors.
Features and Benefits of DECOSPECTOR 360
- Inspects 100% of can production online
- Automatically rejects non-conforming product
- Touchscreen interface provides easy-to-use interaction
- Label changeovers take less than a minute
- Color Monitoring provides real-time feedback to quickly identify/prevent drift
- Reduce or eliminate HFI events by removing defects
Typical Deco Defects Detected
- Too Light or Too Dark Ink
- Small Deco Voids
- Smears
- Registration
- Cut Blankets
- Smudges
- Over-varnish / Missing Varnish
- Contamination
- Body Dents
- Color Shifts
- Incorrect Colors
LASETEC™ 5 is a fiber laser coding solution for aluminum beverage can production. It delivers permanent, high-quality marks at line speed for clear traceability and product identification. Built for demanding environments, it helps reduce maintenance, eliminate consumables, and improve operating efficiency.
• Permanent Fiber Laser Coding for Aluminum Cans: Deliver clear, durable marks without the need for inks or other consumables.
• Low-Maintenance, Cost-Efficient Operation: Operates without inks or chemicals, reducing routine maintenance and ongoing operating costs.
• Built for High-Speed Beverage Production: With speeds of up to 120,000 cans per hour, Lasetec 5 helps beverage manufacturers maintain reliable coding performance without slowing production.
• Supports Traceability and Code Quality Goals: Provides direct part marking that supports legibility, traceability, safety, and security.
FOCAL POINT helps manufacturers bring modern inspection capability to more lines across their operation. For customers running older competitive systems or looking for a more accessible Pressco entry point in food can and end applications, FOCAL POINT delivers an attractive balance of performance, simplicity, and value. It is especially well suited for producers seeking to improve quality control while managing capital spend more efficiently, while leveraging the industry-proven INTELLISPEC software to solve your inspection needs.
Beyond initial deployment, FOCAL POINT offers long-term value through platform flexibility. Its architecture is designed not only to support today’s inspection requirements, but also to open the door for future software upgrades, enhanced connectivity, and next-generation AI-driven capabilities. That means customers can invest in inspection now while building toward greater operational insight and performance over time.
Pressco Technology, part of Kestrel Vision Group , is preparing to showcase its latest metal packaging inspection technologies at METPACK 2026, taking place May 5–8 in Essen, Germany. Visitors can find Pressco in Hall 3, Stand 3A26.
The company will present inspection systems and data-driven solutions designed to help manufacturers improve quality, reduce defects, and optimize production performance.
A key highlight at this year’s event is the launch of INTELLISPEC™ FOCAL POINT, a new modular food can inspection platform developed for food cans, food ends, and related closure applications. Designed to be flexible, compact, and easier to install, Focal Point brings advanced quality control within reach for more manufacturers looking for a practical, cost-effective inspection solution.
The official introduction of FOCAL POINT at METPACK 2026 gives food can manufacturers a new option for reliable, modular food can and end inspection. The platform was developed for manufacturers that want dependable inspection capability in a simpler and more affordable format, without losing the long-term value of future-ready architecture.
Focal Point features a compact modular design and supports fast installation through a self-contained processing concept and one-plug system architecture. It supports configurations from 1 to 3 cameras, allowing users to match inspection capability to the needs of specific applications across food cans, ends, closures, beverage shells, converted ends, and other related formats.
This makes Focal Point especially relevant for manufacturers that need to improve metal can quality control while managing footprint, integration complexity, and capital spend more carefully. It also provides a practical path for companies looking to upgrade older inspection systems or expand inspection coverage across more lines.
Built on Proven INTELLISPEC Inspection Technology
Focal Point is powered by Pressco’s proven INTELLISPEC inspection platform, which is recognized in the metal packaging industry for dependable performance and strong inspection capability. Pressco’s METPACK materials also note that the system leverages established technologies such as RETRO-SPEC and CHROMAPULSE, delivering reliable defect detection and additional functionality in a turnkey solution.
KLARiTY Brings More Value to Metal Packaging Inspection Data
In addition to Focal Point, Pressco and Kestrel Vision Group will also highlight KLARiTY , a digital platform designed to unify, analyze, and apply data across the packaging, inspection, and production environment. KLARiTY is positioned as a central part of Kestrel Vision Group’s AI strategy and is designed to transform inspection data into actionable production intelligence.
This is increasingly important because customers are asking for more than defect detection alone. They want connected insights, root-cause analysis, predictive maintenance signals, and broader reporting across lines and plants. KLARiTY helps address that demand by consolidating data from multiple systems and making it easier for plant managers and quality teams to identify trends, understand defect patterns, and improve efficiency.
See Pressco’s Metal Packaging Inspection Solutions at Stand 3A26
For manufacturers attending METPACK 2026, the Pressco stand will offer a closer look at how advanced metal packaging inspection and digital intelligence can work together to support stronger quality assurance across the production process. From component inspection to finished container verification and plant-level data visibility, Pressco and Kestrel Vision Group are presenting solutions designed for the modern needs of can makers.
If you are attending the show, visit Hall 3, Stand 3A26 to learn more about Focal Point, KLARiTY, and Pressco’s broader portfolio of inspection technologies for the metal packaging industry.
Kestrel Vision Group is a global provider of advanced inspection, quality assurance, and digital intelligence solutions for the rigid packaging industry. Built on globally recognized expert brands, the group serves the entire value chain—from container manufacturing to high‑speed filling operations.
In the FCP (Filling-Can-Plastic) segment, Kestrel Vision unites its specialists - Filtec, Pressco, and Somex - to deliver comprehensive inspection solutions for food and beverage production. Pressco provides precision vision inspection for metal container manufacturing, including metal can shells, ends and closures.
All Kestrel Vision brands are powered by a shared innovative backbone: a centralized R&D organization that accelerates the development of AI‑enabled inspection, modular platforms, and data‑driven solutions. Kestrel Vision’s Digital Solutions enhance equipment performance through advanced analytics, connectivity, and traceability, enabling smarter decision‑making and operational excellence.
Backed by group‑wide capabilities, Filtec, Pressco, and Somex help industries that rely on rigid packaging ensure product quality and regulatory compliance, while enabling ambitious sustainability goals across the packaging industry—advancing circularity, lightweighting, and recycling.
Visit www.kestrel-vision.com to learn more.
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