IMA Group spotlights energy-saving TTR EVO roaster at Interpack 2026

IMA Group used Interpack 2026 to make a clear argument about where commercial roasting is headed: not toward flashier heat, but toward tighter control of energy, data, and uptime. In Hall 17 at Messe Düsseldorf, the company placed the TTR25 EVO inside a pavilion that stretched across more than 4,500 square metres and put 38 machines in live motion, with The Loop framing the whole operation as a connected manufacturing environment rather than a simple product booth.

The TTR EVO is the next step in IMA Petroncini’s industrial roasting line, and the pitch is built around savings that operators can actually measure. IMA says the roaster’s hot-air recirculation system recovers and reuses thermal energy generated during roasting, while optimized insulation pushes the platform to as much as 30% energy savings. Integrated sensors and digital control systems feed real-time monitoring and full traceability through the VIRTUO supervision system, which is exactly the kind of tooling that can matter as much as roast curves in a serious production environment.

That matters because the machine is being sold to a market that no longer treats roasting as a standalone thermal process. IMA says the TTR EVO comes in multiple capacities, from R&D use to large-scale production, which gives the platform a broader reach than a single-batch industrial workhorse. In practice, that kind of range lets a company keep a similar roasting philosophy moving from development lots to high-volume output, instead of rebuilding process logic every time batch size changes.

IMA also wrapped the launch in a broader story about Cognitive Manufacturing, with autonomous robotics, AI-driven interactions, service support, and materials strategy all folded into the same booth experience. That is a telling move. Roaster buyers are being asked to think less about a machine that dumps heat into beans and more about a system that affects staffing, energy bills, maintenance schedules, and consistency from one shift to the next.

The company’s coffee operation gives that push more weight. IMA says its coffee portfolio runs from green coffee receiving to roasters, grinders, and advanced degassing systems, and Petroncini carries more than 100 years of coffee-industry experience. IMA Coffee Hub, created in 2017, has been moving in that direction for years, and a 2021 BeanScene profile noted that the largest Petroncini roaster is a 720-kilogram drum roaster. The TTR EVO fits that arc: a roaster launched not just as equipment, but as a bet that the next competitive edge in coffee will come from lower energy use, cleaner traceability, and smarter control from intake to roast floor.