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Chocolate makers tackle heating issues

    Chocolate makers tackle heating issues

London – Heraeus Noblelight has reported on two recent application of its Infrared heating technology at chocolate manufacturers – both seeking to address quality and production issues with existing heating

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SICK technology days come to a venue near you

    SICK technology days come to a venue near you

Sensing solutions specialist SICK UK is hitting the road with a series of its popular Technology Days to bring expert advice in Machine Vision, Auto Ident and Measurement to the

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Food industry expert Burgess joins SAS

Experienced food industry professional Alan Burgess, who is well known within the food processing sector, has joined Spice Application Systems (SAS) as a director, taking on responsibility for sales and

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MATCON at ACHEMA 2012

Matcon presented their innovative products and systems to the powder processing industries at ACHEMA in Frankfurt, a leading triennial exhibition for process engineering and biotechnology.  This exhibition is by far

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Cheshire firm wins gold with Investors in People

    Cheshire firm wins gold with Investors in People

The UK’s leading people management standard, Investors in People specialises in transforming business performance through people. The Gold standard is awarded to truly cutting-edge organisations, operating at the highest level

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Healthy Farm doubles production capacity with Meyn-Ishida

Healthy Farm, one of the leading producers of high quality food products in Russia, has recently invested in the first Meyn-Ishida poultry processing solution in the Ural region. With a

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UK Food and Drink Sector Achieves Olympic-size Water Savings

    UK Food and Drink Sector Achieves Olympic-size Water Savings

UK food and drink manufacturers signed up to the Federation House Commitment (FHC) have achieved a 14.4% reduction in water use (excluding that in product), according to the latest progress

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Matcon and Manumixx – A Winning Combination

In the run up to the London Olympics, Manumixx, a dynamic company providing top quality sportfood and food supplement products, has opened a new facility to meet increased demand. Manumixx

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Egemin Sets Foot on Mexican Soil With AGVs

    Egemin Sets Foot on Mexican Soil With AGVs

Egemin has signed a contract with La Costena, a Mexican producer of canned foods. Egemin is to install a new AGV system in the La Costena warehouse close to Mexico

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Nestle Conducts Experiments in Zero Gravity With the European Space Agency

    Nestle Conducts Experiments in Zero Gravity With the European Space Agency

Nestle is using zero gravity research to develop its understanding of the foam technology used in its products. The study could help Nestle scientists create better air bubbles in chocolate,

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HRS expands footprint in the soft drinks industry – Receives sizeable order from A.G. Barr p.l.c.

HRS Heat Exchangers Limited, a leading heat transfer specialist for the process industry, has recently sold equipment to UK’s largest independent soft drink maker A. G. Barr p.l.c. The heat

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FAST, EFFICIENT LOW VOLUME LABELLING

New to the Marel range, the WPL9010 Manual Weigh Price Labeller is ideal for low volume labelling of individual packs, product development or products unsuited to automatic labelling. With automatic

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PENTAIR SÜDMO PRESENTS ADVANCED VALVE TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESS

    PENTAIR SÜDMO PRESENTS ADVANCED VALVE TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESS

  The 30. ACHEMA, world forum of the process industry and trend-setting technology summit for chemical engineering, environmental protection and biotechnology, is taking place from 18 to 22 June in

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POLISH PROCESSORS TEST BÜHLER SORTEX SYSTEMS IN REVAMPED APPLICATION FACILITY

Bühler Warsaw hosted nine leading Polish frozen processors on a visit to its renovated applications department in London, UK, to inspect and test its SORTEX optical systems with a range

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Meyn officially opens new head quarters in Oostzaan with gift for the Foodbank

On Tuesday, June 5th Meyn Food Processing Technology officially opened their new international head quarters. The state-of-the-art head quarters and manufacturing facility is developed to strengthen Meyn’s position as global

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New Rendac wastewater treatment plant produces energy

Balk/Son, 6th of June 2012 – Rendac Son (part of VION Ingredients) and the Dutch water technology company Paques have agreed on the construction of an innovative new wastewater treatment

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Guerin Systems guided tour within the International Symposium on Spray Dried Dairy Products

Following the previous highly successful symposia in this series — Rennes/FR (2001), Cork/IE (2004), San Francisco/US (2007) and Melbourne/AU (2009) — the forthcoming IDF/INRA International Symposium on Spray Dried Dairy

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Encouraging Greater Use of Sustainable Palm Oil

    Encouraging Greater Use of Sustainable Palm Oil

Dating back to the eighties, growing consumer concerns about health and diet have driven increased use of palm oil as an ingredient by European food manufacturers. Environmental issues have been

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Robots protect jobs at Premier Foods

London – That automation can protect, rather than destroy, jobs by improving the productivity, competitiveness and skills base of UK manufacturing, was the recurring theme of Gambica’s recent Automated Britain conference

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HEINZ-JÜRGEN KRONER APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PENTAIR SÜDMO

Pentair Südmo is pleased to announce that Heinz-Jürgen Kroner has been appointed to the role of managing director, effective May 1. Kroner will be responsible for the further development and

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Riggs Autopack – Manufacturers of Depositors and Filling Machines

Riggs Autopack manufacture high quality depositors, filling machines, transfer pumps and conveyor filling lines, for the food production industry. Established in the 1930’s, they supply food producers of varied type

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BÜHLER HELPS GLOBAL BERRY PRODUCERS ADVANCE FOOD SAFETY & SORTING EFFICIENCY

Bühler SORTEX will highlight pioneering new food safety and sorting technologies for frozen vegetable and berry processors during its educational seminar at the third International Conference ‘Berries of Ukraine –

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Pump cuts cheese at Carrigbyrne AD plant

The Carrigbyrne Farmhouse Cheese Company, in conjunction with its sister company Ballyshannon Recycling has introduced a pump and a macerator

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World’s first robotic milking rotary introduced in Australia

  World’s first robotic milking rotary introduced in Australia

The world’s first commercial robotic milking rotary has been unveiled by Swedish dairy equipment company DeLaval at a pilot farm

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Acquisition creates the UK’s largest automation control supplier

Autotech Controls Ltd has purchased Igranic Control Systems Ltd and PSJ Fabrications Ltd to form Automated Technology Group (ATG) Ltd,

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Food Safety: Measom Freer Has the Scoop

  Food Safety: Measom Freer Has the Scoop

Measom Freer has launched a new range of scoops in standard food safety colours, with antibacterial additive also available to

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Laboratory Informatics Easing the Process of Environmental Monitoring

Food and drinks manufacturers are required to run environmental monitoring programmes to maintain safe production environments. These are scheduled campaigns

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Spiromatic – The Specialist in Ingredient Process and Handling Equipment

Belgian company Spiromatic designs, manufactures, installs and services solid and liquid food ingredient handling equipment for the food and drink

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Coca-Cola Enterprises Announces Suppliers of the Year

  Coca-Cola Enterprises Announces Suppliers of the Year

Ball Packaging Europe, Krones and Klimasan have been recognised for their performance in quality, service, value and corporate responsibility and

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New Marel IPL Robot system installed at the Blini factory.

32,000 blinis! That’s how many of those delicious little pancakes are packed every hour by the Marel IPL Robot system

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Food Firms Throwing Away Invisible Energy

The majority of food manufacturers are literally throwing away thousands of pounds every year in invisible energy, according to Star

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OEE ‘Waterfall’ Reports Help Make Production’s ‘Added Value’ Visible

A waterfall might appear to be an unusual model on which to base an OEE production report for the food

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Report Highlights Transparency as Key to Building Confidence in Vital Food Technologies

A new report examines how to build public confidence in innovative technologies – including those used in the food and

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Successful 2011 For Buhler in a Tough Environment

  Successful 2011 For Buhler in a Tough Environment

With sales of SFr2.13 billion (Eur1.76 billion), the global Buhler Technology Group once again achieved solid growth of about 12%

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Argelith Bodenkeramik – The Specialist in Hygienic Floors

  Argelith Bodenkeramik – The Specialist in Hygienic Floors

Producers of food and beverages expect their industrial floors to remain permanently hygienic over years despite chemical and mechanical influences.

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New in-line meat marination system

Marel has launched ValueSpray, a new system for in-line marinating of meat products.  ValueSpray offers quick and easy in-line marinating

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HRS Heat Exchangers delivers thermal processing solutions in United States

Reducing down time in food sterilisation processes   MARCH 05, 2012/LONDON, UK – HRS Process Technology, the American arm of

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Excellent energy savings with new pasta dryer

Uzwil, February 28, 2012 –  Compared to conventional dryers, the Ecothermatik™ uses 40% less heat, 20% less cooling and 10%

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STATICE Develops Tempermeters and Specific Measuring Systems For the Chocolate Industry

The French company STATICE designs and produces customised systems for industries wanting to monitor their processes, especially the food processing

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Pentair Südmo Completes DSV Complete Valve Range

  Anuga FoodTec (27.03. – 30.03.2012) in Cologne, Germany, provides the perfectplatform for Pentair Südmo to present the DSV Complete

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AMP-Rose – The Specialist in Confectionery Plant and Equipment

UK-based AMP-Rose is one of the world’s leading suppliers of processing and packaging machinery for the chocolate, confectionery, candy, biscuit

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Riggs Autopack On Show at Gulfood 2012

Depositing and filling machine manufacturer Riggs Autopack is driving forward global business initiatives by exhibiting for the first time at

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UK Freezing Firm Bolsters Thai Chicken Production

UK equipment manufacturer Starfrost has supplied five spiral freezers to a leading chicken processor in Thailand as part of a major

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Jos Pâques receives honorary doctorate from Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology confers an honorary doctorate on Jos Pâques, owner and founder of the water technology company Paques.

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Idhammer OEE – Continuous Improvement – The Premier Way

  Idhammer OEE – Continuous Improvement – The Premier Way

Following Premier Foods re-organisation in 2007, a new central Manufacturing Improvement team headed by Bob King, Group Head of Operational

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ProSweets Cologne 2012 – 29th January-1st February 2012

  ProSweets Cologne 2012 – 29th January-1st February 2012

In just a little less than ten weeks, ProSweets Cologne 2012 will once again open its doors. So far, more

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Pentair Haffmans launches In-line CO2 Meter AuCoMet-i

Pentair Haffmans, a leading supplier of quality control equipment and carbon dioxide (CO2) systems for the brewing and beverage industries,

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POSITIVE ATTITUDE FOLLOWS AT NEW MEATUP EXHIBITION

The new MEATUP exhibition at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire has been a resounding success, as the £24 billion UK meat

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Welcome to Vitafoods Europe!

The meeting place for everyone interested in nutraceuticals, functional foods and the functional drinks industries. Vitafoods Europe 2011 was a

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Ilkka Dunder Appointed Technical Director of Tetra Pak in UK and Ireland

Tetra Pak, the world’s leading food processing and packaging company has announced the recent appointment of Ilkka Dunder (pictured) as Technical

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IPS automates convenience food line Dynamic regulation maximizes output

Crailsheim. The Kepak Group from Ireland now benefits from a new assembly and packaging line for hamburgers in which every

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‘Cost effective’ Class O compressed air

Boge has launched the BC series converters that cost effectively assists the end user in efficiently producing absolutely oil free

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Haighs Bakery upgrades compressed air system with Boge

Haighs Bakery has upgraded its compressed air system with a compact and highly efficient Boge C 7 LDR screw compressor.

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Eliminating “out of spec” batches saves 5-8% of ingredient cost

Advanced batch and lot tracking systems enable consistent, repeatable, error-free batch results by avoiding operator error Squeezed by rising commodity

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