All Food & Beverage
Physics focus ‘can help’ food & drink manufacturing post-Brexit
Added: 26 Oct 2016
The president of the Institute of Physics (IOP) has said a focus on physics could help UK food and …
Brexit vote chips food & drink confidence
Added: 12 Oct 2016
Britain’s vote to leave the EU has rocked confidence among the UK’s food and drink manufacturers, a…
Case study: brewery benefits from bringing in new PLC
Added: 10 Oct 2016
A small-scale US brewery introduced a programmable logic controller to its operations, resulting in…
Viewpoint: sniffing out a solution to foul food smells
Added: 4 Oct 2016
Foul odours caused by poor wastewater management can result in a variety of problems for food and b…
Food & drink: tackling the threat of product recalls
Louisa Hearn | Added: 3 Oct 2016
Product recalls are an unwelcome feature in the manufacturing landscape, so what will it take to ma…
Editor’s comment: counting the cost of faulty foods
Louisa Hearn | Added: 3 Oct 2016
Product recalls are one portion of the food processing sector we’d all like to send packing. But po…
Case study: new packaging technology on the bread line
Added: 25 Sep 2016
Bakery expands its production capabilities with the installation of new automation technology.
Case study: benefit of thermal fluid system is no small beer
Added: 30 Aug 2016
A micro-brewery in Buckinghamshire is one of only a handful of UK companies to have updated its sys…
Man ‘engulfed in flames’ at distillery
Added: 25 Aug 2016
Drink manufacturer Alcohols has been fined £270,000 after one of its employees was engulfed in flam…
Campaign group in a fizz over sugar tax
Added: 16 Aug 2016
A collective of manufacturers and trade associations have joined together to protest against the go…
Tyrrells snapped up by US snack maker
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Premium British crisp maker Tyrrells has agreed to a £300m offer from US food manufacturer, Amplify…
Beer giants revise takeover terms
Added: 4 Aug 2016
SABMiller’s board has backed a revised £79 billion takeover by Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev).
…
EEF enlists Oracle for next ‘industrial revolution’
Added: 2 Aug 2016
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has teamed with cloud application specialist Oracle, to help …
Yoghurt recall hits UK retailers
Added: 1 Aug 2016
Yeo Valley has recalled a number of chilled yoghurt products over fears that they may contain piece…
Interview: graduate gives beer an engineering upgrade
Added: 1 Aug 2016
The flavour of beer can be compromised by traditional pasteurisation methods. Chemical engineering …
Viewpoint: advanced valve control vital to future food preservation
Added: 25 Jul 2016
Developments in preservation technology may require precision control to ensure a more reliable pro…
Manufacturers fear ‘Brexit’ fallout as trading outlook weakens
Added: 19 Jul 2016
Business confidence among UK manufacturers has tumbled following the vote to exit the EU, according…
Mars sinks £23m into Norfolk food plant
Added: 12 Jul 2016
Mars Food has announced plans to invest £23 million into food processing facilities at its King's L…
Brexit branded a ‘gamble’ for UK manufacturing
Added: 22 Jun 2016
The head of the national trade union centre (TUC) and the chief of Britain’s manufacturing employer…
Food waste firm fined for toxic gas hazard
Added: 16 Jun 2016
A food waste disposal and recycling company has been fined £250,000 after three employees were over…
