All Food & Beverage
FDF manifesto outlines five key policies next government should implement
Added: 3 May 2017
The Food and Drink Federation has launched its 2017 manifesto, which outlines five key policies it …

Food manufacturer Moy Park fined £200k for engineer laceration
Added: 17 Apr 2017
Food manufacturer Moy Park has been fined £200,000 following an incident in which an engineer suffe…

HpE Process provides bespoke product recovery system for Knorr brand
HpE Process Ltd | Added: 9 Feb 2017
Knorr, the internationally recognised brand owned by Unilever, produces food products for consumers…

Plant Equipment: weighing up the options for increased productivity
Added: 30 Jan 2017
Multi-head weighers make for faster packaging, but not at the expense of accurate measurement. The …

Food & drink: monitoring the cost of faulty pumps
Added: 24 Jan 2017
Defective pumps can interrupt food production at considerable cost. Little wonder condition monitor…

YSI analysers make impact in US food and beverage industry
Added: 17 Jan 2017
YSI Life Sciences’ biochemistry analysers have found an important role in several industries throug…

Food and drink: the vital contribution of product recovery
Added: 3 Jan 2017
As consumer choice increases, the advantages of hygienic, cost-effective and eco-friendly product r…

Compact pumps for sensitive ingredients
Added: 6 Dec 2016
CSF MAE progressive cavity self-priming pumps are suited to transferring low viscosity products, sa…

Dixon Europe displays range of hoses for different applications
Dixon Group Europe Ltd | Added: 8 Nov 2016
Dixon Europe manufactures hoses and industrial hose assemblies for a variety of industries. These i…

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…