All Food & Beverage

Flowserve buys Dutch pump manufacturer
Added: 8 Jan 2015
Pumps and valves manufacturer Flowserve yesterday confirmed it had completed its acquisition the Ne…

Food production must cut water use by a fifth
Added: 6 Jan 2015
The use of water in food production must be cut by 20% globally to avoid rocketing food prices and …

Manufacturers’ confidence halves
Added: 5 Jan 2015
Confidence among British manufacturers has dropped to nearly half the level it was at the start of …

Grid encourages more plant shutdowns
Added: 15 Dec 2014
National Grid is encouraging more energy-intensive businesses to reduce their demand when electrici…

Autumn statement: formulation funding
Added: 3 Dec 2014
A new chemical formulation centre at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has been awarded fundi…

Cyber security and robotics “priorities”
Added: 27 Nov 2014
Action must be taken to support six fast-growth industries that could significantly boost the UK ec…

Moy Park installs odour-eater
Added: 24 Nov 2014
Food manufacturer Moy Park has commissioned a regenerative thermal oxidiser to reduce cooking proce…

Pure play
Added: 12 Nov 2014
As global water regulations tighten, filtration technologies are evolving to help process industrie…

Danone and EDF sign efficiency deal
Added: 5 Nov 2014
Food and drink giant the Danone Group has signed a deal with EDF to improve the energy efficiency o…
Hygienic pumps
Added: 4 Nov 2014
Transfer liquids in food, brewing, pharmaceutical and other hygienic process applications with easy…
United Biscuits sold for £2bn
Added: 4 Nov 2014
UK food manufacturer United Biscuits (UB) has been sold to Turkish company Yidiz Holding for a repo…

Emerson enters management consulting
Added: 3 Nov 2014
Emerson Process Management has launched a maintenance-focussed management consulting service to dev…

Food glorious food
Added: 7 Oct 2014
At my daughter’s birthday party recently I found myself in conversation with a number of her friend…
Homemade in the factory
Added: 7 Oct 2014
Food processors have traditionally sought to manufacture products that are consistent in both taste…

Food efficiency fund launched
Added: 25 Sep 2014
An £11 million fund to encourage engineering innovation and improve resource efficiency in the food…
National Grid awards “shutdown” contracts
Added: 11 Sep 2014
National Grid is in the process of awarding contracts to major energy users such as process facilit…

Biogas boost for food processors
Added: 11 Sep 2014
Food and drink processors with anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities were yesterday given a boost by …

Summer bounce for manufacturing
Added: 9 Sep 2014
Manufacturing and in particular process industries like pharmaceuticals returned to growth this sum…

