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Poultry processing

Intertek opens UK food testing lab

Added: 12 Mar 2014

Intertek has opened a new food laboratory in Derby.

Food Greencore

Food fingerprinting to combat fraud

Added: 10 Mar 2014

The chemical fingerprinting of food samples will be key in the fight against food fraud, according …

Honeywell Experion PKS Orion

Honeywell tops automation sales

Added: 10 Mar 2014

Honeywell recorded the strongest global sales among automation suppliers to the process industries …

Bara PPMA Robot2

Robotics demand stays strong

Added: 5 Mar 2014

The annual UK sales of industrial robots remained strong in 2013, but fell short of record sales re…

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Manufacturing employment accelerates

Added: 4 Mar 2014

Growth in manufacturing jobs is now at its fastest rate since May 2011, according to a survey publi…

Chancellor George Osborne Budget

Industry pushes for Budget energy discounts

Added: 3 Mar 2014

Manufacturing organisations are calling on Chancellor George Osborne to roll back the cost of vario…

BP chemicals plant facility

Efficiency evangelists needed to fight cuts

Added: 18 Feb 2014

A combination of government funding cuts to support for energy efficiency measures and waning inter…

Paulaner brewery

Brewing a new plant

Added: 18 Feb 2014

 ARC Advisory Group’s David Humphrey asks whether PLM tools can help Paulaner brew beer.

Sir William Wakeham

Systems must drive engineering degrees

Added: 18 Feb 2014

Former IChemE president Sir William Wakeham calls for the process systems community to take a great…

Meat your maker

Meat your maker

Added: 14 Feb 2014

In the year since the horsemeat scandal, what has the food industry done to strengthen its defences…

Cutting the cord

Interlink establishes UK base

Added: 12 Feb 2014

US human machine interface (HMI) and sensor technology firm Interlink Electronics has announced it …

Cereal drying plant

Recipe for success

Added: 12 Feb 2014

Thermal processes may make up the bulk of energy costs for many food manufacturers, but solutions t…

Horsemeat scandal - food fraud

Wholly Cow?

Added: 5 Feb 2014

A year has passed since some frozen beef lasagnes were found to have more of an equine flavour to t…

Bulk bags

Bulk bags offer sweet solution

Added: 3 Feb 2014

New bulk bag dispensers reduce manual effort, contain dust and improve the working environment at N…

Horse

Horsemeat found at Dutch beef plant

Added: 3 Feb 2014

Food safety authorities have blocked a Dutch slaughterhouse from selling over 690 tonnes of beef af…

Vince Cable

“Reshore UK” scheme launched

Added: 31 Jan 2014

The Government has launched a new “one-stop-shop” service to help manufacturing firms return produc…

Bath Ales selects Fulton boilers

Bath Ales selects Fulton Boilers

Added: 28 Jan 2014

Bath Ales is upgrading its existing steam boiler with a new RBC1500 horizontal boiler from Fulton B…

Salmonella biofilms on various surfaces

Food processing faces salmonella risk

Added: 22 Jan 2014

Salmonella biofilms have been found to show significant resistance to powerful disinfectants, a stu…

Atlas Copco compressor upgarde

Compressed air supply upgrade

Added: 22 Jan 2014

Packaging company opts for Atlas Copco energy-saving compressor.

Food Greencore

Food industry must be “more effective”

Added: 15 Jan 2014

A year on from the horsemeat scandal, there are still lessons to be learned for the food industry, …