All Food & Beverage

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, …

Plan to pay process plants to use electricity
Added: 7 Jan 2014
Exclusive: National Grid is considering paying major energy users such as process plants to use ele…

Brewers hit emissions target early
Added: 23 Dec 2013
The UK brewing sector has reached its 2020 carbon emissions reduction target eight years early, a n…

Food industry targets innovation for growth
Added: 12 Dec 2013
Greater use of sensors across processing plants and the simulation and modelling of new facilities …

Müller opens £17m butter plant
Added: 10 Dec 2013
The £17 million butter plant located in Shropshire will initially manufacture 10kg and 25kg blocks …
Food engineering centre vision agreed
Added: 2 Dec 2013
The vision that will drive a national Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering was agreed by indus…

Communication is key to safety
Added: 29 Nov 2013
Process safety management is a constantly evolving field, but good communication remains fundamenta…

Pie, Robot
Added: 22 Nov 2013
Though it has been slow to follow the lead of other process industries, the food sector is finally …

Manufacturing hits 18-year high
Added: 21 Nov 2013
UK manufacturing growth over the past three months was its strongest for 18 years, according to the…

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment
Added: 12 Nov 2013
Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…

Safeguards for dairy process plant
Added: 8 Nov 2013
Russell Finex has won a contract from Nestlé to supply separation equipment to help ensure product …

Cargill to upgrade UK process plant
Added: 7 Nov 2013
Cargill is currently upgrading its poultry processing plant in Hereford with a £35m phased-investme…

Ingersoll Rand launches efficient centrifugal compressor
Added: 7 Nov 2013
The Centac C800 centrifugal air compressor is designed for assembly, automotive food and beverage, …

Control rooms play catch-up
Added: 5 Nov 2013
They are present in most households and even my three-year old can operate one, so why are process …

Process industries “ignoring” cyber threat
Added: 5 Nov 2013
Owners and operators of process plants are failing to take the threat of system software hacking se…

Review calls for young engineers
Added: 4 Nov 2013
The Perkins Review will highlight the need to attract more young people to careers within the engin…

Beer flow monitor
Added: 15 Oct 2013
Titan Enterprises has perfected a monitor for beer flow that combines a low-cost volume totaliser w…

The Cambridge MBA offers scholarship for process engineers
Added: 14 Oct 2013
Watch this interview with past LyondellBasell Cambridge MBA Scholarship recipient, now part of a le…

Energy efficiency investment stalling
Added: 11 Oct 2013
Investment in energy efficient plant and equipment, particularly in the chemicals and food and drin…

Alfa Laval wins Guinness deal
Added: 2 Oct 2013
Swedish pump manufacturer Alfa Laval today announced it had won a SEK 60 million (£5.8m) contract t…