All Food & Beverage

Process sectors move to embedded-PLC terminals
Added: 18 Sep 2012
Wellingborough, UK – Cost and factory space requirements, particularly in the food & beverage and p…

TEG secures £21m for AD plant
Added: 3 Sep 2012
Organic waste group TEG has secured funding to construct a £21m waste facility at East London’s Dag…

Plunger pumps for margarine plant
Added: 13 Aug 2012
Cheshire, UK – Amtech Developments Ltd, which supplies food processing and packaging equipment, has…

Reusing co-streams from fish and oil plant processing
Added: 13 Aug 2012
Researchers are developing together new ways of using the substantial co-streams from fish and oil …

Nottingham Uni signs research deal with Wahaha
Added: 10 Aug 2012
The University of Nottingham has signed a memorandum of agreement to undertake research and develop…

Legionella outbreaks spark industry response
Added: 2 Aug 2012
London - The recent outbreaks of legionella in Stoke-on-Trent and Edinburgh have led to a spike in …

Flexible automation of hygienic processes
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?In the food and beverage sector Analysing each individual part of a plant or installation will sho…

Bridging the divide
Added: 23 Jul 2012
The UK process industries need to resolve long-standing differences between academics and businesse…

EU-backed project harnesses the potential of food waste
Added: 23 Jul 2012
York, UK- Scientists at the University of York are leading a major EU-backed network that is explor…

Blockaded milk processor unable to fund increase
Added: 23 Jul 2012
London - Robert Wiseman Dairies Statement has responded to the ongoing blockade by dairy farmers at…

Compressors need care and caution
Added: 19 Jul 2012
Frankfurt, Germany – ?Lack of awareness about the cost of generating compressed air and the amount …

Britvic recall a lesson to UK manufacturers
Added: 16 Jul 2012
Britvic Soft Drinks has recalled all Robinsons Fruit Shoot and Fruit Shoot Hydro packs, featuring t…

Barr adds soft drinks coolers
Added: 9 Jul 2012
London - AG Barr, maker of soft drinks including Irn-Bru, Rubicon and KA, has recently installed th…

Bairds tackles water wear on pumps
Added: 2 Jul 2012
?Witham, UK – Clean water at ambient temperature is often regarded as easy to pump. However, many …

Biscuit problem crumbled
Added: 2 Jul 2012
London – ?A process that defied automation has finally been brought into the 21st century by system…

Cost-effectively coated crispies
Added: 24 Jun 2012
London – Lödige’s Ploughshare mixer has proved effective in a complex process for coating extruded …

BARA reports big demand for UK automation grant
Added: 15 Jun 2012
London – The British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) is urging UK manufacturers to apply fo…

Solar thermal system to heat oil at food factory
Added: 14 Jun 2012
Novel solar thermal technology is being used to heat oil for making potato crisps

Spiroflow conveyors for Africa drinks maker
Added: 13 Jun 2012
Clitheroe, UK – Spiroflow’s ‘aero-mechanical’ conveyor is being used to load sugar into a tank in w…

HSE serves 'legionella' notices on two process companies
Added: 13 Jun 2012
Edinburgh, UK – The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has served two process companies, North Briti…