All Food & Beverage
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…
£1bn to be invested in Scotch whisky production
Added: 7 Jun 2012
Diageo has unveiled plans to invest over £1bn in Scotch whisky production over the next five years
Food & drinks sector must address energy challenges
Added: 7 Jun 2012
Article by Chris Evans, marketing & operations group manager of Mitsubishi Electric UK:
Many custome…
Ship technology could enhance process-water safety
Added: 7 Jun 2012
A technology used for treating ballast seawater on ships is now being offered as an alternative to …
Biosensor detects one-billionth of a gram in minutes
Added: 1 Jun 2012
A new class of biosensor can detect exceptionally small traces of contaminants in liquids in 40 mi…
Agri Energy opens Liverpool biodiesel plant
Added: 31 May 2012
Liverpool, UK – Agri Energy has opened a multi-million plant to produce biodiesel from waste cookin…
Oil-in-water solution to improve consumer products
Added: 29 May 2012
A method that models cell-to-cell adhesion could have industrial applications
Heaters raise productivity at Moy Park
Added: 23 May 2012
Craigavon, UK – Food company Moy Park has installed two additional thermal fluid heaters at its pou…
Pepsi's global safety standard
Added: 21 May 2012
Chicago, Illinois – In the process industries, most people today operate in caring working environm…
Molson Coors gears up at Burton-upon-Trent plant
Added: 18 May 2012
Burton-upon-Trent, UK - HES Tractec has supplied 20 Comer gearboxes to Molson Coors, the UK’s bigge…
Robots protect jobs at Premier Foods
Added: 14 May 2012
London – That automation can protect, rather than destroy, jobs by improving the productivity, comp…
Crumbs problem solved at last
Added: 14 May 2012
London – A process that has reportedly defied automation for decades has been resolved by systems i…
New filters take pressure off Bumble Hole Foods
Added: 11 May 2012
Bromsgrove, UK - Worcestershire-based Bumble Hole Foods recently faced production issues with its m…
