Processing Equipment & Systems, Automation, Control

SABMiller 2020 target to stop buying HFC fridges

10-Oct-2016 By Jenny Eagle

SABMiller has announced a 2020 target to stop buying hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) fridges as the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) announces a second Refrigeration Resolution.

Siemens: F&B manufacturers are slow to embrace IoT and Industry 4.0 demands

26-Sep-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Food and beverage (F&B) manufacturers are slow to meet the rising demand in digitalization and adapt their machines to customized packaging, according to Siemens.

Whisky giant Diageo’s biogas plant sees 25% reduction in fossil fuel energy

22-Sep-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Whisky giant Diageo claims it has seen a 25% reduction in fossil fuel energy after installing a Clearfleau biogas plant a year ago.

Coca Cola turns to ESG for advanced ozone water treatment technology

21-Sep-2016 By Mick Pratt

‘Over the last 15 years, Coca-Cola HBC Ireland and Northern Ireland, one of the largest bottlers in the country, has benefited from advanced ozone water treatment technology, installed and maintained by ESG.

Vonpar conslidates its candy, Neugebauer and Mu-Mu brands into one factory

12-Sep-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Vonpar Alimentos, a beverage distributor for Coca-Cola and Heineken, has consolidated all candy production including its Neugebauer chocolate and Mu-Mu dulce de leche brands into one factory in Southern Brazil.

Brazil sees exports of grape juice drinks soar in Japan

09-Sep-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Brazil has seen exports of grape juice drinks soar in Japan, but wine exports are struggling to get a foothold abroad, according to IBRAVIN Brazilian wine institute.

Krones expands geographical footprint in North America

08-Sep-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Krones has acquired 80% of third-generation family-owned business Trans-Market Sales & Equipment.

FlavorActiV and Bruker partner on beer flavor stability

30-Aug-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

FlavorActiV and Bruker Corporation have partnered to help breweries improve flavor stability.

Invisible Sentinel launches assays to detect beer spoilage organisms

29-Aug-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

Invisible Sentinel has developed, validated and commercialized two detection tools for breweries.

Santa Helena hires former Coca-Cola marketing analyst to broaden its snack products globally

25-Aug-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Peanut manufacturer Santa Helena is entering new markets by launching a healthy ingredient product range and has hired former Coca-Cola marketing analyst, Danilo Leão, to broaden its snack products globally.

Rheonix targets perfect pint with beer spoilage detection tech

19-Aug-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

Rheonix has launched an assay for detecting beer spoilage on its recently unveiled platform for food and beverage testing.

Stratasys collaborates on 3D printed espresso cups for NASA

11-Aug-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Stratasys has collaborated on a project with Italian firm, Argotec, the University of Portland, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) to create 3D espresso printed cups for space.

SafetyChain: Customers want better ways to unlock data

09-Aug-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

SafetyChain Software has said the acquisition of Vigilistics will boost visibility, analytics and data extraction technology.

Sacmi to create ceramic barrels for ‘turnkey winery’ following $2.9m acquisition

08-Aug-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Sacmi has rebranded its business acquiring a formerly bankrupt company to create what it calls a ‘turnkey winery’.

SensoTech targets concentration measurement of liquids

29-Jul-2016 By staff reporter

SensoTech has unveiled a sensor for concentration and density measurement of process liquids.

Newamstar turns to ZW3D to design packaging and blow molding machines for liquid bottles

28-Jul-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Newamstar, which works with Nestlé, Danone and Coca-Cola, has partnered with ZWCAD Software Company (ZWSOFT) to purchase over 100 sets of ZW3D software to design packaging and blow molding machines for liquid bottles and mechanical parts.

3D inspection of beverage cans and glasses exceeds speeds of 1,200 containers per minute

27-Jul-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Filtec has launched AURAtec, a laser-based inspection system that detects pressure inconsistencies in glass and can containers.

True Fresh HPP installs third Hiperbaric 525 machine

25-Jul-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

True Fresh HPP has installed its third Hiperbaric 525 HPP machine in a 60,000 sq. ft. cold storage facility at Buena Park, California.

Sealed Air acquires Cleaning in Place specialist

15-Jul-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

Sealed Air Corporation has acquired Tampereen Teollsuussähkö (TTS-Ciptec).

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Frost & Sullivan: ‘More dairy companies will expand into the dairy alternative category to offset flat liquid milk sales’

08-Jul-2016 By Jenny Eagle

More dairy companies will look to expand into the dairy alternative category to offset flat liquid milk sales and take advantage of the +15% compound annual growth rate witnessed by the plant based dairy alternative category, says consulting and market...

Danone $12.5bn WhiteWave acquisition ‘comes as no surprise’ say industry specialists

07-Jul-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Danone has entered into an agreement to acquire The WhiteWave Foods Company (WhiteWave) for approximately $12.5bn, with the transaction expected to close at the end of the year.

Nestlé Waters ‘smart factory’ heralded as a protocol for future bottling plants

06-Jul-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The Sanpellegrino Group has opened a $17.4m mineral water bottling plant for Nestlé Vera Naturea in Castrocielo, Italy, heralded as one of the most outstanding Nestlé Waters’ plants, for its optimization of water consumption.

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Boosting productivity at Coca-Cola’s Wakefield factory

05-Jul-2016 By Gwen Ridler

Boosting productivity by improving employee engagement is a four-step process at Coca-Cola European Partners’ (CCEP) Wakefield factory.

Avure tests deadly toxin in coconut water treated with HPP

04-Jul-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Avure Technologies has completed a study with the Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH) to test the potential risk of Clostridium botulinum in coconut water, and will share the results with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other regulatory...

dispatches from Analytica 2016

Customers asking us best way of doing routine sugar analyses - Thermo

18-May-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

Thermo Fisher Scientific said it has seen an increase in customers wanting to do and asking about routine sugar analyses.

dispatches from Analytica 2016

Shimadzu unveils mid-range ICP-MS

18-May-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

Shimadzu has launched its ICPMS-2030 to the European market at Analytica 2016.

Gebo extends its cap feeding applications for plastic tops and glass bottles

13-May-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Gebo has expanded its Aidlin brand optimizing its performance with OptiFeed, which handles up to 80,000 caps per hour in the food, dairy and beverage sector.

$6.87m penalty for allegedly violating cleanup operation

Schneider Electric to pay biggest Superfund penalty in EPA history

09-May-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The US Justice Department, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has confirmed Schneider Electric USA will pay a $6.87m penalty for allegedly violating a cleanup operation.

European market lagging behind US and Brazil in coconut beverage consumption and growth

04-May-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Ready-to-drink (RTD) coconut beverages have rapidly gained popularity with consumers in recent years, with sales of packaged coconut water now estimated to be worth more than $1bn worldwide.

3M beverage test kit targets faster product release

02-May-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

3M has launched a test kit to detect microorganisms in a variety of beverages.

Marina launches ‘SunStar’ in combidome carton bottle

SIG Combibloc: ‘Investments in Iran should start to prove easier in the future’

27-Apr-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Investments in Iran should start to prove easier in the future, according to SIG Combibloc as it partners with Zarin Jam Marina to launch 21 varieties of its SunStar beverage in combidome cartons, across the Middle East/Africa (MEA) region.

Plans to build a 4th bottling line in 2017

Maison Johanès Boubée partners with Smurfit Kappa to extend Bag-in-Box shelf life of wine

27-Apr-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Smurfit Kappa has partnered with  Maison Johanès Boubée, one of the largest wholesalers in France, with a filling and Bag-in-Box line to extend the shelf life of its wine at its new facility in Beychac-et-Caillau.

Ecolab: Sanitizer can help processers boost plant productivity

27-Apr-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

Ecolab has introduced a mixed peracid sanitizer and disinfectant for dairy, food, beverage and brewery processors.

Harmless Harvest bounces back from FDA warning with new micro-filtration process for coconut water

25-Apr-2016 By Mary Ellen Shoup

In April 2016, Harmless Harvest launched its new Multi-Step Micro-Filtration process, in response to an FDA-issued warning letter in late 2015.

Glen Turner extends rum recall for bottles containing fragments of glass

21-Apr-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced Glen Turner has extended its recall of rum products produced for Asda and Aldi as they may contain small fragments of glass.

Joyride brings cold brew coffee by the keg to US offices and cafes

18-Apr-2016 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Joyride Coffee says it has one goal in mind: to make bad office coffee a thing of the past, by bringing cold brew coffee kegs with specialty coffee to offices throughout the US and eventually, worldwide.

O-I to pursue arbitration award against Venezuela thanks to World Bank ruling

07-Apr-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois (O-I) is free to pursue the enforcement of a prior arbitration award against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Brothers Drinks buys £6m bottling line amid Shepton Mallet Cider Mill closure

05-Apr-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Brothers Drinks has invested in a £6m bottling line amid Shepton Mallet Cider Mill closure, in Somerset, according to Unite, trade union.

Mitsubishi Electric opens Factory Automation centres in Italy and South Africa

31-Mar-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Mitsubishi Electric Europe has opened a Factory Automation (FA) centre in Italy and an FA satellite centre in South Africa, to provide automation product services to Southern Europe and Africa, beginning operations April 1, 2016.

Molson Coors fined for river pollution

23-Mar-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

Molson Coors Brewery (UK) has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than £30,000 for polluting a river.

Dispatches from GFSC 2016 in Berlin

InfinityQS: Leveraging data to make decisions

18-Mar-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

Software for quality control allows customers to make informed decisions about improving process capability, quality and safety, according to InfinityQS.

Nigerian F&B processing firm applies for $25m loan to modernize plant

11-Mar-2016 By Jenny Eagle

Promasidor Nigeria Ltd (Promasidor), which manufactures powdered milk, food seasoning and packaged tea leaves, has applied for a $25m loan to modernize its plant in Lagos, Nigeria, to start operations in 2017.

‘We must ensure 'force majeure' tensions are not repeated’

10-Mar-2016 By Jenny Eagle

The plastic packaging industry must close ranks to avoid the ‘force majeure’ tensions in 2015 says Roland Roth, president, German Plastics Packaging Association (IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen).

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