Processing Equipment & Systems, Automation, Control

BEVERAGEDAILY.COM SPECIAL EDITION: CLEANING UP THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY

Modern CIP systems cut water, chemical, energy use: Coca-Cola Hellenic

25-Jun-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) tells BeverageDaily.com that updating cleaning-in-place (CIP) systems reduces water, chemical and energy use, which in turn cuts waste and brings time and cost savings.

BEVERAGEDAILY.COM SPECIAL EDITION: CLEANING UP THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY

Beverage industry has ‘lost focus’ on hygienic design: top consultant

25-Jun-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Independent consultant and food process and project engineer Andrew Murray tells BeverageDaily.com that he thinks the beverage industry has ‘lost focus’ in terms of hygienic design and practices.

Setting ‘easy’ environmental targets not in AB InBev’s DNA

17-Jun-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

A top Anheuser Busch InBev (AB InBev) exec tells BeverageDaily.com that challenging targets are crucial for the firm as he defends its lack of a ‘total target’ for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Ecolab expands Brazilian research center

13-Jun-2013 By Joseph James Whitworth

Ecolab has expanded one of its research centers in Brazil to keep pace with the strong growth of the business in the country and throughout Latin America.

Aseptic technologies are ‘strong and growing’: World renowned expert

30-May-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Aseptic processing and packaging is a ‘strong and growing series of technologies’, despite being much more complex than canning or traditional terminal sterilization, according to a leading expert.

Novelis invests in evercan launch site

27-May-2013 By Joseph James Whitworth

Novelis has completed a £1.7m (US$2.5m) upgrade at an aluminium can recycling plant which will serve as a launch production site for the evercan aluminium beverage can body sheet.

MAY 30 2013: STARTS 9AM NEW YORK TIME, 3PM PARIS

Aseptic Technology 2013: Exclusive Online Event

27-May-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Our free online event, Aseptic Technology 2013, brings together leading suppliers, brand owners and specialists including GEA, Sidel, Solvay, Coca-Cola Hellenic and Zenith International.

LEARN MORE ABOUT SIDEL'S VIEWS ON ASEPTIC TECHNOLOGY IN OUR MAY 30 ONLINE EVENT: ASEPTIC TECHNOLOGY 2013

Sidel: New low output aseptic PET solution suits niche beverage brands

29-Apr-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Sidel tells BeverageDaily.com that its new low output aseptic blow-fill-cap machine lends opportunities for beverage producers to test the market with PET on a smaller scale, and naturally suits ‘more niche brands’.

Nestlé opens new beverage systems technlogy center in Switzerland

28-Mar-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Nestlé has opened a new System Technology Center in Switzerland that brings together on one site the expertise it uses to combine products, capsules and machines such as those used in its Nespresso and Nescafé Dolce Gusto beverage systems.

Coca-Cola Europe chair issues ‘call for action’ at 2013 Global Beverage Congress

20-Feb-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Coca-Cola Europe chair and new president of the European Beverages Association, Dominique Reiniche, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s 2013 Innobev Global Beverages Congress in Warsaw.

Large scale solar food processing under investigation

25-Jan-2013 By Rod Addy

Large scale solar food processing remains under-exploited, especially in hot countries, according to a study that is due to be published in the Journal of Food Science and Technology.

‘That’s intralogistics’: Krones secures stake in specialist Klug

11-Jan-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

German beverage filling and packaging giant Krones has bought a 26% stake in German intralogistical supplier Klug, and says it will stop supplying such solutions through its loss-making in-house business.

US firm launches high pressure processing solutions

11-Dec-2012 By Rod Addy

Interest in high pressure processing (HPP) is growing, with US company All Natural Freshness (ANF) launching pre-packaging end-to-end HPP solutions, which it claims can significantly extend shelf life and cut waste.

Operational Efficiency 2012: Free Access To Today's First Ever Dedicated Online Event!

29-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Register now for free access to today's first ever online event devoted to Operational Efficiency in food and beverage processing, organized by FoodProductionDaily.com and William Reed Business Media.

INDUSTRY VOICES: HEAD OF AKTIEFOKUS CHINA, JACOB DE LICHTENBERG

Tsingtao scales up beer operations in China’s bustling Henan province

27-Nov-2012 By Jacob de Lichtenberg

In this guest article, Jacob de Lichtenberg, head of Aktiefokus China, gives BeverageDaily.com readers the lowdown on Tsingtao Brewery’s plans to build a brewery in Henan province, where beer production is booming.

LIVE FROM THE SHOW FLOOR: BRAU BEVIALE 2012

Krones’ CombiCube F offers ‘big advantages’ to craft brewers

27-Nov-2012 By Mark Astley

The CombiCube F modular filtration system offers craft brewers ‘big advantages’ in terms of engineering and cost, Krones’ Ralph Schneid told BeverageDaily.com and FoodProductionDaily.com at Brau Beviale.

Dispatches from Emballage 2012

FoodProductionDaily.com hits Emballage 2012

23-Nov-2012 By Rod Addy

FoodProductionDaily reports on some of sights of this year's Emballage packaging materials and technology trade show in Paris, which drew to a close yesterday.

LIVE FROM THE SHOW FLOOR: BRAU BEVIALE 2012

Top brands favor bag-in-box dispensing savings – Xylem

22-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Peter Wright from beverage dispensing expert Xylem tells Ben Bouckley at Brau Beviale why leading wine and beer brand owners such as Diageo increasingly favor on premise bag-in-box dispensing.

LIVE FROM THE SHOW FLOOR: BRAU BEVIALE 2012

GEA TDS technology promises ‘drastic’ beverage deaeration savings

21-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

GEA TDS tells BeverageDaily.com that its new beverage deaeration technology for beverages and milks can help manufacturers achieve ‘drastic savings’ in terms of steam, water, energy and thus money.

DISPATCHES FROM BRAU BEVIALE 2012, NUREMBERG

Anti-microbial air treatment will become ‘important’ hygiene factor - Ecolab

20-Nov-2012 By Mark Astley

Anti-microbial air treatment systems will become a “very important” hygiene factor in the food manufacturing industry in coming years, Ecolab’s Marcus Ley told reporter Mark Astley.

LIVE FROM THE SHOW FLOOR: BRAU BEVIALE 2012

Beverage industry deep dive: Interview with Brau Beviale show managers

16-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Rolf Keller and Andrea Kalrait from Nürnberg Messe talk to Ben Bouckley about the key themes of Brau Beviale 2012, live from the show floor.

'Great disappointment' for Krones as fraud case settlement hammers bottom line

09-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Krones USA has paid $125m to settle a legal dispute ongoing in the US since late 2008, linked to damages claims from third parties who alleged that the company was party to fraudulent practices committed by now defunct beverage firm Le-Nature’s.

DISPATCHES FROM INTERBEV 2012, LAS VEGAS

Breakthrough CIP cleaning tech ‘more progressive than prog rock’: Radical Waters

07-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Carla Fiford, of Radical Waters, tells Ben Bouckley at InterBev 2012 why Electro Chemical Activation (ECA) is a ‘breakthrough’ cleaning technology that brings beverage bottlers cost and sustainability benefits.

Detectamet rolls out detectable accessories

06-Nov-2012 By Rod Addy

Detectamet is rolling out a host of detectable accessories for food and drink manufacturers, from tote bin liners to ear plugs and hygienic gloves.

Good morning Vietnam! Coca-Cola commits to $300m system investment

02-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

The Coca-Cola Company has announced plans to invest $300m in its Vietnamese system over the next few years to capture further growth opportunities in 'one of the world's major emerging markets'.

DISPATCHES FROM INTERBEV 2012, LAS VEGAS

NürnbergMesse will follow Brau Beviale blueprint with InterBev

02-Nov-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Dirk Ebener, CEO and MD of NürnbergMesse North America, tells BeverageDaily.com how satisfied he was with his firm’s first InterBev, after it bought the show from the ABA last September.

DISPATCHES FROM PACK EXPO 2012, CHICAGO

KHS targets craft brewers with small yet perfectly formed filler

31-Oct-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Kyle Nielsen from KHS USA tells Ben Bouckley why his firm is keen to attract the increasingly important craft brewing segment with its new Innofill Glass Micro DPG bottle filler.

DISPATCHES FROM PACK EXPO 2012, CHICAGO

Optima fills gap for ‘important’ small-scale coffee pod producers

28-Oct-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Optima is citing the increasing world popularity of coffee in portion packs, as it launches an easy-use pod filling machine aimed at small-scale producers.

DISPATCHES FROM INTERBEV 2012, LAS VEGAS

'Consistent' content is king for beverage producers - Profamo VP

19-Oct-2012 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Profamo VP Chris Nimptsch tells Ben Bouckley why consistency - and true readings of CO2, Brix and organic acid levels - is king for beverage producers, as he unveils VitalSensors' 'radical' new mid-infrared sensor, the VS3000.

SternMaid pumps cash into fluid bed processing

16-Oct-2012 By Rod Addy

SternMaid has invested €14m in its Wittenburg factory to enlarge capacity and extend the range of its products and services, involving the introduction of new fluid bed technology.

Dry Lube predicts sustainable revolution for dry lubrication

17-Sep-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Dry Lube says that one barrier to de facto use of dry lubrication technology for glass packaging lines is wariness among site engineers following imperfect past trials using rival products.

Chinese drinks firm partners Nottingham University

10-Aug-2012 By Rod Addy

Chinese soft drinks manufacturer Wahaha has signed a deal with the UK’s Nottingham University to collaborate on research and development covering areas including bioenergy, food technology and electric motors.

Unite slams multinational Coca-Cola Enterprises for caustic cleaning injury 'lapse'

16-Jul-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has changed maintenance procedures at Europe's largest soft drinks plant after admitting that defective maintenance led to an accident whereby a worker suffered caustic cleaning solution burns, as trade union Unite hit...

New technology makes acoustic waves to boost beverage flavours in US patent win

28-Jun-2012 By Ben Bouckley

The US Patent and Trademark Office has approved a new patent for a method that claims 'significant flavor enhancement' of beverages such as Perrier and wine in taste tests, when these products are exposed to acoustic waves from a transponder...

KHS cuts beverage foaming with new filling discharge system

08-Jun-2012 By Ben Bouckley

KHS says that a novel discharge system applied to filling valves in two new machines will greatly reduce product foaming by allowing liquid to gently slide down bottle walls.

PepsiCo recalls Tropicana OJ after ‘microbiological contamination’ dispatch error

03-May-2012 By Mark Astley

PepsiCo UK has initiated a recall of Tropicana Kids Orange Juice Drinks over fears the cartons contain potentially hazardous water rather than the typical orange juice blend.

China halts production at chlorine contamination Coca-Cola bottling plant

02-May-2012 By Mark Astley

Chinese authorities have ordered a temporary end to production at a Coca-Cola bottling plant over production line “problems” - just weeks after confirming the safety of beverage products from the plant.

Stop monsters in their tracks with our 'unique' food safety technology: Swedish firm

13-Apr-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Sven Bodell, president, Food Radar Systems, told Ben Bouckley that the firm's unique microwave technology was the only show in town to detect previously invisible foreign bodies in pumpable foods, and that the system might also appeal to producers...

DISPATCHES FROM ANUGA FOODTEC 2012

(Usain) Bolt from the blue: Tetra Pak's 'Hyperspeed' concept takes carton-filling world by storm

06-Apr-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Tetra Pak sprung a major surprise at Anuga FoodTec 2012, whipping the covers off a modified A3 Speed filling machine called 'Hyperspeed Concept', which can process an incredible 11 cartons per second. Executive Roberto Franchitti justified the...

ExxonMobil touts energy saving claims for food grade lubricants

04-Apr-2012 By Rory Harrington

FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with Dr Ian Davidson of ExxonMobil at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne last week to talk about new energy saving claims the company is making for its range of food-grade lubricants.

DISPATCHES FROM ANUGA FOODTEC 2012

New preservation technique could fuel fruit juice boom by radically extending shelf life: Coolwave Processing

03-Apr-2012 By Ben Bouckley

A new preservation technology for fresh juices that destroys spoilage bacteria without loss of organoleptic qualities can unlock barriers to growth in the market due to its radical extension of product shelf life of up to around 21 days, Dutch firm Coolwave...

DISPATCHES FROM ANUGA FOODTEC

Anuga FoodTec - innovation powerhouse

02-Apr-2012 By Rory Harrington

The food and beverage production industry is ramping up its innovation pipeline as a way of bucking the uncertain economic trend, Anuga FoodTec show director Peter Grothues told FoodProductionDaily.com at the event last week in Cologne, Germany.

DISPATCHES FROM ANUGA FOODTEC 2012

Day Two: Relive Anuga FoodTec 2012 in pictures

29-Mar-2012

Relive the best of the action from day two of the major processing and packaging show ongoing in Cologne, Germany this week.

Krones warns Le-Nature fraud case settlement could still strike profits

23-Mar-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Krones has warned that settlement payouts regarding its alleged participation in a massive US fraud case could still hit its 2011 bottom line, while the company reports that yearly post-tax profits slumped despite top-line growth.

Krones suggests EU trend towards juices and milk-based mixed drinks with natural fruit content

19-Mar-2012 By Ben Bouckley

German beverage machinery supplier Krones says that interest in premium juices and milk-based mixed drinks with natural fruit pieces is growing in key European markets, in the wake of its recent Twin-Flow concept launch.

New production line will save time and cut costs - Nampak

17-Feb-2012

Nampak claims that newly installed printing technology will reduce food packaging production costs and shorten delivery times by up to eight weeks.

Top SPX exec 'encouraged' by multinational and local dairy demand in China

16-Feb-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Leading food processing machinery manufacturer SPX says it is 'encouraged' by recent successes within the dairy sector, and the firm's president, Food and Beverage Systems, Kenneth Rodi, told DairyReporter.com that the company anticipated...

SPX signs bumper deal to kit out Shanghai dairy factory

14-Feb-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Food processing machinery specialist SPX has won a multi-million dollar contract to kit out Bright Dairy & Food Co’s new processing plant in Shanghai, China.

GEA food sector acquisitions focus after 2011 results boost

09-Feb-2012 By Mark Astley

GEA has vowed to continue its focus on food sector acquisitions after the company’s newly acquired Convenience Food Technologies segment helped drive 2011 sales and revenue.

Cheer in Vietnamese beer for O-I after Aussie doldrums

07-Feb-2012 By Ben Bouckley

Only weeks after it scaled-back production in Australian due to a flat market for glass caused by slow beer sales, glass packaging giant Owens-Illinois (O-I) has opened a new production plant in Vietnam.