Alfa Laval is transforming its existing site in Søborg, Denmark, to a Food & Water competence center, and has decided to consolidate its manufacturing to fewer sites in Europe.
Ardagh glass melting operation has partnered with SE Big Blue Danish energy group to capture excess heat from its factory and use it to warm more than 1,000 homes in the area.
US firm HeatGenie claims to have received a letter of intent from an unnamed European food and beverage brand to license its technology and order up to five million self-heating packaging.
Heineken has topped its energy saving goal by two per cent, with a 17 per cent reduction per hectolitre of beer over the past eight years, according to the company's 2010 sustainability report.
A manufacturer of microwave technologies claims to have developed a
more efficient tube-based heating system for aseptic liquid and
semi-liquid food products.
UK brewing scientists have adapted Pursuit Dynamics' award-winning
processing technology for the drinks industry with early results
revealing substantial cost and energy savings for producers.
A new environmentally friendly form of insulation for packaging and
freezing applications provides between five and seven times the
insulation capacity over current technologies, writes Anthony
Fletcher.
