Gastroprocess Technologies, in co-operation with the Technical
University of Denmark, has completed the development of a new
industrial frying process which is said to be a more efficient and
healthier alternative to conventional...
A Brazilian brewery has contracted Krones to provide a Taxomatic
labeller which is now operating with extended technology to apply
foil to can lids as hygienic protection.
Good news comes this week for snack producers and bakers, as a new
study suggests that elderly people who eat more cereal-based foods
are less likely to develop heart disease.
Amcor is building a second glass furnace on its existing wine
bottle facility in Gawler, South Australia, in a move that will
double its current production capacity.
Yesterday we reported on a UK bread product which can help pregnant
women increase vitamin levels. Today we cross the Channel to
France, where a Nimes-based company is set to expand sales of its
slimming baguette to the capital.
Dupont Qualicon's BAX system - a genetics-based screening method -
has been adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture's
Food Safety and Inspection Service to detect Salmonella in meat,
poultry and eggs.
Meyn has announced that Convenience Food Systems will start to
offer support services for the company's further processing
requirements in the Netherlands.
Bread fortified with a variety of vitamins and omega-3 DHA has been
launched by independent UK bakers Warburtons. The loaf is designed
to help increase DHA intake among pregnant women.
Ireland's Hibernia Foods is to close one of its ready meals and
cake production facilities in the UK in a bid to improve
profitability. The company expects savings of up to €8 million a
year as a result.
Packaging Automation, a leader in the lidding machinery and
polyester films sectors, and DuPont Teijin Films are working
together in a bid to revolutionise the heat sealing market.
Amcor, the global food and beverage packaging provider, has reached
an agreement to purchase Flexoprint and Packaging, a private
company based in Auckland, owned by Kevin Fraei and Rex de Vantier.
Nestlé has introduced its low-fat, high-fibre breakfast cereal
Nestlé Fitness to the Singaporean market. Containing key vitamins
and calcium and iron, the product is targeted at health-conscious
women.
Price discounting in Germany and the strength of the Swiss franc
severly reduced exports of biscuits and crackers from Switzerland
to Germany, by far the most important foreign market.
The US Foodservice & Packaging Institute has published the
results of its latest study of the sanitary quality of single-use
and reusable food-service packaging - with reusable products given
a "bad news-good news" rating.
In the US, food packaging provider Dixie Foodservice has responded
to demands from the growing to-go food market by launching a number
of innovative solutions for its new To-Go line.
Retailers in the UK are increasing their organic food offering all
the time, especially as consumers become increasingly concerned
about the safety of much of the food they eat. But playing on these
fears to advertise and promote...
Posimat, the Spain-based provider of unscrambling and conveyor
logistics solutions, is about to launch its Posimaster Multichute
high-speed bottle line unscrambler at the Hispack show in Barcelona
on 31 March.
CSM, the Netherlands-based bakery group, has completed the
acquisition of Carpro, a leading manufacturer of bakery supplies in
the United States. The buy includes all of Carpo's current
production facilities in the US.
Safeline has launched the Powerphase series of metal detectors,
which are said to provide crucial quality control for bakeries
producing a wide variety of products.
Finland's Chips group is to expand its operations to Russia by
acquiring the Russian Snack Company. The group sees major potential
in a market where annual consumption of snacks is just 0.3kg per
head.
Bekum, the global manufacturer of blow moulding equipment, is to
preview the BM-506D double-station blow moulding machine at the NPE
2003 show, held in the US at the end of June.
Suominen Corporation is to expand the Poland plant operated byits
Flexible Packaging business area. The investment, which amounts to
€7 million, will double the plant's present capacity.
The flexible packaging industry is paying close attention to
consumer packaging needs and responding with exceptional packaging
solutions, as evidenced by the winners of the 2003 Flexible
Packaging Achievement Awards competition.
The UK Institute of Food Science & Technology, through its
Public Affairs and Technical & Legislative Committees, has
authorised an updated information statement on salt that replaces
that of September 1999. Read below for...
Buhler has supplied Japan's biggest flour miller with a number of
safety and hygiene systems that aim to increase product safety and
drive down production costs.
Despite being one of the most important organic food markets in
Europe, German consumer confidence in the organic sector was
seriously undermined by last year's nitrofen scandal - leaving the
country's producers with an...
Wire Belt has officially relaunched its conveyor division under the
name of ConveyorTec. The UK-based company says the move has been
made for purposes of worldwide branding.
As automation becomes more and more of a focus for packaging
manufacturers, we take a look at some of the technologies that are
driving the industry towards greater efficiency.
The newly launched PF 129-B 3-PieceBliss Former from Moen
Industries assembles high strength corrugatedBliss boxes which, the
company claims, saves time and costs.
Reviewing current science on salt and its effects on health, UK
scientists say that while there is no proven evidence to support
intake restriction guidelines in the general population, no-one
would be disadvantaged by reducing their...
Researchers from the Fishery Research Institute in Norway have
developed machines which can automatically remove all bones from
fish fillets, a move which could change the face of boned fish
processing.
A combination of poor weather conditions and a one-off charge
relating to an arbitration case involving one of its franchises did
little to dampen the financial performance at doughnut manufacturer
Krispy Kreme in fiscal 2003.
Haas-Mondomix, the global manufacturer and supplier of continuous
aeration systems and related process equipment, is to preview a
number of technologies at Anuga FoodTec held in Cologne, Germany
next month.
Crown Holdings has announced that the European Patent Office has
upheld Crown's European SuperEnd beverage end patent, with slight
modification, against an opposition lodged by a competitor.
Rexnord, the Netherlands-based supplier of conveyor belts for the
food industry, is to participate at the Anuga FoodTec fair, from
April 8-11 in Cologne, Germany.
KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, a technological leader in the field
of filling and packaging technology in the international beverage
trade, has announced that it is to expand its sphere of activities
into palletising solutions.
German-based Windmöller & Hölscher, a leader in the
manufacture, design and distribution of machinery and equipment for
flexible packaging, is presenting a number of new technologies at
the ACHEMA show - to be held in Frankfurt,...
In the UK the Institute of Packaging has acquired Qualifications
and Curriculum Authority status from the Government as a full
educational qualifications awarding body.
A European Commission survey has indicated that while most
Europeans are in favour of medical applications of biotechnology,
they are still sceptical about agricultural and food-related
biotech.
China is readying to draft a long-term development plan which aims
to build up the country's existing packaging industry into one of
the most dominant players in the world.
