Processing equipment & systems, automation, control

Ramping up the bakery waste message

15-Feb-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Food Waste Action Week (7-13 March 2022) was created by anti-food waste expert WRAP to help slice global food waste in half by 2030 through actionable change.

Countdown to four intensive days to celebrate French bakery

08-Feb-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Sirha Europain puts the French bakery sector in the spotlight next month, celebrating the country’s know-how in all things baguette and beyond, with rising ingredient prices, production methods, standardisation and deep-freezing being the hot topics.

2022’s biggest brand opportunity: Fly the flag to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

01-Feb-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Chevler – a manufacturer of baking cases and bespoke printed greaseproof paper – is reminding the UK bakery sector to not miss out the massive, one-off opportunity to be celebrated in June.

Bimbo Bakeries USA joins Green Power Partnership

27-Jan-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The American arm of Mexican bakery giant Grupo Bimbo has signed up to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership.

First quantitative study on bread waste maps the upside of surplus goods

15-Dec-2021 By Gill Hyslop

In 2021, Panera Bread will have donated almost $100m in unsold bread and bakery products to Americans in need – a gesture that today is more of a necessity than just philanthropic, following data that confirms the global food system is a major contributor...

Updating the true cost of food waste in the UK

23-Nov-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Supply chain specialist Balloon One racked up the cost of the UK supply chain’s food waste problem – and came up with some shocking results.

Smart tech or smart cash? UK bakery sector at watershed moment

10-Nov-2021 By Gill Hyslop

A new insight paper from Siemens highlights the GB&I bakery sector’s need for a smart tech-and-capital combo, more than ever before.

Greek tortilla producer gets production boost with bespoke robotic and VFD technology

31-Aug-2021 By Gill Hyslop

A customer has reported that a new automated production line using robotic and variable frequency drive (VFD) technology is working twice as fast as its existing lines, while increasing the quality of its products.

Controlling the art of mass producing the perfect climate smart loaf

27-Aug-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Bread is an age-old staple that conjures up uncomplicated natural wholesomeness, however, the difference between theory and practice is miles apart. Certainly, mass producing bread demands specialised equipment that will pinpointedly control the process...

Bespoke prover basket and pocket specialist joins Federation of Bakers

04-Aug-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Be-St Holland Products BV has become the latest associate member to join the Federation of Bakers (FOB).

Mekitec acquires Bimbo’s AI software subsidiary: ‘We’ll be one of the creators of the next generation of inspection, starting with baking’

03-Aug-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Mekitec Group has cemented its place among the world’s leading food quality control vendors with the acquisition of Grupo Bimbo’s subsidiary, Kanan Smart Solution, in a share transaction.

RBS takes the science behind snack innovation online

23-Jun-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Reading Bakery Systems (RBS) has taken its Science & Innovation Centre to the next level with the launch of Virtual Trials.

BakeryandSnack Chat Podcast: The AI platform that is putting the brakes on production floor waste

07-Jun-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Seebo is the artificial intelligence (AI) platform used by producers like General Mills, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Mondelēz to predict and prevent food waste on the factory floor.

AMF embraces digitalisation to quantity and quality control pizza toppings

03-Jun-2021 By Gill Hyslop

The Netherlands-headquartered equipment specialist has developed Smart Solutions, a cloud-based software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automate the quality and quantity control of cheese and other pizza toppings.

Get your bakery questions answered by British Baker's expert panel

02-Jun-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Join British Baker’s free webinar on Tuesday 8 June where you can quiz bakery experts on all aspects of manufacturing from planning, energy and waste management through to ingredients and more.

Clean label

Why go clean label in the baking industry?

20-May-2021 By Gill Hyslop

According to equipment specialist Mecatherm, the answer is twofold as it not only satisfies consumer demand, but also an industrial sustainability challenge that presents new marketing opportunities.

Sign up to free webinar on optimising bakery production

19-May-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Hosted by British Baker, the webinar will explore how bakery manufacturers can optimise production for the post-Covid era.

Bakers set to unleash their widest designs with extended capabilities of Eddie

14-Apr-2021 By Gill Hyslop

German OEM specialist DTM Print has unveiled a manual feed option, along with custom food trays, for Eddie, the world’s first-and-only NSF and GMP-certified edible ink desktop printer for printing directly onto cookies.

Guest article

How analytical tools are enhancing the future of baking and snack production

18-Mar-2021 By Gill Hyslop

The key to creating high quality, safe baked goods and snacks efficiently is constant monitoring. Wes Shadow, grain market manager at PerkinElmer, analyses the three crucial stages in which analytical technologies can be utilised to inspire confidence.

Mettler-Toledo’s updated ProdX software ushers in Industry 4.0 capabilities

16-Mar-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection is gearing up for the food industry’s fast-approaching digital transformation with the release of a significantly updated version of its ProdX product inspection management software.

Leveraging automated portioning equipment to optimise bakery production

16-Mar-2021 By Gill Hyslop

The theme of innovation has truly been brought to the forefront of the baking industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Automated systems and equipment will provide businesses with a holistic solution to pandemic-related challenges and arm them an...

Guest article

Bakeries will benefit from the use of robotics

16-Mar-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Most micro and minor weighing operations in bakery facilities across the globe are carried out by human operators. Jake Norman, head of Innovation at OAL notes that even after automating the bulk ingredients with silos, as much as 70% of the remaining...

Guest article

Digitalisation at the service of flexibility and agility in the bakery industry

16-Mar-2021 By Gill Hyslop

The digitalisation of technology has brought about a real change in civilisation, just as the invention of printing in the mid-15th century. Today, no one is surprised to receive a pizza at home 25 minutes after spending two minutes on their smartphone....

Seebo to ramp up AI footprint with $24m funding round

05-Mar-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Seebo – the artificial intelligence (AI) platform used by producers like General Mills, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Mondelēz to predict and prevent quality, yield and waste losses – is planning to expand its global reach following a $24m Series B financing round.

China Bakery Exhibition on track for 2021 and poised for global expansion under new strategic cooperation

16-Feb-2021 By Gill Hyslop

The All-China Bakery Association (ACBA) has partnered with Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets International Exhibition Co. (IM Sinoexpo) to form a joint venture to further expand the reach of one of the country’s largest trade shows on the bakery calendar.

Reading Bakery Systems restarts Virtual Snack Seminar Series

16-Feb-2021 By Gill Hyslop

The manufacturer of baking and process systems for the global snack food industry is resuming its popular Virtual Snack Seminar Series.

Zeelandia, Rademaker and other market leaders launch virtual tradeshow for industrial bakers

20-Jan-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Five market leaders in the bakery industry have joined forces to launch the very first virtual trade show for industrial bakery professionals later this month.

Leading waffle and funcake production line producer snapped up by Lancashire concern

12-Jan-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Lancashire-based Sugden Ltd is expanding its range of hotplates with the Intellectual Property (IP) acquisition of Netherlands-based Vanderpol Waffle Systems from AMF Den Boer BV for an undisclosed sum.

French bakery equipment giant expands bagel knowhow with majority stakeholding in Canadian-based ABI

06-Jan-2021 By Gill Hyslop

TMG – the owner of industrial baking equipment producer Mecatherm – has acquired a majority stake in ABI Auto-Bake Industries for an undisclosed amount.

Schenck Process extends bakery equipment footprint with Baker Perkins acquisition

21-Oct-2020 By Gill Hyslop

Baker Perkins – a global supplier of food processing equipment for the bakery, confectionery, biscuit, cookie and cracker, breakfast cereal sectors – has been snapped up by Schenck Process Group (SPG) for an undisclosed amount.

Processing innovation

Do you know your TDC from your TCO?

15-Oct-2020 By Gill Hyslop

A successful packaged food production lines requires a well-established metric in the industry is Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), writes Neil Giles, marketing communications manager for Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection. So, how does Total Delivered Cost...

Processing innovation

Going back to go forward: Fedima opens debate on living, ancient bread leavening technique

15-Oct-2020 By Gill Hyslop

The Federation of European Manufacturers and Suppliers of Ingredients to the Bakery, Confectionary and Patisserie Industries (Fedima) has rolled out a month-long campaign to open debate and encourage curiosity around sourdough.

Processing innovation

Chilean keto snacks producer set to double output with disruptive dehydration technology

15-Oct-2020 By Gill Hyslop

Intakt Snacks is upping its production capacity of dried keto-friendly cheese snacks with additional purchase of a second Radiant Energy Vacuum machine from EnWave Corporation.

Processing innovation

UK government-backed national industrial movement helps bakery and snacks SMEs target growth through digitalisation

15-Oct-2020 By Gill Hyslop

In today’s overcrowded food space, SME producers risk getting left behind if they don’t capitalise on digital tools.

Processing innovation

'We can all be winners in the end': Water reduction in food processing is a commercial no-brainer

07-Oct-2020 By Gill Hyslop

Businesses should adopt an altogether different approach to a precious resource that will come under increased pressure in the years ahead, says Ian Hart, business development director at adi Project.

Processing innovation

Why we must innovate with technology to help reduce food waste amidst climate change and the pandemic

06-Oct-2020 By Gill Hyslop

The impact of the lockdown restrictions has exacerbated food waste. With the global population still on the rise and crop productions set to fall, one vital requirement is to optimise yields. This is where food sorting technologies and machines play a...

Campbell Snacks overcomes COVID-19 challenges to complete installation of record-breaking Goldfish line ahead of schedule

22-Sep-2020 By Gill Hyslop

The US soup and snacks giant invested $40m and employed a 100-strong team of bakers, engineers and package designers to install ‘the largest of its kind’ production line – fired up ahead of schedule – at its Willard facility.

Guest article

How Spanish manufacturers are dealing with COVID-19 pressures

27-Aug-2020 By Gill Hyslop

Levi Corbacho, product manager at Mettler-Toledo Safeline y Responsable Test Centre in Barcelona, explores how food manufacturers overcame the unprecedented challenges the pandemic presented.

Guest article

Technology, communication and inclusivity are key to maintaining worker’s morale in these unprecedented times

04-Aug-2020 By Gill Hyslop

Staff motivation is that great moving target for all manufacturers and the COVID-19 lockdown period – and the coming out of it – has added new dimensions to the challenge, writes Paul Lerigo, marketing manager, Product Inspection Division at Mettler-Toledo.

Guest article

How to reduce business risk post COVID-19

22-Jul-2020 By Gill Hyslop

As manufacturers grapple with the new reality of the post-COVID-19 world, Paul Lerigo, marketing manager for Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection, says it is more important than ever that costs are controlled and productivity optimised, with minimum risk...

Seebo cements funding to help manufacturers predict and prevent production losses

16-Jul-2020 By Gill Hyslop

Seebo has announced the completion of a $9m funding round led by Ofek Ventures, with the participation of Vertex Ventures and existing investors Viola Ventures and TPY Capital.

Guest article

Embrace digital transformation to survive ‘the new normal’

06-Jul-2020 By Gill Hyslop

Dr Andy Levers, executive director of the Virtual Engineering Centre at the University of Liverpool looks at what steps businesses should embrace to ‘Return, Restart and Repurpose’ after the coronavirus crisis.

Sustainability

Brakes lowers carbon emissions further with sustainable refrigeration

25-Jun-2020 By Gill Hyslop

The UK foodservice wholesaler – which supplies everything from baked goods to snacks and Red Tractor accredited and MSC certified foodstuffs – has announced another milestone in its goal to reduce carbon emissions by 30% by 2025.

Reading Bakery Systems goes virtual to maintain bakery and snack innovation during lockdown

06-May-2020 By Gill Hyslop

The global manufacturer of bakery and snack production systems is hosting the RBS Virtual Snack Seminar Series to keep customers in lockdown up-to-date on trends and new technology in the bakery and snacks arenas.

HSE issues temporary guidance for bakers to cope with restricted dust mask supply due to coronavirus

23-Apr-2020 By Gill Hyslop

The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has addressed concerns raised by bakers of the potential for temporary unavailability of personal protective equipment (PPEs) used to protect workers from food ingredient dusts.

Gericke launches powder processing feeder for sanitary production environments

27-Mar-2020 By Jenny Eagle

Gericke has launched the DIW-PE-GZD hygienic, a hybrid loss-in-weight tare compensation feeder for powder feeding in sanitary production environments.

Cyber attacks are even more critical in the ‘new normal’ of remote workforces

26-Mar-2020 By Jenny Eagle

IT and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity is even more critical in the ‘new normal’ of remote workforces, which create an additional burden on chief information security officers to remotely secure their production environments, according to Claroty...

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