In crop form
Europe's biggest wheat business is on a mission to assist a second green revolution in the food supply chain, reports Rick Pendrous
Archives for July 27, 2009
Paperless productivity for single-users
Aiming to reduce paperwork and bring productivity and compliance gains to smaller manufacturers, Applied Principles has launched a paperless quality...
Reclaim your passion or die!
Being part of a team is a beautiful thing - like kicking a perfect pass in a football game, which scores that crucial goal. It is an amazing...
Asset management gets the green light
Asset and facilities management technologies have the most potential to make a business greener, according to new research released by software...
Condensing technology recovers heat
Converting an industrial boiler into a condensing one can recover up to 90% of the heat that is usually lost. This is the principle behind a waste...
New system extends shelf-life
Cryovac Food Solutions has developed a high pressure sous-vide system for partially cooked chilled and frozen ready meals, which can extend...
Spray it again, Sam
Advances in cleaning processes are happening all the time, but minimising costs and being green remain core concerns, says Rod Addy
We can work it out
The man who works for the McCartneys talks about growth, automation, and the £1.5M he's investing in a new plant
Cool way to save energy
With the promise of outstanding energy efficiency in industrial and process cooling applications, Coolmation, the UK's distributor for Rhoss, has...
Apprentice bown makes the grade at jolly
Elizabeth Bown, owner-manager of Jolly's Fish & Farm Produce in Orkney, has completed the Level 3 Modern Apprenticeship in Food Manufacture she...
I Robot ...
Northern Foods has pumped £7-8m into robotics and automation projects at its Fox's Biscuits factory in Batley and will invest more cash over the next year as part of a group-wide automation initiative.
Life after melamine
With confidence in Chinese food dented in the wake of the melamine scandal, will a new food safety law improve controls? asks Dominique Patton
Flow gap solver
An inventor has come up with some novel approaches to provide gaps in disturbed product flows. Rick Pendrous reports
It takes real genius to hit your targets
I rang my doctor's surgery recently. I could not get an appointment for that day or the next. So they asked me to call back two days later. I...
Put the English back in tea
No one enjoys a quality cuppa more than the Brits. So why not grow it in Blighty? Forget Darjeeling and try Cornwall for size, says Hayley Brown
Movers and bakers
Warburtons' southern invasion continues apace with the launch of a modern, £45M bakery in Avonmouth, Bristol. Elaine Watson reports
Reformulate restrictions
Thanks to your efforts, the UK is now acknowledged to be leading the world in reformulation. Reassuringly, research by Mintel says that nearly 250...
Stunted growth
With changing trends, demanding consumers and lean budgets, it's not easy for new products to flourish in today's market says Elaine Watson
High-volume Halal chicken
With over 1.6M people in Britain following a Halal diet, the Muslim food market is an increasingly important one. Now a new system is promising...