Archives for September 13, 2015

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Modified atmosphere pack leak testing inline

By Paul Gander

Ineffective inline testing for leaks in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) can have any number of negative impacts, making a new high-speed system based on infra-red (IR) spectrometry one of the launches at this month’s Processing & Packaging Machinery...

What’s the canned food capital of Britain?

By Michael Stones

Any idea which city is the canned food capital of Britain? The answer is Birmingham, with its residents eating a whopping 640,000 cans a day, according to new research from the trade group Canned Food UK.

Freight industry welcomes driver skills probe

By Michael Stones

The freight industry has welcomed plans to probe the lack of professional drivers in the haulage sector, unveiled by Parliament’s Transport Select Committee.

Predictive maintenance cuts manufacturing costs

By Rick Pendrous

Food and drink manufacturers could reduce unplanned downtime on their equipment and boost their productivity by making greater use of advanced maintenance techniques which help to predict when equipment is starting to fail, according to experts in the field.