All news articles for March 2015

Crisp firm’s new packaging kit

Mackie’s Crisps installs new kit

Scottish crisp manufacturer Mackie’s Crisps is using three Ishida Integrated Total Packaging Systems (iTPSs) to produce snacks at its new factory at Inchcoonans in Errol, Perthshire.

Can the industry build on the success of Bombay Sapphire?

Is it a lightbulb moment for printed electronics?

By Paul Gander

Organic and printed electronics technologies are gradually moving out of the lab and into production, says the organisation representing this sector in Europe, with packaging remaining an important (if cost-conscious) market.

Wiggins: Consumer pressure is needed

Better designs are in the hands of consumers

By Paul Gander

Brands should focus on broader, inclusive packaging design, rather than designing for the elderly - and might already be doing this, if consumers complained more often about the packs they were given, a seminar will hear this month

Plan for energy efficiency

Plan for energy efficiency

An energy efficiency and productivity improvement plan, aimed at providing support for enhancing the performance of motor-driven applications using variable-speed drives (VSDs) and high efficiency electric motors, has been launched by ABB.

Pro2Pac preview: Function and form in a pack

Pro2Pac preview: Function and form in a pack

Pro2Pac, the UK food and drink packaging event, takes place later this month (March 22-25) alongside the International Food and Drink Exhibition (IFE) and Waste-Works show at London’s ExCel exhibition centre. As well as a broad range of exhibitors, the...

Hygienic decanter for cheesemaking

Hygienic decanter for cheesemaking

Hygienic decanter technology for dairy will be shown by GEA Westfalia. The Separator ecoforce decanter series can be used to make processed cheese, curd cheese bars and bakers’ cheese.

Haggis firm outsources

Macsween out-sources its assembly

Macsween of Edinburgh has signed a deal with Nagel Langdons, the UK subsidiary of the Nagel-Group, which will see the company expand its outsourced storage and distribution service to include contract freezing, tempering and case picking for the haggis...

Purity Soft Drinks installs beverage disinfection kit

Purity Soft Drinks installs beverage disinfection kit

Purity Soft Drinks has installed a beverage disinfection system at its site at Wednesbury in the West Midlands. The system manufactures and doses a disinfectant agent and undertakes several tasks including treating process water, carrying out continuous...

UFP has begun popcorn manufacture at its new factory in Leicester

Popcorn production starts at UFP's Lewisher Road factory

By Rick Pendrous

Production of popcorn has started at the new Universal Flexible Packaging (UFP) factory at the Lewisher Road, Leicester. The news follows the announcement of its £11M expansion plans in September 2014 and further investment of £2.3M in its existing Lunsford...

New gluten-free pulse flours

Protein boost for pulse flours

By Nicholas Robinson

A series of 10 high-protein pulse-based flours have been created by Ingredion to allow food manufacturers and retailers to create protein-boosted foods.

McCarthy: 'We expect to achieve another year of good growth in 2015'

Food lets down Kerry's 2014 results

By Rick Pendrous

Global ingredients and food group Kerry’s provisional results for the year ended December 31 2014, published last month, showed a pretty solid performance, with the exception of its food business, which suffered a fall in sales.

Mondelēz makes a range of confectionery products at sites across the world

Mondelēz to cut 200 jobs in Ireland

By Rod Addy

Mondelēz International is restructuring its operations in Ireland and has confirmed plans to slash 200 jobs there as a result.

Morrisons boss David Potts has a new to-do list

What Morrisons’ new boss should do next

By Michael Stones

In case Morrisons’ new ceo David Potts was looking for inspiration to revive the flagging fortunes of the Bradford-based retailer, an article in The Telegraph has helpfully suggested a to-do list.

Bakkavor job cuts top our food industry headlines

Good week, bad week (Wk 9)

By Laurence Gibbons

Grim news for food manufacturing jobs leads our selection of the top headlines of the past seven days in the latest edition of Good week, bad week.

Manufacturers argue the cost of mandatory labelling of compound foods, such as lasagne, would be prohibitive

Mandatory meat origin labelling debate intensifies

By Rick Pendrous

Manufacturers have been urged to raise their voices in the fight against plans to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling (COOL) for meat used in processed food, which recently won the backing of the European Parliament but has yet to become law...

Food firms are cheating consumers with 'clean labels' claims Blythman

Industry launches attack on ‘shaming’ book

By Linda Groves

The food industry has slammed accusations made in a book, claiming the sector was knowingly misleading consumers about food ingredients and production processes. 

Environment secretary Liz Truss backed an EU investigation into red tape

DEFRA backs new Brussels red tape probe

By Michael Stones

A new EU probe into cutting red tape is being backed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), environment secretary Liz Truss told this website last week.

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