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World's largest homogeniser

29-Apr-2016 By Rick Pendrous

What is claimed to be the world’s largest capacity food processing homogeniser has gone into operation with its first customer.

Flatulent cows’ blast reveals dairy farming perils

29-Jan-2014 By Rod Addy

Flatulent cows sparked an explosion in a farm shed at Rasdorf in Germany, according to a report published by international news agency Reuters, indicating some of the risks inherent in dairy farming.

Firms turn to external engineers to fill internal skills gap

17-Sep-2013 By Rick Pendrous

Increasing numbers of UK food and drink manufacturers are using external engineering expertise to compensate for skills they lack internally to achieve the efficiency improvements and cost savings required in today’s competitive business environment.

NFU urges farmers to fly the flag for British food

29-May-2013 By Mike Stones

The National Farmers Union (NFU) is urging farmers throughout the country to fly the flag for Great British food – literally.

Centralised vacuum is a winner for food packaging

26-Nov-2007

Energy and environmental factors have triggered a move towards the use of central vacuum systems for food packaging, according to vacuum specialist...

Soft approach to solids handling

07-Feb-2005

Pumping media which contain large solids can create major problems for food processors. However, AxFlow believes that it has overcome such problems...