Research And Development

Warburtons wins approval for new R&D centre

31-Mar-2017 By Michael Stones

Bakery giant Warburtons has won planning approval for a new research and development (R&D) hub at its Bolton site in Lancashire.

EEF welcomes Theresa May’s £2bn research fund boost

21-Nov-2016 By Matt Atherton

EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has welcomed Prime Minister Theresa May’s pledge to pump an extra £2bn a year into research and development.

Underwriters Laboratories creates free global ingredients database

13-Jan-2016 By Noli Dinkovski

Food manufacturers are now able to access a free online global database of more than 70,000 ingredients.

Greencore to open new US food plant and research centre

07-Dec-2015 By Michael Stones

Chilled convenience and food-to-go firm Greencore plans to open a new manufacturing facility and innovation centre near Seattle next year, creating more than 50 jobs.

British Pig Executive appoints new head of technical

03-Apr-2014 By Laurence Gibbons

The British Pig Executive (BPEX) has appointed Andrew Knowles as its new head of technical as part of a restructure of the organisation.

Sainsbury invests £1M in healthier crisp R&D

11-Oct-2013 By Michael Stones

Developing healthier crisps is the aim of a new £1M research project funded by Sainsbury at Teesside University.

Food sector to get £2M boost for robotics research

20-Dec-2012 By Rick Pendrous

UK food and drink manufacturing is set to benefit from a new competition, which is putting up £2M of government funding to promote automation research in the sector.

EU research opportunities open up with new funding

06-Sep-2010 By Sebastian Day

A fresh tranche of EU funding under Framework Programme 7 (FP7) has created new opportunities for collaborative, global packaging research. 

New centre will drive healthy food innovation in Scotland

21-Sep-2009 By Rod Addy

Scottish Enterprise has issued a call to contractors to support the development of a Food & Health Innovation Centre costing from £3M to £6M to...

The US charges ahead when it comes to nanotechnology

26-May-2009 By Hayley Brown

The UK is significantly behind the US when it comes to using nanotechnology in new product development, according to Sheri Schellhaass, vice...

Trial by ordeal

22-May-2007

Many processors are keen to get involved in R&D, but the reliability of commercially funded research is a subject of hot debate. Sarah Britton reports