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  • EPP rises to the challenge with bespoke turnkey solution for Geary’s Bakery

    European Process Plant (EPP) has supported Geary’s rapid expansion with a bespoke turnkey solution. Geary’s has quickly established itself as one of the UK’s best-loved bakery brands. Its Jason’s Sourdough is named after Jason Geary, the fourth generation Master Baker in the Geary family business, its product range includes popular delicacies such as ‘The Great…


  • Hill Biscuits marks 170 years with a tribute to its Victorian recipes

    Hill Biscuits, the beloved Manchester-based biscuit bakery, is celebrating a monumental 170 years of tradition and baking excellence. Founded in 1855, the company has grown from a small family-run business into one of the UK’s most trusted manufacturers of the nation’s favourite biscuits. To mark the occasion, limited edition anniversary packaging is rolled out this…


  • New Food Manufacturing Technologies and equipment industry alliance launches

    FMTE board (Left to right): Simon Phillips – president, nutrition & health solutions, SPX FLOW; Sammy Hulpiau – president food & water division, Alfa Laval; Charles Brand – EVP processing solutions & equipment, Tetra Pak (president, FMTE); Bülent Bayraktar – head of business unit process technology, Krones Posted: 22 May 2025 Share this page Alfa…


  • Iberdrola launches East-West Digital to develop and commercialise AI

    Image: Iberdrola East-West Digital has been launched as a new company by Iberdrola, dedicated to developing and commercialising AI-powered digital solutions for sustainability. The plan is for East-West Digital to leverage innovations developed by Iberdrola Innovation Middle East, which was established as a global digital solutions innovation centre by Iberdrola at the Qatar Science and…


  • NutraTea expands women’s health-focused range

    NutraTea, the award-winning British B-Corp known for its sustainable and science-led functional teas, is expanding its women’s health-focused range with the launch of two new targeted herbal blends: NutraMeno to soothe symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, and Spearmint & White Peony, which has been developed to support women with PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome). These additions…


  • National Grid taps Kraken’s AI-powered platform for 6.5m US customers

    Image courtesy Kraken Technologies Utility giant National Grid in the US has selected Kraken Technologies’ platform to increase operational efficiency for 6.5 million of their residential, commercial and industrial energy customers across Massachusetts and New York, as part of a multi-year transformation project. Octopus Energy-owned Kraken’s cloud-based customer service and billing platform will allow National…


  • Baltic Sea TSOs publish roadmap for offshore grid

    Image: 50Hertz Eight Baltic Sea TSOs have published a paper on increased cross-border cooperation in developing offshore wind and the associated transmission grid infrastructure. The TSOs from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden, comprising the ‘Baltic Offshore Grid Initiative’ (BOGI), aim to generate more offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea and…


  • Energy innovation depends on ‘asking the right questions’ to problem solve

    Moderator Marco Rahner (left) from Siemens Smart Infrastructure is joined by Ansuya Rungasamy and Billy Onyango (right). Kenya Power’s Billy Onyango does not necessarily consider himself a “new ideas enthusiast”… but he does like innovation. “That might sound like an oxymoron, but if you look at the field we work in, there are issues to…


  • Port of Antwerp-Bruges launches Volta 1 electric tugboat

    The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has launched the Volta 1, which it states is Europe’s first fully electric tugboat. Fully electric operations The reversed stern drive (RSD) vessel’s 2,782MWh lithium-titanium-oxide (LTO) batteries can be recharged in two hours via a 1.5MW charging station. With this battery capacity, the Volta 1 is emission-free and can cruise for…


  • Thecla Bodewes Shipyards begins contructing diesel-electric vessel for Carisbrooke Shipping

    Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has begun construction on building number 375, the first of two Labrax 7680 dwt vessels being built for Carisbrooke Shipping. Low-emission design Scheduled for delivery in 2026, BN 375 is a sister ship to the Labrax vessels currently under construction for the Vertom Group. According to Thecla Bodewes Shipyards, the Labrax 7680…