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  • CFIA Rennes 2025: WEG to showcase energy efficient technologies

    WEG plans to return at CFIA Rennes 2025 to showcase its most recent advancements in digital solutions, motors, and drives. Taking place from March 18 to 20, 2025 at Rennes Parc Expo, this premier exhibition for the food processing industry is renowned for showcasing the latest advancements in industrial equipment. The team will showcase the…


  • E-boiler helps Arla Foods Ingredients’ European facilities run entirely on renewable energy

    Arla Foods Ingredients plants in Europe are on target to run on electricity from 100% renewable sources. The food ingredients company has taken another major step on its CO2 reduction journey with the installation of an electric boiler at its largest production site. The new e-boiler is the company’s largest and the first at the…


  • All-electric full container stacker arrives in Port of Hamburg

    The Port of Hamburg’s C. Steinweg (Süd-West Terminal) has integrated a fully electric reach stacker from Sany Marine into its workflows. The full container reach stacker is equipped with a 422kWh lithium ferrophosphate (LFP) battery. Decarbonizing Port of Hamburg’s operations Credit: HHM This solution is part of the port’s decarbonization of its handling processes. According…


  • Starpack Students Awards 2025: call for design students to demonstrate metal package design skills

    Design students are being asked to demonstrate their inventiveness and sustainability skills while taking on a practical design challenge in the metal packaging industry for this year’s Starpack Students Awards 2025. The Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA) sponsors ‘Brief F’ of the annual student competition which is organised by Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining.…


  • Baltic states synchronise transmission grid with continental Europe

    Image courtesy Litgrid On 9 February 2025 at 14:05, the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – successfully synchronised their electricity systems with the Continental European grid, desynching from Russian energy dependence. More than three decades since leaving the Soviet Union, the three Baltic countries have joined the EU’s electricity grid. The milestone comes…


  • Burts adds fresh Herb Roasted Chicken hand-cooked chips

    Burts is preparing to introduce its new Herb Roasted Chicken hand-cooked chips in March. The new flavour, which was created for the snacking market, will be introduced as a part of the core line and offered in 40g and 150g pack sizes. The British snack manufacturer said Herb Roasted Chicken is designed to meet the…


  • UK Snack Manufacturer, Mackle Food, set to expand and create jobs with £6.5m investment

    Dungannon-based Mackle Food Company is investing £6.3m to expand its factory, enhance automation, and boost productivity. The company also plans to create 32 jobs. Mackle Food Company supplies global brands and exports its products worldwide, making it a major player in private label manufacturing. Under the Agri-Food Investment Initiative, Invest NI has offered the company…


  • Virtual power plant company Leap recognizes opportunity in the PJM market

    Photo by Vivint Solar on Unsplash Leap, a company providing a platform for launching and scaling virtual power plants (VPPs), has announced its entry into PJM Interconnection, the largest wholesale electricity market in the United States. This expansion enables Leap’s technology partners with distributed energy resources (DERs) in PJM territory to take advantage of new…


  • EIB lends €30m to Italian water utility ACA for network expansion

    The first €20 million tranche was signed by the Head of the EIB Local Office in Italy, Milena Messori, and by the CEO of ACA, Giovanna Brandelli. Image courtesy EIB. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a €30 million ($31.1 million) loan to water utility Azienda Comprensoriale Acquedottistica (ACA) for water network expansion and…


  • How to stimulate Europe’s bidirectional charging market

    Image courtesy 123rf Mobility and clean energy associations ACEA, ChargeUp Europe and SmartEn in a joint paper have called on policymakers in Europe to ensure the effective functioning of the bidirectional charging market and stimulate user uptake. According to the associations, although bidirectional charging is crucial to managing the energy demands of the transition to…