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  • GB’s Affinity Water launches smart metering pilot

    Image: Affinity Water Affinity Water is launching its smart metering programme with an approximately 20,000 household and small business pilot. The trial, to take place in the Harlow and Bishops Stortford areas in Hertfordshire, UK, is due to launch in February 2025 and serve as a preface for a broader 380,000 smart meter rollout over…


  • Alfa Laval invests in a Food Innovation Centre to strengthen its role in sustainable food

    Alfa Laval’s new state-of-the-art Food Innovation Centre will provide clients from the food and beverage industries with the chance to create innovative food products and effective ways to significantly lessen the environmental impact of food production. “With our range of technologies, solutions and competences, Alfa Laval is in a strong position to enable food and…


  • Kerry’s 2025 charts highlight next-gen consumer trends and bold flavours

    Kerry has released its 2025 Taste Charts featuring a carefully curated selection of tastes and trends, blending global insights with the expertise of top flavourists and scientists to help brands anticipate market shifts and create impactful products. The extensive resource on emerging trends — intended to direct global innovators in food and drink — provides predictions…


  • Aker Solutions and Siemens Cleared for HVDC Work at UK Offshore Wind Farms

    Aker Solutions, in a consortium with Siemens Energy, has received the full notice to proceed from RWE for the HVDC scope of work for the Norfolk Vanguard West and East offshore wind farms. The Norfolk Vanguard West and East represent the first phase of RWE’s Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone, which also includes the Norfolk Boreas…


  • Natural energy food company raises £2.4m for expansion

    A investment round led by Mercia Ventures and involving Yeo Ventures, Crowdcube, and individual investors has raised £2.4 million for Tribe, a brand of natural energy snacks. The funding, which comes as the company launches its new ‘Protein + Focus’ range with lion’s mane mushroom, will enable it to continue its rapid growth and make…


  • SP80 designs new ventilated hydrofoil using Neural Concept’s 3D AI platform

    Neural Concept’s 3D AI platform – now featuring Nvidia Omniverse Blueprint – has been used to design a new hydrofoil for the SP80 sailboat. The Nvidia Omniverse Blueprint creates real-time computer-aided engineering digital twins to assist in product creation. Updated hydrofoil design SP80 is a team of engineers and students on a mission to build…


  • Alpla’s thin-walled containers meet PPWR regulations

    Alpla will produce thin-walled containers for dairy products using recycled PET for the first time. The creative solution satisfies every PPWR criterion and is scheduled to begin series production in the fourth quarter of 2025. Together with machine manufacturer Engel, mould maker Brink, label maker iPB Printing and joint venture partner Intopack, the injection moulding…


  • Agristo intensifies its efforts to expand internationally in the United States and Europe

    Agristo has announced a significant milestone in its expansion strategy by building its first production facility in the United States and further growing inside Europe, To meeting increasing demand and future market needs in Europe, it is expanding production capacity in key locations, with ongoing developments at a site in Wielsbeke, Belgium, and preparatory work…


  • Cadbury capitalises on expanding snacking market

    Cadbury has introduced three new ice creams in stick and tub shape – Cadbury Dairy Milk Mint Stick, Cadbury Dairy Milk Mini Sticks, and Cadbury Crunchie Tub. The three new Cadbury ice cream varieties aim to expand ice cream occasions and capitalise on the expanding snacking market. Kim Jacks, brand manager noted Cadbury’s response is…


  • TenneT looks to optical networking to communicate with offshore grid assets

    Image: TenneT Dutch TSO Tennet has selected Nokia to deliver optical networking technology for eight new 2GW grid connection platforms in the North Sea. Nokia is to supply its 1830 photonic service switch (PSS) DWDM solution to support long-distance transmission up to 300 km to connect the offshore sites to TenneT’s onshore telecommunications infrastructure. With…