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  • UK government to launch “green shipping corridors”

    UK maritime minister Mike Kane has announced that the UK is to develop new “green shipping routes” only accessible to zero-emission vessels. Clean maritime routes The new projects to receive funds to develop these future routes include the Port of Tyne to the Port of IJmuiden (Netherlands) and the Port of Holyhead to the Port of…


  • Fi Europe 2024: dsm-firmenich supporting “healthier, more delicious & better for people and planet”

    dsm-firmenich will introduce its latest advances and ambitions to support a healthier, more delicious and sustainable food system at this year’s Food ingredients Europe (Fi Europe). A selection of next-generation solutions will be on display at booth 3.1 F62 in the beverage, baking, confectionery, cheese, plant-based, fresh dairy and savoury categories – with an opportunity…


  • Tech Talk | Enlit’s The Guide 2024 technology highlights

    ‘The Guide 2024′, Enlit Media’s flagship annual publication launched at Enlit Europe, features a ‘who’s who’ and what’s what’ in Europe’s and the global energy sector. In its over 100 pages, we meet ‘the gamechanger on a mission for Ukraine’, ‘the gritty, green Grimbarian’, ‘the CEO who is challenging perceptions of leadership’ and ‘Markus, who…


  • PackSure claims drink industry first with dedicated packaging testing laboratory

    PackSure has introduced a pioneering dedicated testing laboratory to bolster the durability and eco-friendliness of packaging, marking a significant milestone in the drink industry. The launch of Stirling-based PackSure offers the drinks sector a laboratory for testing existing and new packaging materials, including more environmentally friendly options. PackSure has been established with Scottish Government grant…


  • Lidl GB triples plant-based range in response to double-digit growth

    Lidl GB has revealed that demand for plant-based products is continuing to soar after the supermarket experienced double-digit growth in the category over the past year. Building on strong sales growth, the discounter is more than tripling the number of plant-based products that it offers shoppers, with the newly expanded range set to appear in…


  • Meinerzhagen / Hartha, 21 October 2024 – technotrans and enesty are combining their expertise in tailor-made thermal management systems for the plastics processing industry. The partnership includes mutual integration and marketing of each other’s products: technotrans will now rely on the water distribution systems of German market leader enesty GmbH, while enesty will incorporate technotrans’…


  • A leading manufacturer of high-quality granite, marble and fabricated stone kitchen and bathroom worktops is celebrating after securing a new deal with one of the world’s largest home retailers. Bellagio Stone, which employs seventy people at its factory in Leamington Spa, will now supply its products to 12 stores in the south of the UK…


  • Svenska kraftnät launches digital tool to record voltage measurements

    Image courtesy 123rf Sweden’s Svenska kraftnät has launched BerIT, a digital tool to improve worker safety by digitising the registration of voltage measurement values. The new tool, says the TSO in a release, overviews thousands of values from step and touch voltage measurements. According to the company, BerIT is built on a GIS platform with…


  • Strengthening the grid: How a renewables-based energy supply demands new approaches

    Image courtesy 123rf The transformation of the electrical energy system towards 100% renewables and therefore CO2-free generation leads to major challenges in terms of stable grid operation, write experts from TransnetBW. Decentralised renewable energy resources take over the job of energy supply from traditional centralised large-scale power plants. To maximise the energy output, renewables are…


  • Plexigrid wins Iberdola’s grid planning challenge

    Image: Iberdrola The Spanish startup Plexigrid has won Iberdrola’s latest innovation challenge to optimise grid capacity through data and AI. The challenge, which was proposed by Iberdola’s distribution company i-DE and held at the company’s Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub in Bilbao, was on planning new demand scenarios in the electricity grid with innovative solutions…