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  • Mmmake Your Mark invites industry to celebrate career journeys

    A government-endorsed campaign that aims to showcase the sector as a “dynamic and vibrant place to work” is encouraging food and drink industry professionals to share their career stories on LinkedIn — and celebrate our industry and inspire the next generation. Convened by insight and impact organisation, IGD, on behalf of the Food and Drink…


  • Cîroc expands presence in RTD category

    Cîroc, Diageo’s super-premium vodka brand, is expanding its presence in the ready-to-drink (RTD) category with the launch of a brand-new Cîroc Red Berry Sparkling Vodka Drink (5% ABV), following the successful launch of Cîroc Summer Citrus (5% ABV) and Cîroc Tropical Passion (5% ABV) earlier this year. This latest release brings Cîroc’s top performing flavoured…


  • The Smarter Choice: Selling Food and Beverage Machines at Online Auction

    Over the years, Industrial Auctions has successfully organised more than 1,500 online auctions in the food and beverage industry, for renowned companies like Vion, Nestlé, FrieslandCampina, Homann, Refresco, Danish Crown, 2 Sisters Food Group and many more. With a growing number of auctions across Europe and a worldwide buyer network the online auctioneer has proven…


  • OpenSynth synthetic smart meter data repository launched

    Image: LF Energy LF Energy has announced that the OpenSynth model repository for the generation and sharing of synthetic energy demand data is now live. The OpenSynth initiative, which was originated by the Octopus Energy Group’s Centre for Net Zero and is now open sourced under LF Energy, is aimed to overcome the challenge of…


  • Croatia’s HEP to instal smart meters

    Image: 123RF Croatian state energy company Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has launched a tender for the purchase of smart meters worth €86.5 million ($95.6 million). The procurement, part of the distribution modernisation project co-funded by the European Union’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan, covers single and three-phase G3-PLC meters for households and businesses, data concentrators and…


  • Archer to Support TotalEnergies’ Culzean Floating Wind Project

    Aug 29, 2024 (Image: TotalEnergies) Archer Wind, Archer’s floating offshore wind solutions provider, has been awarded its first contract by TotalEnergies for delivery of the floating wind foundation for the Culzean Wind Pilot. The Culzean Wind Pilot will be connected to the Culzean platform, an offshore oil and gas facility 230 kilometers off the East…


  • DTE Energy’s smart grid delivers reliability improvements

    Image: DTE DTE Energy has reported its smart grid technology preventing nearly 5,000 customer power interruptions and 1.8 million outage minutes for customers so far in 2024. The smart grid includes advanced distribution management system software, a state-of-the-art systems operation centre, substation equipment, automated reclosers and smart meters. With this the company is able to…


  • PPMA 2024: Tsubaki long life roller chains on display

    Tsubaki is presenting its range of long life, durable chains for the packaging industry at the PPMA Show, Birmingham, 24-26 September 2024. Tsubaki will show its gripper chains for form, fill, and vacuum seal wrapping applications, as well as specialist chains for long-life when lubrication cannot be applied, and corrosive environments. Tsubaki will be located…


  • Britvic shareholders approve £3.3bn Carlsberg takeover

    Britvic shareholders have approved a takeover deal worth £3.3bn by Danish brewer Carlsberg. Voting at a meeting yesterday (either in person or by proxy), 83% of Britvic shareholders voted in favour of the deal. Under the terms of the agreement, Carlsberg will pay 1,315p per share to Britvic investors. The acquisition will create a single…


  • Port of Hamburg commissions three hybrid electric ferries

    The Port of Hamburg has commissioned three new-type 2030 ferries, the first of which will be powered by a hybrid system comprised of two electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSPs) and will be operated by HADAG. Enhanced capacity Voith developed the 2030 hybrid ferry in conjunction with SET Schiffbau- u. Entwicklungsgesellschaft Tangermünde – a member company…