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  • Hispack broadens global offerings to feature companies from 28 countries

    Hispack 2024 has set out to be the benchmark event for international companies in the packaging, processing and logistics industry to discover the business opportunities offered by the Spanish market and make contact with new customers. Over 250 foreign firms are part of the wide range of exhibitors at a year that, with more than…


  • SolarDuck’s offshore floating solar pilot receives prototype certification from Bureau Veritas

    Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded renewable energy company SolarDuck the world’s first prototype certification for a floating offshore solar technology, as applied in SolarDuck’s 0.5MW pilot, Merganser. The Merganser project The Merganser project, developed by SolarDuck and supported by RWE, features an offshore floating solar pilot with a capacity of 520kWp. Comprising six interconnected platforms,…


  • Unilever’s menu trends ignite inspiration and drive sales in professional kitchens

    Unilever Food Solutions is using its powerful market insights from the Future Menu Trends Report 2024 and cutting-edge product portfolio to attract, engage and support chefs. The second annual Future Menu Trends report features recipe inspiration, insights and practical tips drawn from the expertise of 250 in-house chefs at Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) and feedback…


  • Olam Food Ingredients pinpoints four chocolate trends poised to influence Easter 2024

    Olam Food Ingredient is sharing the chocolate trends hatching this Easter. From sweet gifts to the classic egg hunt, chocolate remains an Easter tradition. With the celebration approaching earlier than usual this year, manufacturers will be looking to capture the attention of consumers with new and exciting creations. Simon Brayn Smith, vice president of Cocoa…


  • Bureau Veritas Issues World’s First Offshore Solar Prototype Certification to SolarDuck

    Bureau Veritas has issued the world’s first prototype certification for a floating offshore solar technology to the Dutch-Norwegian renewable energy company SolarDuck for its 0.5 MW pilot platform Merganser. The certification represents a significant step forward in the development of marine renewable energy technologies for offshore applications. The Merganser project, developed by SolarDuck and supported…


  • Acteon Gets Acquired by Private Equity Investors

    Mar 27, 2024 © xmentoys / Adobe Stock Acteon Group, the international offshore energy infrastructure services business, has been acquired by private equity investors Buckthorn Partners and One Equity Partners (OEP). Buckthorn and OEP are making a substantial investment in the business to improve Acteon’s standing with suppliers and customers and enable it to compete…


  • Acteon Acquired by Private Equity Investors with New CEO in Charge

    Mar 27, 2024 © xmentoys / Adobe Stock Acteon Group, the international offshore energy infrastructure services business, has been acquired by private equity investors Buckthorn Partners and One Equity Partners (OEP). Buckthorn and OEP are making a substantial investment in the business to improve Acteon’s standing with suppliers and customers and enable it to compete…


  • CalWave to Provide Wave Energy Tech for British Columbia Project

    CalWave, a California-based wave energy technology developer, has been selected as the technology provider for a wave energy project at Yuquot in British Columbia, with the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN). As a ‘first-of-a-kind’ (FOAK) wave energy project for coastal community microgrids, the MMFN project may serve as a blueprint for coastal communities along the North…


  • GEG Wraps Up Subsea7 Fabrication Scope for Aker BP’s Valhall PWP – Fenris Field

    Global Energy Group (GEG) has completed the fabrication of two towheads at the Port of Nigg on behalf of Subsea7, for the Aker BP Valhall PWP – Fenris field in the southern North Sea. The two towheads come complete with equipment interface support frames and buoyancy tank interface frames. The 66 tn towheads, which are…


  • drinktec and BrauBeviale establish advisory committee

    Photo: YONTEX/Frank Boxler Capture (from left to right): The advisory committee at the occasion of the first session in Nuremberg: Dr. Reiner Brambach, Roland Demleitner, Beatrix Fraese, Kilian Kittl, Kai Neubauer, Martin Hammerschmid, Caroline Pötzl, Markus Tischer, Richard Clemens, Guido Klinkhammer, Bastian Heuft, Klaus Gehrig, Jan Friedrich Büchler not in the picture: Dr. Roland Folz,…