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  • CSM Ingredients introduces latest incubator for food concepts and business models 

    CSM Ingredients – a global player in research, innovation and production of food ingredients, part of the ingredient-tech platform together with HIFOOD, Italcanditi Group and Parker Food Group – has launched Generate, its new incubator of innovative food concepts and business models that aims to bring added value to the industry. The new brand will…


  • Made Smarter and tech institutes form alliance to demystify digital adoption

    Made Smarter and leading technology demonstrators have joined forces to demystify digital transformation with a new white paper. ‘Made Smarter technologies: powering the digital transformation of SME manufacturers’ is a practical guide from the government-backed and industry-led technology adoption programme in the North West. The free-to-download document aims to inform and inspire manufacturers exploring existing…


  • ABB Robotics and tech startup partner to deliver sustainable and affordable housing

    ABB Robotics announced it is collaborating with UK-based tech startup AUAR, to advance the use of robotic micro-factories to build affordable, sustainable low energy timber homes. AUAR’s transformative approach to integrating robotic automation into the building process will tackle skills shortages, boost sustainability, and improve health and safety by deploying robots in a global network…


  • Leeds Beckett University joins forces with UK firm to transform aflatoxin screening

    Leeds Beckett University is looking to increase food safety using innovative new technology. Leeds Beckett University experts have partnered with a family-owned Bradford business to revolutionise the screening process for aflatoxin in pistachio nuts, using artificial intelligence. The academic team has established a knowledge transfer partnership, partially funded by the Government through Innovate UK, to…


  • Mettler-Toledo to host a new webinar on flow wrap applications

    Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has announced its upcoming webinar titled “4 Steps to Maximise Product Quality in Horizontal Flow Wrap Applications.” The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday 8th May with sessions at 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM GMT. In this impactful session, attendees will hear from industry experts as they explore the challenges confronting food manufacturers packaging…


  • All for one and one for all: Digitalisation for cooperative utilities

    Lisa Stannis is the director of customer development at Sharper Shape. Accounting for almost half of America’s distribution lines and working in some of the country’s most rural areas, cooperative (coop) utilities offer a profoundly unique experience for their members, but they’re facing a major change in the way they operate, explains Lisa Stannis of…


  • Can the power grid save Europe’s bid in the race to net zero?

    Image courtesy 123rf Although Europe has not yet lost its first-mover advantage, the US is a hair’s breadth behind. Grid orchestration, the dispatch of flexible clean tech assets, may prove key to maintaining Europe’s competitive streak. An early mover on the road to net zero, Europe and its Union have long enjoyed being an early…


  • Powering the energy transition: from smart approach to smart grid

    Power grid operators have a pivotal role in achieving the clean and sustainable energy future that we all want, and which our warming planet desperately needs. If we are not moving fast enough, grid companies risk being a bottleneck in the energy transition. In an exclusive interview with Rene Kerkmeester, Global Vice President for Smart…


  • Picadeli expands presence in the US through partnership with Coborn’s

    Greenfood is continuing its rapid expansion of the Picadeli salad bar brand in the USA. A new agreement with the food conglomerate Coborn’s means that Picadeli’s AI-driven salad bars will be established in several Coborn’s stores in the American Midwest. Greenfood, one of Europe’s major food groups focusing on healthy and sustainable food, has nearly…


  • 34.8 million smart meters in Britain

    UK smart electricity and gas meter. Image courtesy 123rf At the end of 2023, 34.8 million smart electricity and gas meters were installed in British homes and small businesses, amounting to 61% of all meters, reports the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in their quarterly smart meter update. Of these, approximately 20.2…