
A number of food industry players have collaborated on a project to develop technology that can make flexible plastic packaging recyclable. Over the past three-and-a-half years the companies, with support from Innovation Fund Denmark, have generated encouraging results to stop multi-laminate plastic packaging from food being incinerated. The packaging is composed of several materials that…

Technology group Wärtsilä, through its joint venture company, CWEC (Shanghai) Company, has been selected as a supplier to deliver four 34DF dual-fuel auxiliary engines for the sixth and final vessel in a series of six new-build 175,000m3 LNG carrier vessels. The LNG carriers are being built at the Jiangnan Shipyard in China for energy maritime logistics…

BELL Lighting has achieved a host of notable accomplishments throughout 2023. The move to its new National Distribution Centre, BELL House, was an extremely significant one. As a company, it now has headquarters capable of facilitating rapid growth, a warehouse accommodating 6,588 pallet locations, over 2,100 saleable product, lines and the capability to achieve 300…

Spirits maker, Waldemar Behn says it is preparing for a productive 2024 as the family business learns from recording stable sales volumes in 2023. Rüdiger Behn, the spirits manufacturer’s managing director, notes a “positive and satisfactory” 2023 from cautious and realistic planning as well as the maintenance of existing brands, limited editions and its export…

EA Technology, a specialist in asset management solutions for owners and operators of electrical assets, has announced the relaunch of its Keeping Electrical Switchgear Safe course due to increased demand across the industry. The course is said to be essential for industrial or commercial owners/operators of electrical switchgear, or maintenance managers responsible for electrical switchgear.…

Night view of Beijing urban traffic. Image courtesy 123rf China’s state planner National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has released reform recommendations on how China, the largest EV market globally, can optimally integrate electric vehicles into power grid planning. Through the recommendations, the NDRC calls on the establishment of a technical standard system for vehicle-to-grid…

Dozens of jobs are on the menu at Myco as the plant-based firm opened its first site in the UK. Almost 70 jobs will be created after the plant-based food manufacturer moved into a huge new product development site. Myco Holdings said it will transform a former food manufacturing plant in Leeming Bar into a…

A Great Taste Award winning, B Corp certified start-up brand is launching its White Miso Cooking Sauce and Tahini Sauce to Marks & Spencer stores nationwide in January 2024 (priced at £3.50 per 200ml bottle), in time for veganuary and helping to inspire flavour-packed New Year recipes. Nojō London, headed up by Simona Deifta, wants…

Bouygues Energies & Services, an Equans company, has completed a contract for the design and build of a new LED lighting and control system for Chestfield Road Tunnel on the A299 near Whitstable for Kent County Council. The energy-efficient lighting solution will result in energy savings of over one million kWh per year, a 63%…

HiKOKI Power Tools has announced an exciting free Multi Volt battery pack offer to its customers. From 1 January-31 March 2024, customers spending £300 including VAT or more on any HiKOKI cordless tools from an approved UK/ROI HiKOKI seller or dealer, can grab a cutting-edge BSL18A36 MV Battery Pack for free, subject to terms and conditions.…