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  • A night of recognition: FDF Awards celebrate the best in food and drink

    Last night, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) unveiled the winners of its FDF Awards in front of an audience of key stakeholders from across the industry. Held at the world-renowned London Roundhouse, the FDF Awards celebrates the top talent and innovation from across the sector. Across 20 categories, it rewards the organisations, projects, and…


  • Tomra launches AI-powered optical sorter for nut and IQF processors

    Tomra Food has unveiled its most advanced optical sorting machine to date — the Tomra 4C — designed to streamline operations and elevate product quality for nut and individually quick frozen (IQF) processors. Announced by Kristof Franckx, product manager for Tomra’s chute portfolio, the Tomra 4C is engineered to reduce downtime and simplify daily tasks…


  • Transform dairy and beverage production with GEA’s new condition monitoring tool

    In order to increase production dependability and operational efficiency in dairy and beverage operations, GEA has introduced GEA InsightPartner EvoHDry, a new digital service offering. The system was designed especially for intricate industrial settings where continuous operation is necessary to produce high-quality goods including cheese, cream, condensed milk, evaporated milk, and new-born formula. GEA InsightPartner EvoHDry…


  • Gran Luchito elevates Taco nights with Easy Recipe Kits

    With the introduction of its new Taco Recipe Kits, Gran Luchito, an authentic Mexican cuisine brand, is broadening its product line. The launch, which is a first for the brand and comes in four flavour profiles — Al Pastor, Barbacoa, Birria, and Carnitas — marks the next phase in the company’s goal to introduce strong,…


  • ENGIE taps Kraken for Italian battery optimisation

    Image courtesy Kraken ENGIE is partnering with Kraken to manage its Italian storage sites, starting with batteries in Sicily and Terni to optimise renewables, reduce grid congestion and protect against potential power outages. Under the partnership, which will start with assets in Sicily and Terni of 37.5MW, Kraken’s AI-powered flexibility technology will support ENGIE’s trading…


  • Kemtile is using PPMA 2025 to engage prospective customers on the benefits of coming to an internationally-backed industrial flooring and drainage  business with a single source approach to flooring projects across the process and packaging industry. The PPMA Show (23rd-25th Sept) is the largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition held annually at NEC Birmingham in…


  • E.ON and BWM Group release V2G solution in Germany

    BMW iX3 and BMW Wallbox Professional. Image courtesy BMW BMW Group and E.ON are launching what they say will be Germany’s first commercial vehicle-to-grid (V2G) solution for private customers. The new V2G solution enables customers to use bidirectional charging, enabling the high-voltage battery of the BMW iX3 to flexibly supply energy back to the grid…


  • Small Builders, big wins: Practical Artificial Intelligence that speeds up UK Construction Operations

    I still remember the first time we swapped a hammer for a nail gun. The noise dropped, productivity shot up, and nobody wanted to go back. Artificial intelligence feels like that same leap forward, only this time it is the back-office and site coordination that get the power boost. You do not need tier-one budgets…


  • UK smart meter exit and Neoenergia stake: Iberdrola doubles down on regulated assets

    Ignacio Galán, Iberdrola’s executive chairman in his office. Image courtesy Iberdrola Iberdrola has completed its exit from the UK smart meter market, days prior to acquiring an additional 30% stake in Brazil’s Neoenergia; both hailed as strengthening the Group’s investment focus on regulated networks businesses. The Spain-based multinational utility giant has been looking to tap…


  • DTEK energises 200MW battery facility in Ukraine

    DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko at the new storage facility. Image: DTEK. DTEK and Fluence have brought a 200MW battery energy storage facility online in Ukraine, which is connected to the power grid in the Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions. The facility consists of six new battery storage systems, each with a varying capacity ranging from 20…