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The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) will hold its annual Health & Safety and Technical Conferences on Tuesday 13th May 2025, at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The one-day event will bring together technical and health & safety professionals from across the food industry to examine a wide range of regulatory, operational and…
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For sustainable food packaging, Metpack, Istanbul, now offers paper and board which is certified home-compostable and coated with BASF’s ecovio® 70 PS14H6. Photo: BASF SE Posted: 9 May 2025 Share this page Metpack now provides coated paper and paperboard that is DIN EN 13432 certified home-compostable for environmentally friendly food packaging. Metpack’s paper Ezycompost benefits…
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Image courtesy 123rf Energy utility Vattenfall and energy flexibility provider terralayr have signed a 7-year, 55MW multi-asset capacity tolling deal — what they call an industry-first virtual battery tolling structure. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a decentralised fleet of battery storage systems under a deal they say marks the first…
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Green data centre. Image courtesy LCP Delta VOLT, a discovery-phase project led by Northern Powergrid, LCP Delta and Newcastle University, has received funding from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) to help industrial and commercial sites in the North East cut carbon emissions, boost energy resilience, and increase flexibility. VOLT (Vector-Optimised Microgrid Operations for Industrial Low-carbon…
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This week’s parliamentary session with Baroness Hayman, regarding the industry’s questions in relation to the proposed introduction of plant health border checks for fresh produce and plants was incredibly disappointing, according to Mike Parr, CEO PML Seafrigo, UK & Ireland. In an impassioned comment piece which follows, Parr said the move represented yet another painful…
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Image courtesy 123rf US-based energy storage company Fluence Energy has announced a pause to projects in its home country due to economic uncertainty caused by Donald Trump’s tariff policy. Fluence Energy, owned by Siemens AG and AES Corporation, announced the decision with its Q2 results for 2025, citing a temporary deceleration in its US customer…
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Cooperation agreement (form left to right): Dino Chece (VP Slicing Business Unit Provisur), Christian Traumann (CEO MULTIVAC), Brian Perkins (President Provisur), Dr. Tobias Richter (CSO MULTIVAC) Posted: 9 May 2025 Share this page A cooperation agreement has been struck at IFFA between Provisur and the Multivac Group to provide integrated slicing lines for raw gammon…
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Kelli Heinz, VP of marketing & industry affairs at Bell Flavors & Fragrances, has been appointed as 2025-2026 Flavor Extract Manufacturers Association president. Kelli brings nearly 20 years of extensive experience in the flavour and fragrance industry, having been an esteemed member of FEMA since her early days at Bell Flavors & Fragrances. She chaired…
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Grace Foods UK is celebrating the 50th birthday of its iconic hot sauce brand, Encona, with the launch of limited-edition anniversary branding that will be rolled out across its whole range. The branding will pay homage to the legendary hot sauce brand with limited-edition 50th anniversary emblemed signature packaging and will be available to buy…
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Electronics suppliers supporting the rapidly growing e-mobility sector are facing a dramatic escalation in environmental and social governance (ESG) compliance expectations. A new white paper from IPC’s e-Mobility Quality and Reliability Advisory Group provides a comprehensive overview of the evolving regulatory landscape and outlines the data infrastructure needed to stay ahead. Titled Navigating E-Mobility Sustainability:…
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