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  • Hydrosol creates specialised functional solutions to produce quality meat and sausage

    Hydrosol is supporting the meat industry to produce high-quality meat and sausage products at affordable prices by developing special functional systems. With cost and value for money continuing to be important criteria for consumers when buying food and beverages, a survey conducted by Innova Market Insights shows rising production costs and the fluctuating availability of…


  • Franklin & Sons introduces soft drinks in an all-new format

    Independent soft drink and mixer brand, Franklin & Sons, has announced an expansion of its soft drinks range, with the introduction of a sleek 250ml recycled aluminium can format, initially launching in three of its best-selling flavour SKUs. The carbonated soft drinks will be available to on/off trade and export markets from the 16th August,…


  • PepsiCo invests £13m in Coventry’s Doritos factory to boost production and reduce emissions

    PepsiCo has unveiled a £13m investment in its Coventry factory that is known as ‘the home of Doritos’ and is now Europe’s largest tortilla chip production facility. The site, which has been producing Doritos since the brand’s UK introduction three decades ago, will benefit from an upgrade involving the replacement of an existing manufacturing line…


  • Advanex Europe upgrade component cleaning capabilities with MecWash MWX400

    Advanex Europe has reported its latest leap forward in component cleanliness after its purchase of a MecWash MWX400. Advanex has bought three parts washing systems since initially speaking to the MecWash team at the MACH exhibition in 2012. The upgrades have been required to meet capacity increases and strict requirements of its customers. “Each of…


  • Stronger consumer safeguards proposed for Australia’s smart meter rollout

    Image courtesy 123rf Additional consumer protections are considered necessary for Australia’s national electricity market’s accelerated smart meter rollout to go ahead. The proposed two additional protections come in the wake of an earlier consultation and are focussed primarily on the potential impact of retail tariff variations and particularly the possibility of unexpected bill increases following…


  • Dutch DSO Enexis taps five new cable suppliers with €2.3bn tender

    Image courtesy Enexis Enexis Netbeheer is scaling up from three to eight cable suppliers after a tender worth €2.3 billion ($2.5 billion) to reinforce and expand the power grid. Over the next 12 years, Enexis intends to lay more than 76,000km of thick power cables in the ground to expand the electricity network in the…


  • Seika Machinery to Showcase Advanced SMT Solutions at SMTA Guadalajara


     Seika Machinery, Inc., a leading provider of advanced machinery, materials and engineering services, is excited to announce its participation in SMTA Guadalajara 2024. The event is scheduled to take place Sept. 11-12, 2024 at Expo Guadalajara Salón Jalisco. Seika Machinery will be showcasing a range of advanced equipment at Booth 106 including the Sayaka CT23S…


  • Q Source Announces Vision Engineering Mantis Trade-In Program

    Q Source is pleased to announce the Vision Engineering Mantis Trade-In Program, offering customers an exclusive opportunity to upgrade their optical inspection microscopes. As Vision Engineering phases out the Classic Mantis range (Compact, Elite, Elite HD) on July 31st, 2024, this program allows users to trade in their original or classic Mantis systems for a…


  • KYZEN to Focus on AQUANOX A4618 and Process Control at SMTA Ohio Valley Expo and Tech Forum

    KYZEN, the global leader in innovative environmentally friendly cleaning chemistries, will exhibit at the SMTA Ohio Valley Expo & Tech Forum on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Cleveland-Rockside in Independence, OH. KYZEN will showcase flux cleaner AQUANOX A4618 and the KYZEN Process Control System (PCS) during the event.    Real-time…


  • Microchip Technology Adds ECC20x and SHA10x Families of Secure Authentication ICs to TrustFLEX Platform 


    Secure key provisioning is vital to protect sensitive keys against third-party tampering and malicious attacks. For securing consumer, industrial, data center and medical applications, secure key storage is essential but the process to develop and document secure key provisioning can be complex and costly. To lower the barrier of entry into secure key provisioning and…