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  • Lineage unveils a Global Food Chain Innovation Challenge to combat food waste

    Lineage is inviting students and start-ups to develop and pitch ground-breaking solutions aimed at tackling one of the world’s most pressing issues: food waste, particularly postharvest losses. In announcing the launch of the pioneering initiative, the Food Chain Innovation Challenge, the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT, said the challenge will convene bright minds at…


  • Tighter limit on industrial, power and aviation emissions, as UK leads the way to net zero

    New limit on emissions confirmed for power sector, energy intensive industries and aviation, from 2024 emissions cap will be expanded to more UK sectors – domestic maritime transport and waste – driving forward the UK’s position as a world-leader in decarbonisation gradual transition for industries as they take the next step to decarbonise, with changes…


  • Symington’s makes the impossible possible with recyclable Greiner Packaging

    Symington’s Oatburst is the first UK food brand to use Greiner Packaging’s revolutionary self-separating K3 r100 packaging solution. Posted: 3 July 2024 Share this page Symington’s is now the first UK food producer to move its Oatburst instant porridge brand to Greiner’s award-winning K3 r100 self-separating variant. Symington’s has been using Greiner Packaging’s K3 cardboard-plastic…


  • pladis targets indulgent treats with most chocolatey McVitie’s Digestives yet

    pladis has launched a dreamy addition to its bestselling McVitie’s Digestives range: McVitie’s Seriously Chocolatey Digestives. It’s most chocolatey version of Digestives yet, McVitie’s Seriously Chocolatey Digestives have been created to help retailers tuck into an untapped opportunity for more indulgent everyday treats. With three types of chocolate delivering three times the pleasure, this latest…


  • British Gas and Mixergy ‘pay home-owners to switch on’

    Image courtesy British Gas British Gas is working with smart water solutions developer Mixergy on what they are calling a first-of-its-kind energy offer that pays the homeowner to switch on hot water during low peak times. Through the offering, British homeowners will be paid to switch on the hot water cylinder during low peak times,…


  • Zytronic’s Fully-Round Interactive Display Module Offers Unrivalled Design Flexibility

    In an exciting leap forward for Zytronic, the company unveils its latest innovation – a truly round display module that incorporates Zytronic’s best-in-class ZYX500 multitouch projected capacitive (PCAP) technology. The module, which can be mounted onto a wall or integrated into a table, is a powerhouse of functionality that designers can tailor to the modern…


  • PDR REWORK FOCUSED INFRARED HEATING & PLACEMENT TECHNOLOGY

    PDR Heating Technology Utilizing Focused Infrared Achieving maximum yield in rework processes requires adherence to the same principles as with reflow ovens. PDR accomplishes this with a combination of Focused IR and Medium Wave IR: 30-40% from the top and 60-70% from below. PDR’s Focused Infrared technology is the only visible heating solution on the…


  • EVS International to Demonstrate Unprecedented Solder Recovery at the Penang Manufacturing Expo 2024

    EVS International, the leader in solder recovery, is pleased to announce its participation in the Penang Manufacturing Expo 2024, taking place July 24-26, 2024, at the Setia SPICE Convention Centre in Penang. Attendees can visit EVS International at the Qualitek Solution Booth A88, to experience the EVS 500LFCABF with Automated Dross Chute & Fume Extraction.…


  • Renault’s Ampere taps Asian players to build European battery supply chain

    LG Energy Solutions and Ampere signed the supply agreement at Renault’s Paris headquarters in France. Renault Group-owned EV company Ampere has announced an ambitious battery plan to collaborate with suppliers LG Energy Solutions and CATL to set up an EV battery value chain. LG Energy Solutions and CATL will provide the French EV company with…


  • Eugen Froescher from Adaptsys at SMTconnect 2024

    Bob Willis talks to Eugen Froescher from Adaptsys at SMTconnect in Nuremberg, Germany. [embedded content] WNIE TV is kindly sponsored by Koh Young Technology, ART, Kyzen, EVS International, Scienscope, Adaptsys, Viscom and ASYS Group.