Process industries


  • IFF’s Sustainability Brewing Calculator helps reduce brewers’ environmental impact

    IFF’s new online tool reveals how adjustments to raw material inputs can lead to substantial savings in water, energy, CO2 emissions, and land use. The Sustainability Brewing Calculator simplifies sustainable decision-making for brewers to help them succeed in their markets, and do so responsibly, said Todd Krieger, sustainable solutions director at IFF. This launch is part…


  • ABS and FibreMax Team Up for Floating Wind Mooring Tech

    American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Dutch company FibreMax have signed an agreement to collaborate on stiffness-driven mooring tendons for the floating offshore wind market. The collaboration, which is principally focused on floating offshore wind assets, will see ABS provide qualification of FibreMax’ s fiber and small rope testing. ABS will evaluate test methods for…


  • SLB OneSubsea to Design All-Electric Subsea System for Equinor’s Fram Sør Field

    Oilfield services company SLB has, through its joint venture OneSubsea, secured a contract from Equinor for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of a 12-well, all-electric subsea production systems project in the Fram Sør field, offshore Norway. The project could help fast-track wide-scale global adoption of electric subsea technology, setting new standards for increased operator control,…


  • Busch Vacuum Solutions expands Otto Digital Services for early problem detection

    Busch Vacuum Solutions has expanded its range of OttoDigital Services to include vacuum systems. Otto for systems enables the simultaneous monitoring of multiple vacuum generators in a vacuum system and the supervision of the production process to ensure that it runs reliably and with the correct vacuum levels. This level of monitoring effectively minimises the…


  • Nomad Foods joins Move to -15°C industry-wide coalition

    Nomad Foods is the first food manufacturer to sign up to Move to -15oC, an industry coalition launched at COP28 and dedicated to cutting carbon emissions in the frozen food supply chain. Recognising that a shift in frozen storage temperatures requires industry-wide collaboration, Nomad Foods’ chief executive officer Stéfan Descheemaeker is now calling on other…


  • Palsgaard and Aarhus University invite manufacturers to collaborate on next-generation egg replacements

    Palsgaard is working to develop more cost-effective and sustainable alternatives to eggs for products such as sponge cakes (Photo: Palsgaard A/S) Posted: 27 June 2024 Related core topics: Ingredients Related topics: baked goods, Carbon footprint, desserts, dressings, egg powders, egg replacers, eggs, emulsifier, plant-based, ready-meals, stabiliser Related organisations: Aarhus University, Nexus, Palsgaard Related people: Claus…


  • Royal Haskoning acquires engineering firm

    From left: René Dahmen, Tijmen Bloom and Sabine Bink (Royal HaskoningDHV), René de Roos (Uticon), Brian Jagt and Erik Oostwegel (Royal HaskoningDHV) and Carl-Gerrit Deilmann (Deilmann Group). Posted: 27 June 2024 Share this page Royal HaskoningDHV has acquired the Dutch-Belgian company Uticon, an engineering firm focused on the food industry. The independent consulting engineering company…


  • Longitude to Assess Condition of Warda Platform Offshore Egypt

    Jun 27, 2024 © xmentoys / Adobe Stock Engineering consultancy Longitude Engineering, a branch of Oslo-listed ABL Group, has been appointed by Egypt’s PETROSAFE to deliver a Fitness for Future Service assessment on the Warda platform offshore Egypt. The Warda platform is a four-leg jacket supporting wellhead and production facilities within the Al-Zaafarana oilfield in…


  • pladis spots golden opportunity for growth with co-branded McVitie’s Digestives

    pladis is gearing up to launch the first co-branded addition to its bestselling McVitie’s Digestives range: McVitie’s Gold Digestives. Leveraging three decades worth of love for its classic McVitie’s Gold Bars, McVitie’s Gold Digestives feature the classic golden-baked biscuit topped with the much-love taste of golden caramel that’s synonymous with the brand. Created in response…


  • Fedima members put forward standards for responsibly sourced ingredients

    Fedima, the Federation of European Manufacturers and Suppliers of Ingredients to the bakery, confectionary and patisserie industries, published its Code of Conduct for Responsible Sourcing in the bakery ingredients industry, renewing its commitment to creating a favourable policy environment, while ensuring a sustainable and innovative baked goods sector. Fedima’s industry-wide Code of Conduct for Responsible Sourcing is aimed…