Process industries


  • Diageo showcases five flavour trends to influence socialising across the summer season

    Umami, Spicy, Tropical, Treating and Bloom Harvest are five flavour trends generated by Diageo’s ‘Flavour Forecast’, which has been created in collaboration with Ai Palette. According to the AI and machine learning tool that identifies emerging trends across food and beverage by tracking global conversations across online and social media platforms, Diageo’s ‘Flavour Forecast’ predicts…


  • Minimise waste and maximise efficiency with Tetra Pak’s industrial protein mixer

    Tetra Pak’s Industrial Protein Mixer is designed to help food and beverage manufacturers produce high-quality protein beverages quickly and efficiently. Not only does the protein mixer make production more streamlined, but it also helps companies meet growing consumer demands for protein-rich products. Traditional methods of mixing in liquid food production often encounter problems with air…


  • Fast-growing Flipz brand now includes a limited-edition cinnamon bun flavour

    Tapping into the UK’s soaring appetite for cinnamon treats (+59.5% since 2016 & showing no signs of stopping), Flipz Cinnamon Bun Flavour marks the brand’s next step in recruiting shoppers seeking the hottest trending flavours to its growing fanbase. It’ll be available in a 90g sharing pouch (RRP: £1.65) and a tailored 80g PMP (RRP:…


  • Over 11 tonnes of potential ocean-bound waste is picked up by Thai Union volunteers

    More than 470 Thai Union Group employees from Thailand, the US, Africa, and Europe united for World Oceans Day to collect trash in their local communities, advancing the Company’s commitment to divert 1,500 tonnes of ocean-bound plastic from entering waterways and oceans by 2030. The Thai Union teams collected a total of 11,036 kilograms of…


  • Powerful, energy efficient and easy to clean vacuum pump ideal for processing

    Vacuum specialist Leybold has added a new model to its Clawvac dry claw vacuum pump series – the Clawvac CP B. The rough vacuum pump designed for food processing, materials handling and environmental industries, is robust, durable and reliable. The Clawvac B’s product features allow for precise and trouble-free operation even under harsh conditions and…


  • Baker Hughes Gets Multi-Year P&A Contract from Petrobras for Fields Off Brazil

    Jun 10, 2024 © kittikunfoto / Adobe Stock U.S. oilfield services giant Baker Hughes has secured a contract from Brazil state-owned oil and gas major Petrobras for workover and plug and abandonment (P&A) services in pre-salt and post-salt fields offshore Brazil. The multi-year project, set to start in the first half of 2025, will be…


  • Look out for the premiere of UKIVAs Vision Integrator Standard at the Machine Vision Conference

    The countdown is on for the eagerly anticipated Machine Vision Conference which opens the doors at the Coventry’s CBS Arena on 18 June 2024. The two-day event is expected to attract over a thousand of visitors from a range of businesses across the UK and further afield. The UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA), MVC organisers,…


  • Perfectly Clear unveils its latest line of drinks designed for kids

    Perfectly Clear has announced the launch of Dino Water – a new range of sugar-free children’s drinks to encourage little ones to get more vitamins into their diet. Dino Water comes in two SKUs, ‘Orange & Mango’ and ‘Blackcurrant’, and as well as having ‘no nasties’ and being sugar-free, the new children’s drink includes multi-vitamins…


  • Wood Completes Preliminary Engineering for Aramco’s Giant CCS Hub in Saudi Arabia

    Jun 10, 2024 © Parradee / Adobe Stock Wood has completed the front-end engineering and design (FEED) scope for the first phase of Aramco’s Accelerated Carbon Capture and Sequestration (ACCS) project in Saudi Arabia, expected to be the world’s largest carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) hub, upon completion. With an ambition to further reduce carbon…


  • Micro moulding micro optics

    Paul Runyan looks at the use of micro moulding in the creation of micro optical devices. This opens up the ability to make innovative optical devices in a speedy and economic way Micro-optics encompasses components like tiny lenses, beam-splitters, prisms, light-pipes, and other optical parts ranging from 20microns to 1mm in size, or larger optical…