Process industries


  • Nichols reveals a series of launches, brand refreshes and a campaign-first

    Nichols is revealing a series of exciting launches, brand refreshes and a campaign-first this spring. The international soft drinks business and home of the iconic Vimto, is celebrating a bumper year of innovation and newness across brands and all channels with Levi Roots Soft Drinks, Slush Puppie Fizzie and Vimto. Part of Nichols’ long-term strategy…


  • Government’s new import charges will cripple UK fresh produce industry, says association CEO

    The UK government’s implementation of new common user charges (CUCs) threaten to cripple small and medium-sized enterprises in the fresh produce and plant sectors. In a move branded by Nigel Jenney, chief executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), as a “thinly veiled tax on the industry,” the charges, introduced as part of post-Brexit border controls,…


  • Tripartite agreement helps HyFun Foods build potato flake line

    A tripartite agreement has been signed between Kiremko, HyFun Foods and Rabobank Netherlands to build a potato flake line for HyFun Foods in Mehsana, Gujarat, India. Haresh Karamchandani, managing director of Asandas and Sons Pvt, who owns the HyFun Foods brand, Paul Oosterlaken, managing director of Kiremko as supplier of potato processing technology, along with…


  • BFFF Health and Safety Conference pledges to inspire and enhance skillsets

    A stellar line-up of specialists will gather for the British Frozen Food Federation’s annual Health and Safety conference at the British Motor Museum on 25 April. Health and Safety professionals working in food production, wholesale, cold chain logistics and retail businesses are invited to Warwick to discuss pertinent industry issues and topics, review legislation changes…


  • Grupo Gallo and Barcelona Food Institute alliance breathes life into food by-products

    Grupo Gallo and the Barcelona Food Institute (IAB) have joined forces to give a second life to by-products derived from the production of Grupo Gallo’s pasta and natural broths Grupo Gallo has proposed to second-year students of the Higher Level Training Cycle of Processes and Quality in the Food Industry of the IAB an R+D…


  • Scana’s Seasystems Picks Up Multi-Million-Dollar FPSO Contract in Gulf of Mexico

    Apr 4, 2024 Igor Kardasov © Adobe Stock Scana-owned Seasystems has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a turret structural connector system for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the Gulf of Mexico. The ‘sizeable contract’, worth between $1.8 million to $4.6 million (NOK 20 million to NOK 50 million),…


  • Oddlygood plant-based products launch into Asda

    Oddlygood – a Finnish plant-based brand – is making its UK major multiples oat drink debut with a new Asda listing. The move is being supported by a seven-figure investment and led by a new global campaign “An Ode to Oddness” –to reignite the plant-based drinks category with fresh thinking. The new products include two…


  • Bekaert Joins Tailwind Floating Wind Moorings Innovation Project

    Belgium-based offshore mooring systems specialist Bekaert has joined the Tailwind project, which aims to develop advanced mooring solutions for floating wind industry. The Tailwind project, launched in January 2024, will aim to deliver advanced station-keeping technologies, designed to maintain the position of floating offshore wind energy farms through innovative mooring lines and anchoring systems. The…


  • Retractable submerged pumps

    Vanzetti Engineering presents the new ESK-IMO series of retractable submerged pumps, which are used in Small-Scale LNG Terminals and as Emergency pumps or Cargo/Stripping pumps in the marine sector. The ESK-IMO pumps offer the advantage of easy maintenance without the need for tank draining and reclamation Vanzetti Engineering is expanding its product portfolio by introducing…


  • Walkers introduces paper multibag packaging for Snack A Jacks

    Walkers has announced the rollout of new, paper outer bags for all Snack A Jacks multipacks. The new, paper outer bag is set to reduce the use of virgin plastic by 65 tonnes per year. It can be recycled with other paper packaging in home recycling bins and reduces greenhouse gas emissions of the individual…