Process industries


  • Equinor orders remotely controlled well completion systems

    Published:  27 March, 2024 Optime Subsea has announced it has been contracted by Equinor to deliver two Remotely Operated Control Systems (ROCS) for use at the operator’s Irpa field development. The latest award comes only three months after Equinor ordered a ROCS for use at its Rosebank field, west of Shetland, UK. Optime Subsea’s ROCS…


  • Enshore Subsea Welcomes Back World’s Most Powerful Subsea Trencher

    Enshore Subsea has taken delivery of the 170 tonnes, 2200kW, T3200 subsea trencher, which is currently undergoing complete refurbishment at the firm’s Blyth workshop ahead of planned series of projects. The T3200, built in 2009 for Enshore Subsea’s original parent company DeepOcean, was managed and operated by the Enshore Subsea team for major global projects…


  • TWP Hires Ramboll for Offshore Wind Foundations Design

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium involving DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, has awarded Ramboll the contract for pre-FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) of the foundations for its Bowdun project. Ramboll, a global engineering and consultancy company, will take the foundation concepts for TWP’s 1 GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Project to the next stage as the project…


  • CSM Ingredients introduces latest incubator for food concepts and business models 

    CSM Ingredients – a global player in research, innovation and production of food ingredients, part of the ingredient-tech platform together with HIFOOD, Italcanditi Group and Parker Food Group – has launched Generate, its new incubator of innovative food concepts and business models that aims to bring added value to the industry. The new brand will…


  • Made Smarter and tech institutes form alliance to demystify digital adoption

    Made Smarter and leading technology demonstrators have joined forces to demystify digital transformation with a new white paper. ‘Made Smarter technologies: powering the digital transformation of SME manufacturers’ is a practical guide from the government-backed and industry-led technology adoption programme in the North West. The free-to-download document aims to inform and inspire manufacturers exploring existing…


  • Leeds Beckett University joins forces with UK firm to transform aflatoxin screening

    Leeds Beckett University is looking to increase food safety using innovative new technology. Leeds Beckett University experts have partnered with a family-owned Bradford business to revolutionise the screening process for aflatoxin in pistachio nuts, using artificial intelligence. The academic team has established a knowledge transfer partnership, partially funded by the Government through Innovate UK, to…


  • Mettler-Toledo to host a new webinar on flow wrap applications

    Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has announced its upcoming webinar titled “4 Steps to Maximise Product Quality in Horizontal Flow Wrap Applications.” The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday 8th May with sessions at 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM GMT. In this impactful session, attendees will hear from industry experts as they explore the challenges confronting food manufacturers packaging…


  • Picadeli expands presence in the US through partnership with Coborn’s

    Greenfood is continuing its rapid expansion of the Picadeli salad bar brand in the USA. A new agreement with the food conglomerate Coborn’s means that Picadeli’s AI-driven salad bars will be established in several Coborn’s stores in the American Midwest. Greenfood, one of Europe’s major food groups focusing on healthy and sustainable food, has nearly…


  • Crave plants the seeds of future innovation with its nut-free spread

    Crave has announced the exciting arrival of its latest creation: P’Not Butter, a peanut free spread launching into Sainsbury’s and Asda across the UK this April. P’Not Butter is a luscious and crunchy alternative that cleverly emulates peanut butter. However, unlike traditional peanut butter, it is made entirely from sunflower seeds. Why this departure from…


  • Spouted pouch packaging from SIG makes debut in DPA Brasil

    SIG is consolidating a strategic partnership with DPA Brasil, strengthening its operations in the Brazilian market. With brands such as Leite Moça, Nescau Prontinho, Nature’s Heart, Nesquik, and others already part of its customer base in Brazil, SIG took over the production of spouted pouch packaging for the Chamyto brand yogurt line in 2024. Posted:…