Process industries


  • Zucchiolo Vegetable Variety clinches FLIA Award, Mirical Packaging concept emerges victorious in FLIA technology category

    Not one, but two awards were presented at Fruit Logistica for innovations in the fresh produce sector. In addition to the annual Fruit  Logistica Innovation Award (FLIA), which went to Unica Fresh for its Zucchiolo variety, this was the first time a prize was given honouring innovations in machinery and technology. The Dutch company Koppert…


  • UK’s premier plant-based cheese brand unveils enhanced recipe

    Nearly five years after its original launch, one of the UK’s most popular multi-award-winning plant-based cheeses is relaunching with a new recipe. Applewood Vegan, which launched in autumn 2019, will be hitting the shelves in supermarkets around the UK with a few tweaks to its originally hugely successful recipe that will improve the cheese’s texture…


  • Pulsation-free progressing cavity pump features high precision metering and corrosion resistance 

    Netzsch Pumps USA’s the NEMO and PERIPRO pumps have the ability to transfer complex fluids and provide accurate and repeatable metered flows of viscous, shear sensitive, and high solids-laden materials which makes them well suited for lithium battery production.  Netzsch NEMO Progressing Cavity pumps are the best pumping technology solution for the battery manufacturing process…


  • Tetra Pak recognised with ‘A’ score for transparency on forests for the eighth year running

    Tetra Pak has been recognised for leadership in corporate transparency and performance on forests by global environmental non-profit CDP, securing a place on its annual ‘A List’. Based on data reported through CDP’s 2023 Forests questionnaires, Tetra Pak is among the 2% of companies that achieved an ‘A’ score out of over 21,000 companies assessed.…


  • BW Opal FPSO Starts Taking Final Shape Ahead of Barossa Assignment

    FPSO leasing company BW Offshore has made progress on the topside module integration for the newbuild floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit BW Opal, that will be deployed at Santos’ Barossa gas project, offshore Australia. The teams are keeping busy to complete construction of the topside modules in Dyna-Mac and the turret modules in…


  • China Puts First ‘Home-Made’ Subsea Xmas Tree Into Operation

    Feb 9, 2024 © nattapon7 / Adobe Stock China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has put into operation the first domestically developed subsea Xmas tree. CNOOC’s subsea Xmas tree is 3.5 meters long, 3.2 meters wide and 3 meters high, with an overall weight of nearly 22 tons. It is a piece of equipment used…


  • Fairfood partners with Sonoco to package powdered oat drink

    German vegan food brand, Fairfood, has selected Sonoco’s paper end Greencan packaging solution for its powdered oat drink. The company manufactures and distributes Fairtrade, healthy, vegan and nut-based foods and snacks. Its products include: hand-roasted organic nuts; vegan nut bolognese; nut-based vegan organic hot chocolate creams; and organic oat powder drinks. Fairfood’s brand messaging pillars…


  • South Arfon Creameries achieves record-breaking fundraising success

    Dr Peter Henley, Cancer Research Wales’s research development officer with SCC’s flagship Dragon cheese. Posted: 9 February 2024 Share this page South Caernarfon Creameries in Wales has raised £1,000 for Cancer Research Wales in a record-breaking Christmas raffle Committed to community well-being, the farmers’ co-operative is delighted at the amount raised. SCC’s managing director, Alan…


  • London Essence reveals striking new pack design and retail format

    Premium mixer brand, The London Essence Co. is presenting its full brand portfolio refresh created in collaboration with BrandOpus. The rollout of the new packaging across the brand’s full range of tonics and mixers will begin with the launch of a new 250ml slim can format which will appear as single serve cans on shelves…


  • CRP Subsea Secures ‘Sizeable’ Supply Deal for GoM Ultra-Deepwater Oil Field

    Feb 9, 2024 © Julian / Adobe Stock CRP Subsea, an AIS company, has been awarded a ‘sizable’ contract from a major engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) company for ultra-deepwater oilfield development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The contract entails the provision of vortex induced vibration (VIV) suppression strakes and buoyancy modules for…