Process industries


  • Antalis rejuvenates its Raflatac labelling portfolio

    Left: Raflatac Kraft brown; right: Raflatac classic laser. Image: Antalis Posted: 25 January 2024 Share this page Antalis has refreshed and extended its Raflatac digital label portfolio, which is exclusively available from Antalis in the UK and Ireland, adding four new, dry toner approved products to its range. Items within the range now boast the…


  • Key Technology unveils advanced optical sorters for protein processing

    Key Technology has introduced optical sorters for processed protein products, such as frozen chicken nuggets, chicken tenders, fish sticks, plant-based meat alternatives and more. Automatically removing product defects and foreign material (FM), Key said its optical sorters, including Compass and Veryx, help optimise product quality while improving yield and reducing labour. “Processors of protein products…


  • Key Technology unveils advanced optical sorters to enhance efficiency in protein processing

    Key Technology has introduced optical sorters for processed protein products, such as frozen chicken nuggets, chicken tenders, fish sticks, plant-based meat alternatives and more. Automatically removing product defects and foreign material (FM), Key said its optical sorters, including Compass and Veryx, help optimise product quality while improving yield and reducing labour. “Processors of protein products…


  • The ‘remote’ route to zero machine downtime

    The burden of unplanned downtime is becoming more costly for manufacturers than ever before. Therefore, it has become important for businesses to identify ways to keep downtime to a minimum, without resorting to costly maintenance measures. The solution lies in an ecosystem emphasising real-time remote support for production machinery to achieve zero downtime, as Kate…


  • Space-saving emergency stop switches

    IDEC Corporation has expanded their line of emergency stop (E-stop) switches with new XA/XW series short body models. These industrial-grade and outdoor-rated models are designed in the space-saving size essential for robotic and industrial equipment applications, with innovative features to meet the increased requirements of international safety standards. While E-stop switches have been a fundamental…


  • Award Winning Miso Cooking Sauce & Tahini Dressing launch into M&S

    Nojō London (a Great Taste Award winning, B Corp certified start-up sauce brand, headed up by Simona Deifta is launching its White Miso Cooking Sauce and Tahini Sauce to Marks & Spencer stores nationwide (priced at £3.50 per 200ml bottle). With a fresh new rebrand and in time for Veganuary Nojō London is looking to…


  • Zentis and Bitburger Brewery Group streamline process for plant-based milk alternatives

    Joint managing directors – Felix Weber (Zentis) and Volker Keßler (Bitburger Brewery Group). Posted: 24 January 2024 Share this page Food and drinks manufacturers will now enjoy a faster route to market in the manufacture of products that contain plant-based milk alternatives. Fruit experts Zentis Group are teaming up with Bitburger Brewery Group to launch the new…


  • StePacPPC’s sustainable packaging enhances the shelf life of exotic mushrooms

    StePacPPC has customised its award-winning modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) films to preserve fresh whole and sliced white mushrooms, and whole exotic mushrooms, such as oyster, lion’s mane, shiitake, portabella and more. The fresh produce packaging company’s lean MAP system slows deterioration and dramatically reduces waste of this highly perishable item. The appetite for mushrooms has…


  • Aibel-Built Modules for Bacalhau FPSO Set Sail for Singapore

    Jan 24, 2024 Modules for Bacalhau FPSO (Credit: Aibel) The topside modules for the giant Bacalhau floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit have started the journey to Singapore where they will be integrated with the hull before heading for an assignment to Equinor-operated oil project offshore Brazil. The 22,000 tons of newly constructed modules,…


  • Agricrafters uses DP World’s smart shipping to deliver fresh blueberries

    Blueberries all the way from Romania are now hitting supermarkets across the Middle East, thanks to a new partnership between DP World and a young game-loving fruit producer, Agricrafters. Romanian fruit producers have traditionally been limited to selling domestically and to their neighbours, hampered by the lack of specialised equipment and infrastructure required to ship…