Process industries
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Univar Solutions has made a significant investment in European food product development, announcing the opening of its Foodology by Univar Solutions kitchen at its Solution Center in Essen, Germany. The new food kitchen will prioritize product innovation and growth, offering culinary novel solutions for customers and suppliers in Europe. The new Essen kitchen is engineered…
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Damavand, a key player in the Greek tomato processing industry, has reinforced its 25-year partnership with SIG by installing the advanced SIG Compact 12 Aseptic Food filling machine at its Filia, Karditsa facility. This strategic investment secures the firm’s operational agility and product diversification to meet evolving European industry demands. The primary driver for this…
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Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI) has introduced “Easy Bite,” a new formulation concept demonstrating advanced capabilities in protein bar manufacturing to improve nutritional metrics and overcome critical textural challenges common to high-protein matrixes. The concept utilises a customised whey protein solution, Lacprodan EasyBar, to deliver a high-protein, clean-label snack while achieving unprecedented shelf-life stability without the…
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Whitakers Chocolates, one of the UK’s longest-established chocolatiers, has announced a major strategic investment with the commissioning and opening of a dedicated nut processing facility at its Snaygill site in Skipton, Yorkshire, UK. This development is seen as a pivotal milestone in the company’s 135-year history, fundamentally expanding its production capabilities while safeguarding its core…
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Cold Chain Technologies proves ocean freight can protect pharmaceutical cargo. Its Enshield PCM thermal blanket kept shipments within 2–8 °C on a 70-day Germany-to-Australia voyage — despite major delays and power outages.
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Whether it’s helping doctors predict health outcomes, powering connected cars or optimising factory floors, AI is transforming the way industries work. But it can only deliver reliable, timely and secure insights if its processing location is matched to the right hardware. Here, Ross Turnbull explores how the choice of processing location and purpose-built hardware determines…
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Wastewater pumps can face some challenging environments and they are not always protected by screens and coarse filters. In these circumstances, which are often found in network pumping stations, pump design is crucial to avoid blockages. For one operator in Germany, part of a wastewater treatment plant was beset by blockages that needed to be…
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BCMPA launches a Dragon’s Den-style challenge for start-ups. The competition, Pitch the Co-Packers, will see innovators present scalable product ideas to leading manufacturing and fulfilment experts — with the winners receiving cash funding and specialist consultancy support to help take their product to market.
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Published: 15 October, 2025 Renewable power generation soared to a record third quarter high during the three months to the end of September. That’s the headline view expressed by experts in a new report on Britain’s power generation market by Montel Analytics. In Q3 this year, Britain’s renewable output (including biomass) rose to 31.9 TWh,…
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Published: 15 October, 2025 In seven months time the 25th anniversary edition of All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference, will open. Being held by RX at Glasgow’s Scottish Events Campus (SEC) on 13 and 14 May 2026, it is already on track to be the biggest edition ever. Bookings…
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