Process industries
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Published: 09 July, 2025 Fugro has announced a partnership with DTACT, a high-tech software company, and Ubotica, a leader in AI-powered satellite intelligence, to develop a unique data fusion and intelligence platform. This solution is designed to provide government organisations with the information needed to strengthen national security and safeguard critical underwater infrastructure. Underwater pipelines,…
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Published: 09 July, 2025 Draeger Marine & Offshore (DMO), a global leader in the field of safety technology, has announced it supplied equipment to support the UK’s first carbon dioxide (CO2) injection test for carbon capture and storage (CCS). Perenco recently announced the completion of the tests at the depleted Leman natural gas reservoir in…
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Global collagen casings manufacturer Devro has embarked on a £2.9 million capital investment project to reduce carbon emissions and increase productivity at its Scottish site in Moodiesburn, North Lanarkshire. Installation of heat pump technology at the facility will help the company meet its ambition of achieving net zero by 2045, improve efficiency per employee and…
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It may sound like science fiction, but thanks to pladis, you may soon see more popcorn produced from waterlilies, legumes that imitate the effects of weight reduction medications, and enzymes that convert sugar into fibre in our bodies. The snacking behemoth with its headquarters in London has announced 12 start-ups selected for its 2025 Accelerator…
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In an effort to reduce chronic diseases and raise vital public funds, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling on nations to implement health taxes that would increase the real prices of alcohol, tobacco, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by 2035. The “3 by 35” Initiative comes at a time when, according to…
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Alpro has introduced a new Alpro Kids product line to provide kids with scrumptious and nourishing plant-based options in response to parents’ worries about healthy eating The plant-based company said the new range includes an oat-based drink available in chocolate flavour, a strawberry-flavoured soya drink, and soya-based alternatives to yogurt available in vanilla and strawberry flavours.…
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Image: AdobeStock_267051858 Posted: 7 July 2025 Share this page The new guidance, which has been developed through extensive engagement and consultation with industry, aims to support food businesses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to be compliant with mechanically separated meat (MSM) regulations, in line with the outcome of Supreme Court and High Court rulings.…
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Jérémy Rouxel and Marion Derycke, founder of the HIC Cider House © Gwen Tilly Posted: 7 July 2025 Share this page HIC Cider House has spent €150,000 to upgrade and enlarge its manufacturing facilities. New machinery, increased processing power with new equipment (tanks, bottling line and isobarometric pasteurisers), better processing capacity, improvement of logistics and…
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KHS is using artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the issues of the variety of closure alternatives and the increased demands on inspection technologies since tethered caps have been required for all single-use PET bottles in the EU since July 2024. The solutions supplier has added AI-based fault identification to its well-proven Innocheck TSI closing inspection…
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IBM Research and Nestlé R&D are collaborating to create a generative AI tool that can recognise new high-barrier packaging materials. Nestlé and IBM scientists leveraged AI-based processing techniques to construct a knowledge base of known materials from public and proprietary documents. The team fine-tuned a fit-for-purpose chemical language model on this curated corpus, enabling it…
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