News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Lotus Bakeries is boosting capacity and installing new lines in its biscuit and cake facilities in Belgium, a €27m scale up in production that it said is to meet the hike in demand for its caramelized biscuit brand following successful entry into Swedish...
Improved accuracy, increased throughput speeds and the ability to operate over a wider weighing range are benefits claimed by Mettler Toledo Garvens for two new electro magnetic force restoration (EMFR) weighcells.
SPECIAL EDITION - ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION
Take up of robotic technology in the food sector is set to steadily increase as processors are forced to seek further efficiency gains and demand could challenge that of the automotive industry within a decade, said the head of a leading trade body.
A WRAP investigation suggests that there are viable removable colour decoration techniques available that could encourage recycling of rigid plastic packaging.