Dispatches from Emballage 2014, Paris
ABB promises food-grade variants of robots
ABB has said food-grade and ISO 4 versions of its latest family of robots will be available next year.
Archives for December 5, 2014
Nairns Oatcakes installs second Loma system
Nairns Oatcakes has installed a second combined checkweigher and metal detector from Loma Systems.
Glebe Farm Foods eyes Europe for gluten-free oat expansion
Gluten-free oat specialist Glebe Farm Foods is investing £5-10m ($8-15m) in a second oat mill to keep up with UK demand and assist expansion into European markets.
ConAgra Foods celebrates $150m potato processing plant upgrade
Lamb Weston/Meijer, a joint venture between US-based ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston and Netherlands-based Meijer Frozen Food, has invested $150m to upgrade its potato processing plant in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands.
Changes position converter for growth
FILMtech boosts metallizing capacity, opens shipping/receiving center
Packaging manufacturer FILMtech is poised for growth now that it has installed its fourth metallizing machine and completed an 18,000-sq-ft warehouse and shipping center.
Commodity reports: DEFRA
DEFRA: We’ll see a gradual switch back to UK wheat
UK wheat production had a strong year that should spark a gradual shift back to local sourcing, says the Department for Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) as it published its latest cereal usage statistics.
EU deal would allow member states to ban GM crops
The European Parliament and member states have agreed rules to allow member states to ban or restrict the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops, even when they are approved at EU level.