In an attempt to play its part in reducing injuries within the food industry, the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has launched a unique online benchmark platform where members can submit and instantly access accident [read more…]
Strikes due to begin tomorrow (Wednesday 23rd June) at cereal maker Weetabix have been suspended following talks between Unite the union and management at the company. Engineers employed by Weetabix and who are members of [read more…]
Engineers employed by Weetabix at its factories in Northamptonshire will begin strike action later this month in a dispute over the company’s plans to fire and rehire them resulting in a huge cut in pay. [read more…]
Union Industries, the UK’s leading manufacturer of high-speed industrial doors, has completed the supply and installation of six of its rapid-roller doors at Premier Foods’ Carlton bakery in Barnsley. This is the second time that [read more…]
Clearly Drinks has begun production on a new canning facility and one of the first products off the line will be Northumbria Spring, pure British spring water, launching in a brand new 330ml can format. [read more…]
A turnkey optical onion sorting line featuring a collaboration between UK vegetable handling equipment manufacturer Tong Engineering, and French machinery manufacturer MAF Agrobotic, has enabled leading UK vegetable producer Elveden Farms Ltd to minimise labour [read more…]
Whether you’re investing £500,000 or £5m in a packing automation project, the processes, principles and potential pitfalls are the same. Here, David Jahn, Director at robotic packing systems designer Brillopak, shares his top tips for [read more…]
Analysis from SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, has shown 200m fewer pints of craft beer were brewed in 2020 compared to 2019. This figure represents ten years of lost growth in the sector, with [read more…]
With a decision about a possible Brexit deal going right down to the wire, a specialist food provider is offering continued access to its production technologies, regardless of the result of EU-UK trade negotiations. European [read more…]
As part of a drive to improve efficiency and reduce production costs through technology, Payne’s Dairies has installed six Rotech Integra thermal inkjet printers (TIJ) onto their milk labelling lines, resulting in significant cost savings [read more…]
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