Sustainability
SICK – driving industry forward At PPMA
Discovering how smart sensor technologies help to deliver manufacturing flexibility and predictive maintenance in Industry 4.0-enabled manufacturing and logistics environments will be the focus for SICK UK’s stand at the PPMA Show.
Round Up: Packaging
Here is your weekly round-up of packaging news. Next week’s round-up will focus on processing news.
London Cure Smoked Salmon joins list of European Protected Foods
London’s first PGI protected product will be H. Forman & Son’s London Cure Smoked Salmon.
Greenway Farms selects IPI’s SuperSlim carton pack for its Rugani carrot juice
Greenway Farms is the South African leading carrot farmer, delivering more than 200 tonnes of Rugani brand carrots a day.
GNT announces new laboratory facilities in the Netherlands
The GNT Group has announced the opening of its new laboratory facilities in Mierlo, the Netherlands.
Coca-Cola reveals new sustainable packaging strategy for Great Britain
Coca-Cola European Partners has unveiled its new GB sustainable packaging strategy – setting out an ambition for its GB business unit to work with local and national partners to recover all of its packaging so that more is recycled and none ends up as litter.
ReFood opens London AD facility
An anaerobic digestion (AD) facility has opened in Dagenham, London, UK.
The big issues
I have attended two events in the last week, the combined themes of which represent three of the major focuses for the food and drink industry at present: waste, obesity and Brexit.
Schubert once again achieves increased turnover and global expansion
Schubert achieved positive year-end results in 2016: Gerhard Schubert GmbH increased its turnover by 7.5% year-on-year to 187.2 million euros.
Horiba launches in-line pH monitor
Horiba, an original equipment manufacturer of instruments and measurement systems, has launched the UP-100, a pH monitor.
Gluten-free development
Research suggests that the popular demand for gluten-free is set to increase further.
PlasticsEurope announces recycling solutions initiative for polystyrene
PlasticsEurope has launched an initiative to promote recycling solutions for polystyrene, in a push to support the European Union’s circular economy plan.
MeetingPack2017 presents latest innovations in food packaging
Highlights of MeetingPack2017 included packaging natural and healthy products with sensory quality, food waste reduction and respect for the environment.
Coca-Cola European Partners celebrates fifth anniversary of UK recycling initiative
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has marked five years since investing in an initiative to transform plastics recycling in Great Britain.