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PROCESSING: Weekly round-up

Here is your weekly round-up of processing news. If you have a news item you would like to submit for next week’s round-up, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com. Festo has developed a new pneumatic conveyor concept – the WaveHandler – for the transportation and simultaneous sorting of delicate objects. UK-based Moo Free Limited, a […]

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UK brewery launches energy centre

A new energy centre has opened at Molson Coors’ brewery in Burton, UK as part of a five-year capital investment plan to modernise its brewing infrastructure and technology. Molson Coors says the new energy centre will support the business’ global ambition to cut energy consumption by 25% and 15% of its greenhouse gas emissions by […]

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New lightweight bottles for Thatchers

Thatchers Vintage 2013 is the first of the brand’s packaged ciders to feature new lighter weight glass bottles. The new style 500ml bottle, now embossed with the Thatchers name across the shoulder and featuring a slimmer neck, represents an 18% saving in weight. The bottle has been designed and produced by Ardagh Group. When Thatchers […]

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The food industry as a ‘live system’

Lesley Hemson, food sector manager at Kiwa PAI. Kiwa PAI is the UKAS-accredited specialist in food, feed and farm certification, notes the key issues that she sees in food certification.

New head of brewing services at Campden BRI

Leading food and drink research company Campden BRI has appointed Chris Smart to lead its Brewing Services department. Chris will be responsible for driving the development of Campden BRI services in operational support for the alcoholic beverages industry. In his new position, Chris will manage the sensory, microbiology, environmental and new product development teams at […]

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Krones targets alternative filtering aid

The search for alternatives to diatomite for pre-coating filtration has long been a significant concern for the brewing industry. German company Krones has taken this concern on board together with a development partner. A specialty viscose fibre could emerge as an alternative filtering aid. Krones is addressing this issue. Pre-coating filtration with diatomite has acquired […]

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‘I am not rich enough to buy cheap product’!

Ike Topselvi, hygienic products manager at Dixon Group Europe – a manufacturer and supplier of hose and coupling products to the food and drink industry – talks economic challenges and why he’s not a dreamer

Corn Products to become Ingredion

Corn Products International shareholders have voted to change the company’s name to Ingredion to ‘better showcase its role as a global ingredients solutions company serving the food, beverage and brewing industries and numerous other industries worldwide’. Business units in the United States will move to register the name legally and begin doing business as Ingredion […]

Kalsec capitalises on China brewing industry

Capitalising on the rapidly expanding brewing industry in China, Kalsec has announced an expansion plan for its hop product offerings in the country. The multi-million pound investment will focus on expanding Kalsec applications and sales efforts in the world’s largest beer producing nation. “After a comprehensive evaluation of the China brewing industry, we determined that it was […]

Big plans for Rhymney Brewery

After seven years of brewing in Merthyr Tydfil, family-run Rhymney Brewery has announced plans to relocate to Blaenavon, where it will to open a new 15,000sq ft purpose-built brewery and visitor centre – the first of its kind in Wales. The new brewery, which is expected to open in October, will be twice the size […]

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Innovation in brewing ‘no one thought possible’

A collaboration by the world’s oldest brewery, Weihenstephan, and specialist US brewer Samuel Adams has led to what the pair are calling a ‘unique champagne beer’. The brewers say they have shattered industry preconceptions of the limits of the German purity laws with the launch of Infinium – a beer with a ‘remarkably light colour, […]

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