Auxiliary equipment producer in the US, Conair has launched its new TrueFeed LQ liquid feeder for processors using liquid colors and additives. According to the company, the liquid feeders, which eliminate the need for time-consuming ...
Tags: Liquid Feeder, processors using liquid colors, control system
With the emergence of new trade legislation in respect of CE marking, the pressure is once again on processors to manufacture to exacting standards. As the industry begins to take tentative but positive steps forward the quality standards ...
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German manufacturer of processing plastics machinery Krauss Maffei has unveiled its new KMD53 K/P conical twin screw extruders, an addition to the company's series of extruders for the medium output range. The new KMD53 K/P has the ...
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The new positioning comes a year after Sealed Air's £4.3bn acquisition of hygiene giant Diversey in October 2011 and aims to bring the benefits of both sides of the business into a single coherent approach to food and drink packaging. ...
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Norway - Comprising three spaces of up to 1,500 seats each, the new Stavanger Konserthus (Concert Hall) in Norway was always going to be an ambitious project - especially given the current economic climate. But thanks to a careful reading ...
Tags: lighting and power control, SineWave dimming, lighting trusses
Hewlett-Packard is bringing a twist to its business laptop design with the new EliteBook Revolve,which is the company's first Windows 8 touchscreen laptop that can double up as a tablet in some circumstances. The Revolve has an 11.6-inch ...
US-based ingredient firm Z Trim has announced that the FDA has approved the labeling of Z Trim products in meat applications.With this decision,the FDA has cleared the use of Z Trim ingredients in ground,emulsified,and processed meats and ...
Tags: label, processed meats, poultry, food processors, costs
US-based DuPont Danisco has developed FoodPro Cleanline, an enzyme that helps manufacturers to overcome the issue of fouling in ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk production. The company said that the ingredient allows UHT milk products ...
Tags: issue of fouling, milk production, milk products manufacturers
The US Gulf Coast non-LST purity ethane assessment has fallen to its lowest level since August 2002, according to Platts data, a move attributed to increasing supplies form shale gas plays across the US. Ethane has fallen 68% on the ...
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Seneca Foods,a US-based canned fruits and vegetables processor,has agreed to acquire Independent Foods,a processor of canned pears,apples and cherries. The memorandum of understanding was signed by Seneca Foods,Independent Foods ...
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Holidays in Brazil and in the United States in late November reduced the pace of trades in the domestic cotton market. Cotton producers were keeping the product in stock,in order to sell only in the off-season period,expecting price ...
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Israel-based nutraceutical ingredients company LycoRed has announced that its new premix plant in Changzhou,China,is fully approved. The new plant,which is fully operational,will cater to processors of infant formula,beverage,baby food ...
Tags: premix, baby food, infant formula
US-based 3M Food Safety has announced that its Listeria detection system, 3M Tecra Listeria Visual Immunoassay (VIA), has received validation from the AOAC Research Institute's Performance Tested Methods Program (AOAC-PTM). 3M noted that ...
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Cranswick has applied for a second licence to supply British pork to the US market. Pork ribs have a higher price point in the US Last year the company secured United States Department of Agriculture(USDA)accreditation for its pork ...
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MediaTek Inc.has recently received notification to send the sample of its MT6589 quad-core processors to be tested at Sony Mobile,likely breaking Qualcomm Inc.'s monopoly in the Sony Mobile supply chain. Although Sony Mobile has not yet ...
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