Lamb Weston has completed a $200m expansion project at an existing potato facility in Richland, Washington (WA) to increase its processing capacity for manufacturing frozen French fries. The Richland facility, which was built in 1972, was ...
Norwegian sensor-based sorting company Tomra has introduced a free-fall laser sorting machine in China to help food manufacturers tackle the threat caused by aflatoxin contamination. Branded as Nimbus BSI, the new laser sorters are said ...
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US based Key Technology has launched a new digital sorter line to improve quality of potato strips and specialty potato products by maximizing removal of foreign material and defects. Branded as VERYX, the digital sorter and intelligent ...
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Potato processing firm Lamb Weston/Meijer has opened a new €120m production plant in the Netherlands. Apart from the new line, the company renovated the entire production location including the existing production line. The company ...
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The TOMRA 5A, a machine for the potato processing business, supports processors by combining a straightforward and brand-new graphical user interface with stable sorting performance, while increasing the level of food safety and quality ...
Potato processing company Branston has opened a new £5m prepared foods factory extension in Lincolnshire, England. Branston has expanded the plant’s capacity in partnership with British supermarket chain Tesco which has been ...
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Idahon Foods, a potato processing company, and MegaMex Foods, the owner of Herdez Brand, have entered into a licensing agreement. Under the agreement, the Idaho-based Idahon will be manufacturing and distributing the Herdez Brand products ...
Canadian applied life sciences company Renaissance Ingredients has conducted a laboratory analysis to know the effectiveness of its non-GMO acrylamide-reducing (AR) baker’s yeast on potato products. The findings showed a 70% decrease ...
McCain Foods is planning to invest $10m in the expansion of its Smithton potato processing plant in Tasmania, Australia. Work under the expansion includes the installation of a new $1.6m packing line at the facility, which produces french ...
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Lamb Weston / Meijer, a joint venture between US-based ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston and Netherlands’ Meijer Frozen Food is set to invest around $150m to expand its frozen potato facility in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. Adding a ...
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Packaged food company ConAgra Foods has opened a new potato processing facility in Shangdu, Inner Mongolia, China for its Lamb Weston brand. Located in one of the largest potato growing regions in the country, the plant will be capable ...
US-based packaged food company ConAgra Foods has acquired Chinese potato processor TaiMei Potato Industry for $93m as part of the company’s strategy to expand its international presence. The acquisition expands ConAgra's Lamb ...
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Maple Leaf Foods Inc. today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. Adjusted Operating Earnings(1)(2)(3) for the fourth quarter was a loss of $21.7 million compared to Adjusted ...
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McCain Foods, a frozen food company based in Canada, is set to close its Penola potato processing plant in South Australia by the end of this year, while leaving 59 jobs at risk. The decision has been taken due to rising input costs, raw ...
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A worker has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after falling through the roof of Nestlé’s beverages factory in Dalston, Cumbria. The man was airlifted to hospital Emergency services were called at 10.30am ...