News in brief
Bearing units designed with hygiene in mind, says SKF
13-Nov-2008 - New mounted bearing units and can resist citric acids, cooking fats, and most washdown chemicals...
Process innovation key to survival in credit crunch - KTP
07-Nov-2008 - Innovation is even more important for the food and drink manufacturing sector during an economic...
News in brief
Free energy usage assessment service for SMEs
15-Oct-2008 - Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) is driving awareness of its free energy assessment service with a...
News in brief
Eastman upbeat about Q3 results
15-Oct-2008 - Eastman Chemical Company claims that its third-quarter 2008 earnings per share are expected to beat...
UK firm offers revenue streams for used cooking oil
08-Oct-2008 - Finding new ways to use cooking oil waste could cut costs and potentially generate revenue...
Alliance aims to improve productivity in food and drink sector
11-Sep-2008 - A new partnership could help food processors isolate and eliminate the main causes of productivity...
News briefs: Diamant additive, dicing equipment enhancement and software acquisition
05-Sep-2008 - Diamant evaluates its bottling additive this month, while MPE announces an upgrade of its dicing...
New tagging system could enhance supply chain monitoring
03-Sep-2008 - StePac, part of DS Smith Plastics, has developed a web-based real time cold chain management...
Labour shortage puts UK food sector at risk - claim
22-Aug-2008 - Falling numbers of migrants could have a disastrous effect on the UK food and drink...
Plant and worker safety driving cleaning chemical sales - report
14-Aug-2008 - Rising public awareness of the risk of foodborne illnesses due to highly publicized cases concerning...
US chicken processors seek relief over high input costs
12-Aug-2008 - The US chicken industry has expressed disappointed that the Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected a...
Postponed tax the right path for industry, says food group
21-Jul-2008 - The UK Food industry has welcomed a UK government decision not to implement an autumn...
Foreign food workers to face 'unfair' tax
11-Mar-2008 - New taxation laws in the UK will leave foreign workers with an unfair tax bill...
Tetra Pak collaboration benefits customers and company
15-Feb-2008 - Tetra Pak's closer collaboration with engineering firm ABB will enable customers to benefit from shorter...
Market will recover from bird flu, report says
18-Dec-2007 - The poultry sector is expecting to recover from market disruption from bird flu and grow...
Health checks to improve CAP reforms
14-Dec-2007 - The European Commission has this week said the EU health check on the Common Agriculture...
Support service designed to handle recall queries
07-Dec-2007 - A UK company has launched a service to help companies handle customer queries when products...
New meat safety techniques compiled by regulator
05-Dec-2007 - About 35 new techniques for reducing pathogen contamination in meat and poultry were added yesterday...
Expert Comment
Claiming your share of R&D tax incentives
03-Dec-2007 - KPMG'sDavid O'Keeffe, Dharmini Dharmabalan, and Naro Roxane Markarian describe how companies can access some of...
Grain prices could rise by another 40 per cent says ING
27-Nov-2007 - Food and beverage processors will be fighting it out for an increasingly dwindling supply of...
Combined heat and power systems cut CO2 output, tests show
27-Nov-2007 - The use of micro- combined heat and power (CHP) systems can help small businesses cut...
Study finds the environment low on the consumer agenda
23-Nov-2007 - Consumers do not seem to consider environmental and sustainability issues when purchasing food and drink,...
Study focuses on pathogens in unpasteurised cheese
23-Nov-2007 - A three-year project designed to test the safety of producing cheese from unpasteurised milk has...
Funding offered for carbon dioxide reduction
23-Nov-2007 - The UK's Carbon Trust today offered up to £140,000 to trade organisations willing to promote...
Code of practice revised on fire risk reduction
22-Nov-2007 - A revised code of practice has been issued on how to reduce fire risk in...
