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TNA bagger takes firm into new markets

TNA bagger takes firm into new markets

TNA Solutions has launched a groundbreaking bagger, delivering speedy bagging to markets the company was previously unable to reach.

Published: 07-Nov-2012

Saint-Gobain tackles phthalate fears

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has responded to perceived health risks surrounding phthalate use in the food and drink industry with the launch of Tygon S3 pthalate-free flexible tubing.

Published: 07-Nov-2012

Breakthrough CIP cleaning tech ‘more progressive than prog rock’: Radical Waters

Breakthrough CIP cleaning tech ‘more progressive than prog rock’: Radical Waters

Carla Fiford, of Radical Waters, tells Ben Bouckley at InterBev 2012 why Electro Chemical Activation (ECA) is a ‘breakthrough’ cleaning technology that brings beverage bottlers cost and sustainability benefits.

Published: 07-Nov-2012

‘Revolutionary’ aseptic spout for drinks pouches suits ‘on the go’ consumers – IPN

‘Revolutionary’ aseptic spout for drinks pouches suits ‘on the go’ consumers – IPN

Luis De La Mora from Innovative Packaging Network (IPN) tells Ben Bouckley why he believes his firm’s new ‘non spill’ aseptic spout for beverage pouches, Clean Valve, can help the format steal share from cans, cartons and PET bottles.

Published: 07-Nov-2012

NürnbergMesse will follow Brau Beviale blueprint with InterBev

NürnbergMesse will follow Brau Beviale blueprint with InterBev

Dirk Ebener, CEO and MD of NürnbergMesse North America, tells BeverageDaily.com how satisfied he was with his firm’s first InterBev, after it bought the show from the ABA last September.

Published: 02-Nov-2012

Fluid dynamics cut Evero Aseptic development by years – Tetra Pak

Fluid dynamics cut Evero Aseptic development by years – Tetra Pak

Tetra Pak claims to have cut the development time of its recently launched Tetra Evero Aseptic carton bottle by years through the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and experimental fluid dynamics (EFD).

Published: 29-Oct-2012

'Unique' bottle dosing and dispensing cap boosts brand visibility: Tap the Cap

'Unique' bottle dosing and dispensing cap boosts brand visibility: Tap the Cap

Tap The Cap is a universal dosing and dispensing cap pre-filled with powder that offers firms a branding platform, since consumers can use it to 'enhance' their favorite bottled water in numerous ways, the system's founder and co-inventor, Chris Simonian, tells Ben Bouckley in Vegas.

Published: 24-Oct-2012

Improved energy savings with new deck baking oven, says MIWE

Improved energy savings with new deck baking oven, says MIWE

Charlotte Steinheuer

marketing and communications - MIWE

Equipment supplier MIWE has introduced a deck baking oven at IBA 2012 that is 15% more energy efficient that its last model.

Published: 27-Sep-2012

New heat recovery system saves money: WP Green

New heat recovery system saves money: WP Green

Malte Schürmann

Head of Department - WP Green

Bakery firms can cut costs with a new system that reuses hot gases emitted from ovens to heat and make water for an entire production facility, head of WP Green says.

Published: 25-Sep-2012

Energy-use halved with new Nielsen chocolate enrober, claims Aasted

Energy-use halved with new Nielsen chocolate enrober, claims Aasted

Mads Hedstrøm

Partner, President sales and CSO - Aasted

Confectionery and bakery equipment firm Aasted talks about its latest chocolate enrober that can coat baked goods, biscuits and confections with a lower energy use compared to earlier machines.

Published: 21-Sep-2012

AMF, Tromp and Reading: The three-pronged bakery powerhouse?

AMF, Tromp and Reading: The three-pronged bakery powerhouse?

Ken Newsome

CEO - Markel Bakery Group

Markel Bakery heads up a new three-pronged business that will force ahead with global infrastructure, technology synergies and take a strong market hold, according to its CEO.

Published: 21-Sep-2012

Krones spots new Asian horizons in teas blended with fruit juices and milks

Krones spots new Asian horizons in teas blended with fruit juices and milks

In this exclusive video shot at Anuga FoodTec 2012, Hans Hiendl from Krones explained the principles behind the firm's Twin-Flow concept launch to BeverageDaily.com, and identified an interesting new Asian mixed-drinks trend.

Published: 20-Apr-2012

Meat producers failing to pack a packaging punch

Meat producers failing to pack a packaging punch

Andrew Streeter

Director and research fellow - Pack-Track, Datamonitor

Packaging has a key role to play in helping meat develop from a commodity product into something more sophisticated, said Andrew Streeter of Pack-Track Datamonitor.

Published: 20-Apr-2012

Effective use of HPP is about more than the machine - Avure

Effective use of HPP is about more than the machine - Avure

Glenn Hewson

Vice president, Global Marketing - Avure

Successful use of high pressure processing technology (HPP) is less about the machine and more about a product’s passage to market, Avure’s Glenn Hewson told FoodProductionDaily.com at Anuga FoodTec.

Published: 18-Apr-2012

X-ray launch meets industry drive to replace metal detection systems - Eagle

X-ray launch meets industry drive to replace metal detection systems - Eagle

Terry Woolford

General manager - Eagle Product Inspection

X-ray systems are increasingly replacing metal detection equipment as food manufacturers respond to growing regulatory and consumer demands for safer products, said Terry Woolford of Eagle Product Inspection.

Published: 17-Apr-2012

Bosch launches pouch packs with 95% reduced weight

Bosch launches pouch packs with 95% reduced weight

Bosch Pouch Systems has launched a range of pouch packaging for beverages, condiments and soups that it claims are 95% lighter than other market offerings.

Published: 16-Apr-2012

Stop monsters in their tracks with our 'unique' food safety technology: Swedish firm

Stop monsters in their tracks with our 'unique' food safety technology: Swedish firm

Sven Bodell, president, Food Radar Systems, told Ben Bouckley that the firm's unique microwave technology was the only show in town to detect previously invisible foreign bodies in pumpable foods, and that the system might also appeal to producers of beverages with pulp or other pieces in.

Published: 13-Apr-2012

Current EU meat inspection measures do not address human health risks - EFSA

Current EU meat inspection measures do not address human health risks - EFSA

Dr Marta Hugas

Head of biological hazards - European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Speaking at the FoodProductionDaily.com Meat Technology Conference at Anuga FoodTec 2012 in Cologne, Dr Marta Hugas, the head of biological hazards at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), highlighted the urgent need for modernisation in European meat inspection.

Published: 12-Apr-2012

Tetra Evero Aseptic offers ultimate 'functionality' but we also address need for affordability: Tetra Pak

Tetra Evero Aseptic offers ultimate 'functionality' but we also address need for affordability: Tetra Pak

Last May Tetra Pak launched the world's first 'carton bottle' called Tetra Evero Aseptic. Michael Grosse, executive vice president of development and engineering, told Ben Bouckley how it was performing in key markets and what the future held for a product designed with 'ultimate functionality' in mind.

Published: 11-Apr-2012

Food Safety Modernization Act a game changer for packaging machinery design - PMMI

Food Safety Modernization Act a game changer for packaging machinery design - PMMI

Jim Pittas

Vice president trade shows - PMMI

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has changed the game for US packaging machinery manufacturers by obliging them to rethink their design strategies, PMMI’s Jim Pittas told FoodProductionDaily.com from Anuga FoodTec.

Published: 10-Apr-2012

Four times shelf life extension with HPP, says Multivac

Four times shelf life extension with HPP, says Multivac

Dr Tobias Richter

Director Business Unit - HPP & Applied Packaging Solutions - Multivac

The latest developments in High Pressure Processing (HPP) can enhance shelf life in food and drink products up to 400% and boost safety standards, according to a HPP specialist at packaging firm Multivac.

Published: 06-Apr-2012

FOSS claims new NIR dairy analyser offers profit and sustainability

FOSS claims new NIR dairy analyser offers profit and sustainability

At Anuga Food Tec 2012 FOSS launched its new near infrared dairy analyser, and in this exclusive video shot at the show, dairy market manager Dorthe Bisgård Oldrup told DairyReporter.com that it broke new ground in terms of analysing milk powder to cut energy consumption and achieve other cost savings.

Published: 04-Apr-2012

New preservation technique could fuel fruit juice boom by radically extending shelf life: Coolwave Processing

New preservation technique could fuel fruit juice boom by radically extending shelf life: Coolwave Processing

A new preservation technology for fresh juices that destroys spoilage bacteria without loss of organoleptic qualities can unlock barriers to growth in the market due to its radical extension of product shelf life of up to around 21 days, Dutch firm Coolwave Processing told BeverageDaily.com.

Published: 03-Apr-2012

Anuga FoodTec - innovation powerhouse

Anuga FoodTec - innovation powerhouse

Peter Grothues

Vice president trade fair management - Koelnmesse

The food and beverage production industry is ramping up its innovation pipeline as a way of bucking the uncertain economic trend, Anuga FoodTec show director Peter Grothues told FoodProductionDaily.com at the event last week in Cologne, Germany.

Published: 02-Apr-2012

Alfa Laval claims 30% energy saving over tubular with fusion heat exchanger

Alfa Laval claims 30% energy saving over tubular with fusion heat exchanger

Technology firm Alfa Laval are presenting a fusion heat exchanger at this year’s Anuga FoodTec trade show, which it claims can reduce operating costs and be used at higher pressures than conventional tube and plate exchangers.

Published: 29-Mar-2012