UK food manufacturing developments, filtered through an engineering lens. AFME separates consequential change from industry noise and explains what it means operationally.
Ineos has suspended operations at three Hull chemical plants after UK gas costs made production uneconomic, providing a sharp warning for energy-intensive food factories and their supply chains.
Read intelligence →A UK industrial electricity relief application window has opened, but many food-manufacturing activities may not qualify.
Read →Encirc is investing more than £700,000 in engineering, alternative-fuel, digital, data and leadership skills at Derrylin, treating workforce readiness as part of its decarbonisation…
Read →INEOS has announced that it is idling three chemical plants at Saltend near Hull, citing UK and European gas economics and international competition.
Read →Pickstock Telford has begun building a Scottish beef-processing facility designed around anaerobic digestion, combined heat and power and solar generation alongside the production infrastructure.
Read →The Food and Drink Federation's September forecast warns that manufacturers face renewed pressure from energy, logistics, packaging and ingredient costs, increasing the value of…
Read →HEINEKEN UK says its £28.2m Manchester Brewery heat-pump project has reduced on-site natural-gas consumption by 33% and CO2-emissions intensity by 42%, providing a major…
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