UK food manufacturing developments, filtered through an engineering lens. AFME separates consequential change from industry noise and explains what it means operationally.
Innate-Essence, operator of The Turmeric Co., has installed a 104-tonne HPP machine in Cambridgeshire as part of approximately £5m invested at its manufacturing facility. The HPP investment is reported at £3.6m.
Read intelligence →Danone has joined earlier Coca-Cola and Nestlé commitments to clarify environmental wording on plastic bottles in the European market.
Read →SuperValu and Centra recalled named smoked-salmon and prawn products after Listeria detection; the source does not identify an engineering cause.
Read →Silgan and American Industrial Partners propose a $3.4bn acquisition of Trivium, with potential implications for UK metal-packaging supply chains.
Read →Sun Chemical announced an updated SolarFlex FSP UV flexographic ink range for food-packaging applications. The supplier reported performance and compliance-related claims, which need verification…
Read →University of Reading researchers reported laboratory inactivation of Campylobacter strains using violet-blue light; factory performance remains unproven.
Read →The Northern Ireland potato packer and crisp manufacturer has ceased trading, leaving almost 95 employees redundant and creating an immediate capacity and supply-continuity issue…
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