Alan Messenger, Sales Director, and Matt Jones, Account Manager at Optimal Industrial Automation, look at the importance of undertaking comprehensive site surveys before the upgrade of industrial automation systems. Food processing companies that already have a complete automation system in...

SEEPEX, a specialist in progressive cavity pumps for food and beverage applications, offers a sophisticated solution for chopping, pumping and removing food waste. This simplifies the handling of challenging by-products, ranging from fish, whole chickens and vegetables to peelings and...

On the path to becoming the youngest-ever supplier to a major supermarket, entrepreneur Fraser Doherty will share his experience of shaping the Beer52 business at Birmingham Packaging Week. Aiming to shake up the craft beer market, Beer52 combines community culture...

Rose Media Group Secures Tasty New Client Hill Biscuits : Award-winning Sussex PR agency will help drive manufacturer’s growth plans Rose Media Group has started 2024 with a sweet bang as it has been brought in by Hill Biscuits as its retained PR...

In any industrial facility, electric motors and drives are a strong source of harmonic currents and utility-level voltage distortion. Together, these can wreak havoc with plant equipment and the mains power supply. When GA Pet Food Partners, a dry pet...

A family cheesemaker and dairy giant is benefitting from a game-changing food safety inspection solution custom-engineered by Fortress Technology.  Combining metal detection and checkweighing into a streamlined twin-lane configuration, this space-saving inspection system is assisting a household cheese favourite to...

When a major UK pet food producer wanted better machine utilisation with the aim of raising its OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) by 3 points, it decided to ask experts at bearing specialist NSK if they could evaluate processes and systems...

The Genesis of a Brand – Cassandra Stavrou : What does it take to build a successful and thriving brand in a tough – and often unforgiving – retail market? As part of London Packaging Week, Cassandra Stavrou, Founder of...

Cold Storage Unit Hire Guide : Ralph Howes, Cold Store Major Accounts Manager, ICS Cool Energy  Playing an important role in the cold supply chain, cold storage units are a very popular solution for organisations wanting the same thing –...

Charles Williams, Managing Director of process automation specialist Promtek Ltd, examines how food manufacturers can reduce their energy usage at the same time as improving productivity – and how maximising the potential of apprenticeships can help play a part. If...