equipment
Ishida sets up webinar on the major sector role for multihead weighing
A new webinar from Ishida is set to explore the vital role that multihead weighing plays in delivering the high speeds and efficiencies within confectionery, snacks and bakery operations, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Virtual plans for 2021’s World Confectionery Conference gain strong sector approval
Plans for the digitally-based World Confectionery Conference 2021 are fast taking shape, having gained a strong initial industry response to our major online sector showcase.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Focus: German confectionery markets face up to loss of key trade shows
The past twelve months have been particularly notable for the universally challenging impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and the German confectionery market has been no exception to that, as Neill Barston reports
Focus: Industry 4.0 in packaging: turning concepts into reality
Confectionery manufacturers increasingly require packaging lines that are flexible enough to cope with rapid product changes, customisations and small batch sizes. We examine Industry 4.0 technologies and how they can be used to improve the efficiency and flexibility of packaging lines. Daisy Phillipson reports
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Processing focus: New Mexico’s Stahmanns pecans invests in Bühler Sortex systems
Effective and efficient processing of ingredients for confectionery and wider food sector is of vital importance for supply chains, as New Mexico based pecan business Stahmanns explains of its quest to find the right optical sorter
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, New products, Processing, Sustainability
Baker Perkins to enhance machinery ranges with industry 4.0 systems
Equipment and systems group Baker Perkins has moved to enhance its machinery ranges through ensuring its latest ranges are Industry 4.0 ready according to the UK-based business, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Mecatherm parent company TMG gains majority stake in Canada’s ABI bakery equipment
TMG, parent company of bakery equipment business Mecatherm has acquired a majority stake in ABI Auto-Bake Industries (ABI), an established Canadian designer, manufacturer and integrator of industrial baking equipment, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory
Anuga FoodTec global fair postponed over coronavirus pandemic
Anuga FoodTec, the major global packaging and processing sector event has become the latest industry trade fair to be postponed due to the coronavirus – with the March 2021 show now rescheduled to April 2022.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing
Focus: Lollipop and hard candy manufacturers and equipment businesses continue to weather economic storm
The hard candies and lollipop segment of the confectionery market has had its challenges this year, as with all other areas of the sector. Neill Barston speaks to several businesses, FB Washburn, The Sweety Guy, and Loynds machinery, that have been weathering the present storm. Neill Barston reports
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Bühler settles case with former employees, as it passes 150,000 weighing systems installation mark
Swiss equipment and systems business, Bühler, has settled a case with several former employees over weighing technology used across the food and drink sector that they subsequently developed under a new business, Swisca, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Food safety, New products, Processing, Sustainability
PPMA Group appoints David Barber as association chairman
The PPMA Group of Associations, the packaging and processing organisation behind key British sector exhibitions, has confirmed the appointment of David Barber, head of R&D for metal detection business Mettler Toledo Safeline, as its new chairman.
Business news, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Tomra’s augmented reality system provides remote assistance amid covid-19
Sorting and inspection equipment firm Tomra Food has responded to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in developing a new augmented reality tool for providing remote assistance across its systems, including those dedicated to the confectionery market.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Interpack 2021 cancelled amid ongoing coronavirus pandemic
The organisers of the global Interpack packaging and processing trade fair have confirmed the event has been cancelled amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, reports Neill Barston
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
MacIntyre Chocolate Systems enhances major refiner/conche series
Scottish-based MacIntyre Chocolate Systems has confirmed key efficiency revamps for its Next Generation Refiner/Conche range for processing chocolate, compounds, creams and spreads, writes Neill Barston
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Sustainability