equipment
GEA posts latest quarter results as pandemic-hit markets remain challenging
Equipment and systems business GEA has delivered its latest quarterly results, revealing despite an improving picture, its revenues stood at €1.07 billion, down 2.6% year-on-year against figures for the same period in 2020, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Ishida lines deliver key manufacturing gains for Germany’s Wurzener snacks firm
German snack manufacturer Wurzener Nahrungsmittel has reported major productivity gains with the installation of three Ishida integrated total packaging systems (iTPS), reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Focus: China’s Year of the Ox’ shows signs of confectionery market resilience
As the second largest economy in the world, China has typically attracted strong attention, and as Neill Barston reports, its markets are making a faster recovery than most
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Germany’s HDM joins the World Confectionery Conference
As our World Confectionery Conference draws ever-closer, another major equipment business for the sector, Hamburg Dresdner Maschinenfabriken, (HDM)has signed up to participate in our key virtual industry showcase.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Momentum continues to build for the World Confectionery Conference
With just under a month to go before our debut World Confectionery Conference, preparations are going from strength to strength as major industry players are continuing to sign up and participate.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Baker Perkins and Rousselot unveil new ‘gummy cap’ functional confectionery
UK-based equipment business Baker Perkins and Rousselot have unveiled a new form for functional confectionery with a new format – the gummy cap, featuring active ingredients within a liquid or gel filling of gummies, writes Neill Barston.
Paradise Fruits unveils World Confectionery Conference plans
Healthy ingredients specialist Paradise Fruits by Jahncke has unveiled details of its appearance at the upcoming World Confectionery Conference, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Siemens research calls for greater collaboration between sector manufacturers and machinery suppliers
A research study from Siemens has called for renewed collaboration between food and drink manufactures and machine builders in devising factories of the future, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Focus: How government’s latest tax relief can benefit SME manufacturers
This month, the UK government introduces its super-deduction tax relief. It’s a new incentive to try and get manufacturing businesses of all shapes and sizes back on to their feet, but is it really worth pursuing? After analysing it, Malcolm Little, the managing director at Advanced Dynamics, a UK leader in filling and capping machinery, believes it’s worth investigating if you have pre-existing growth plans
Business news, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Cama joins key Italian businesses for Smart Packaging hub venture
The Cama group has joined six other Italian industrial businesses for a new Smart Packaging Hub, designed as a virtual meeting place forging technology-based innovations, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Baker Perkins devises enhanced extrusion production systems
UK-based equipment and systems firm Baker Perkins has used key technology to improve process control, performance and hygiene on units within co-ex master co-extrusion systems, writes Neill Barston.
Syntegon behind the scenes interview
Neill Barston, editor of Confectionery Production, speaks exclusively to Torsten Sauer, director of sustainability at Syntegon on its approach to sustainability, key trends and response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Bühler and Premier Tech partnership delivers new packaging line
An industry partnership between Bühler and Canadian equipment business Premier Tech has delivered a new automated packaging system for granular product ranges, including confectionery series, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Sustainability
Bühler’s Virtual World event showcases digital industry solutions driving post-pandemic recovery
The CEO of Bühler, Stefan Scheiber, has expressed an ambition for digitally-led innovations to transform businesses to drive market recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability