manufacturing
Palsgaard’s new CEO welcomes €18 million chocolate production investment
The new chief executive officer of Palsgaard, Helle Müller Petersen, has welcomed a major €18 million expansion of its Netherlands facility for high-grade PGPR emulsifiers, used within chocolate production, reports Neill Barston.
Process control and automation: Weathering the storm with smart solutions
Confectionery Production considers how the latest process control and automation technology can help offset myriad challenges facing the confectionery and bakery sectors. Daisy Phillipson reports
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Ferrero breaks ground on multi-million US Kinder Bueno production facilities
Plans for a key $214 million expansion of Ferrero North America’s Kinder Bueno production facility in Bloomington, Illinois, have taken a key step forward as the business broke ground on the major project, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Gulfood Manufacturing 2022: event preview interview
Editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively to Mark Napier, show director for Gulfood Manufacturing 2022, on prospects for the event alongside its sister show, ISM Middle East.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Choco Tec event to place major industry topics in the spotlight
Confectionery Production is glad to be supporting this year’s Choco Tec event, which is set to be taking place in Cologne, Germany, this December, with a broad range of speakers being lined up.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Spotlight: Improving production efficiency with tooling that hits a sweet spot
While confectionery manufacturing has become ever-more automated around the world, there remain a number of operational challenges to successful production, as Luke Hoskin, I Holland Technical Sales Manager explains as he casts an eye over the sector
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Cama Group: World Confectionery Conference preview
Neill Barston, editor of Confectionery Production magazine, meets Alessandro Rocca, group sales director at Cama, in an exclusive interview on the company’s new headquarters being developed near Milan, Italy.
Business news, New products, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
UK luxury confectionery manufacturer Bon Bon’s expands to new production facilities
A sustained period of growth for UK luxury confectionery business Bon Bon’s has enabled its relocation to an expanded new site at Moorside Business Park in Tockwith, Yorkshire, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Sustainability
Significant €50 million investment sees Veracruz Almonds expand European operations
Portugal-based Veracruz Almonds has gained a valuable GlobalGAP seal of excellence, as it expands its operations with plans for a €50 million new production facility, with popularity of the nut variety remaining high within confectionery ranges, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Sustainability
Sweetdreams gains key regional funding boosting UK chocolate manufacturing
UK confectionery business Sweetdreams Ltd has expanded its ranks and enhanced its operations with a funding grant of £92,000 from the North of Tyne Combined Authority, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Ferrero’s Arlon Kinder plant to re-open after major salmonella cases response
Belgian food safety authorities have given permission to Ferrero to re-open its chocolate production plant in the country, following its shutdown in April amid cases of salmonella linked to the site, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Ferrero North America invests up to $214 million in new Illinois US chocolate processing site
Ferrero North America has taken a major step forward in investing a total of $214.4 million enhancing chocolate processing and product manufacturing plant in Bloomington, Illinois, reports Neill Barston.
Nick’s healthier snacking group opens multi-million North Macedonian manufacturing site
Swedish-founded food-tech firm Nick’s, specialising in no-added-sugar snacking series has confirmed a major move in opening its new €6 million purpose-built factory in Bitola, North Macedonia, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Haribo strikes major deal with ODW logistics supporting first US manufacturing facilities
Haribo of America has confirmed it is to form a partnership with ODW Logistics in a deal to provide warehousing and logistics services for the company’s first North American manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Food safety, New products, Processing, Regulatory