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Focus: Women taking centre stage in engineering
Marking Women in Engineering Day, today, 23 June, product inspection business Mettler-Toledo celebrates some of the female engineers within the business.
GEA sets ambitious 2040 net-zero greenhouse gas targets
The GEA systems and equipment group has set out a major climate strategy with core goals of achieving net-zero greenhouse gases within its value chain by 2040, writes Neill Barston.
Syntegon unveils advanced pick-and-place packaging platform
German-based equipment and systems business Syntegon has unveiled a key new robotic pick-and-place platform, known as RPP, targeting advanced automation of packaging lines, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, New products, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability
Theegarten-Pactec delivers high performance, sustainable paper packaging equipment upgrade
German-based equipment specialist Theegarten-Pactec has unveiled key new upgrades to its FPC5 chocolate packaging machine line, enabling it to process paper-based flow packs at high speed, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Processing, Sustainability
The World Confectionery Conference proves a decisive industry success
For this week’s blog entry, there can only really be one subject, and that is in offering significant thanks to the hundreds of colleagues and friends across the industry who participated at our debut World Confectionery Conference.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing
World Confectionery Conference set to showcase sector’s brightest talents
With a wealth of specialists exploring major developments across sweets, snacks and bakery markets, our debut virtual World Confectionery Conference holds some exciting prospects, as editor Neill Barston reports
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
MAKE UK calls for manufacturing apprenticeship review, as £1 billion in funding goes unspent
Latest figures from manufacturing organisation MAKE UK have found that a record total of £1.04 billion in apprenticeship levy funds went unspent in Britain last year, against a backdrop of skills shortages, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
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
Focus: Cama and ICAM packaging and chocolate confectionery operations
Utilising flexible, highly-connected machines for state-of-the-art chocolate operations is becoming an increasing trend, as Italian-based Cama explains of its partnership with the ICAM confectionery group is proving particularly successful
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Packaging, Processing, 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.