Food Trade Review back issues from June 2001:
The Organic Food Federation partners with LawLabs.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... The Organic Food Federation (OFF) have secured a partnership with Law Laboratories to enhance their organic certification programme for food manufacturers, specifically those supplying the major retailers. The drive by major grocery retailers to fuel consumer demand for organic ...
Mucon establish French subsidiary.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Mucon (tel:01625 412000), a division of the Kemutec Group, have established a subsidiary company in France. This subsidiary will undertake a market initiative to promote the company's range of dry bulk solids flow promotion, detection and control equipment ...
New company for the chocolate industry.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... The Buhler Technology Group recently acquired the assets of the German-based company Gebr. Bindler Maschinenfabrik & Co KG in Bergneustadt. The new company named Buhler Bindler GmbH, specialises in plant and equipment for the chocolate industry. Rolf Bullinger, the general ...
New look for glass recycling fleet.(Berryman)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Berryman, a leading glass container collection company, have unveiled the new livery for their fleet of specialist vehicles. The bright design is a new image for the company, following their recent acquisition by Reuse Collections Ltd, a subsidiary of Reuse Glass UK. The ...
Goodlife get vegetarian approval.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Vegetarian foods manufacturer, Goodlife Foods (tel:01925 837810) has gained approval by The Vegetarian Society - the UK's leading ...
New representatives for Marlen Pumps.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Interfood Technology (tel:01844 217676) have been appointed sole representatives in the UK and Ireland for the Marlen range of food pumps. Interfood will be selling and servicing the three pumps within the OPTI range, manufactured by ...
Delice de France open satellite depot in Yorkshire.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... The first delivery has left Delice de France's newly opened satellite depot in Harrogate. It has been opened to satisfy growing demand throughout Yorkshire and other areas of the north. With this new satellite depot and five new vehicles, Delice de France will ...
Jobs lost with vegetable factory closure.(at Albert Fisher Group)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Nearly 200 food industry workers are to lose their jobs after the Albert Fisher Group announced they are to close their Grimsby frozen vegetable processing factory. The company are consolidating operations in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, and ceasing operations in ...
Budelpack in acquisition.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Budelpack, of the Netherlands, have acquired the Klockner Pentapack companies. The acquisition will meet the requirements of access to larger production capacities and a more efficient utilisation of available resources, providing the basis for further expansion. Budelpack ...
Test materials online.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... The world of materials testing has gone online. A new [pound]1m. on-line testing facility has been developed to help customers in the development of products, and to test materials quickly and efficiently - in the comfort of their own premises. Analysis Online, developed by ...
New Headquarters for Sud-Chemie Performance Packaging.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Sud-Chemie Performance Packaging Europe (tel:+33 1 4176 2000) have begun construction on new headquarters in Choisy le Roi, France. With the expected completion of the 1,600m2 building at the end of this year, the new premises will include a state-of-the-art research and ...
Maynards and scotts in merger.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... W.T.Maynard Son & Co of Taunton have merged with Scotts of the Dean, creating a leading supplier of frozen desserts to the foodservice sector. Maynard Scotts, as the new company is known will operate from the ...
New factory for vegetable growers.
Jun 01, 2001 ... Frederick Hiam are building a [pound]6m. vegetable and processing plant on a 77,000 sq.ft site in Brandon, Suffolk. This purpose-built factory will have a capacity to process over 50,000 tons of vegetables a year. It is set to open in July and will trade as Frederick Hiam Foods. Initially ...
Sandwich company bought by Freshway.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Freshway Foods, the sandwich and seafood experts, have acquired the business of Telford-based sandwich makers Fredericks. All of Fredericks' staff have been offered new positions by Freshway. The acquisition means that Freshway will be able to produce a wider ...
Hiestand expand in Europe.(acquires Fleury Michon)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Swiss-based gourmet baker Hiestand - producers of frozen bakery products - have acquired the polish arm of Fleury Michon, a chain of retail outlets for fresh bakery goods, for [pound]5m. This deal, which gives the company 49 ...
Relocation for pickle and oil importers.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Fattorie Giacobazzi, importers of pickles and olive oils, have moved from Duke Street in London to new offices based in the capital. The company's new location ...
Molins acquire Rose Forgrove.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Packaging machinery specialists Molins (tel:01908 216511) have acquired Rose Forgrove, an international manufacturer of horizontal flow wrapping machines. The acquisition will allow Molins to develop and supply customers with integrated systems, in ...
Tesa tape up a new name.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Adhevise tape manufacturer, tesa, have changed the name of their UK subsidiary from Beiersdorf UK Ltd to tesa UK Ltd. This move follows the separation of the adhesive tape activities previously run as tesa Division of Beiersdorf AG, Gemany, into a wholly owned subsidiary ...
Supply chain giant goes to North East.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Durham-based JBA (tel:0191 386 5553),a leading software supplier, has formed a partnership with Strasbourg based Dynasys to become the exclusive re-seller of their supply chain management systems. This partnership enables JBA to exclusively sell Dynasys' SKEP ...
David S Smith buys Smurfit litho-lamination plant.
Jun 01, 2001 ... David S Smith Packaging Division have acquired the business and assets of the Somercotes, Derbyshire-based Smurfit Decoprint litho-laminated corrugated business. The sum has been undisclosed. Decoprint will now become part of David S ...
Bradman Lake in expansion.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Packaging machinery experts Bradman Lake (tel:0117 971 5228) are expanding their UK and North American operations. Following their move to a 20,000 sq.ft factory in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1999, a further 10,000 sq.ft is being added to handle increased machinery sales. ...
CCFRA news.(Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... A novel method for delaying the onset of microbial growth may provide a strategy for manufacturers to extend the shelf-life of perishable foods. Research at CCFRA has investigated the methods by which both microbial pathogens and food spoilage organisms overcome adverse environmental ...
Young's launch new resource for chefs.(www.youngscaterer.com)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... With seafood growing in popularity, there has never been a more exciting time to reinvigorate the fish offering on your menu. To help maximise the value of this highly versatile ...
Mini Motor: the new 2001 general catalogue.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... The new General Catalogue contains the entire range of Mini Motor silent and compact geared motors and inverters. It is aimed mainly at designers who can find a constant point of reference in the Mini Motor ...
Bridging the gap.(Institute of Food Research)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... On Wednesday 4 July the Institute of Food Research will launch the Food and Health Network. The Network bridges the gap between fundamental food-related research and the needs of the food and drink industry and aims to improve industrial competitiveness. Clusters will develop, ...
NRI Short Course Programme.(Natural Resources Institute)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... The Natural Resources Institute have released a brochure outlining their short course programme for 2001-2002. ...
Reducing water and waste costs.(fruit and vegetable processing)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Water and waste are major operating costs for fruit and vegetable processors. Strict environmental standards, tougher controls on packaging waste, the landfill directive and the IPPC directive mean these costs will increase significantly in the coming years. Implementing a systematic waste ...
Hand Protection Report by Marigold.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... A hand protection report, specifically aimed at the food industry, has been unveiled by hand protection experts, Marigold Industrial. The report-entitled Grasp Food - looks at the many hand hazards that lie in wait for employees in the food industry and the ways of prevention. ...
Freshway goes worldwide.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... People world wide can now find out everything there is to know about Freshway Foods by Visiting their website: www.freshway.co.uk. Visitors to the site can discover the latest news about the seafood, sandwich making and ...
Renold website.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Engineering group, Renold, have launched a new website that, it claims, is more customer focussed, easier to navigate, and which incorporates many new features. Two clearly signposted navigacor panels list links to more information and these expand to sub-menus, making it easier to find ...
B2B Exchangers demystified.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... New IGD research, A Guide to B2B Exchangers, recently launched at the 6th Annual ECR Europe Conference in Glasgow, demystifies the complex subject of B2B Exchanges. There are four main Exchanges serving the grocery sector: CPGmarket.com, GlobalNet Xchange, Transora and WorldWide ...
New website from CCFRA.(Campden & Choreywood Food Research Association offers information on genetically modified foods)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Access to over 50 web sites providing information on GM foods is available through a single site hosted by Campden & Chor]eywood Food Research Association. Categorised on the basis of issues of greatest relevance to food companies, the links take the user directly through to sites ...
SPICES AND SEASONINGS - A FOOD TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK (2ND EDITION).(Brief Article)(Review)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Written by Donna Tainter and Anthony Grenis Published 2001 Hardback 249 Pages Price: [pound]75.50 (New York: John Wiley and Sons Ltd) A range of seasoning books has been published, since the first edition of Spices & Seasonings; A Food ...
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOOD MYCOTOXINS.(Brief Article)(Review)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Compiled by M. Weidenborner Published 2001 Hardback 294 Pages Price: [pound]72.50 (Germany: Springer-Verlag) There are various species of fungi which like to grow on food, thereby releasing toxins which might bear a health risk for the ...
THE RECIPE WRITER'S HANDBOOK.(Brief Article)(Review)
Jun 01, 2001 ... (Revised and expanded) Written by Barbara Gibbs Ostmann and Jane Barker Published 2001 Softcover 308 Pages Price: [pound]18.50 (New York: John Wiley and Sons Ltd) With this new edition of their handbook, Baker and Ostmann have ...
FRYING -IMPROVING QUALITY.(Brief Article)(Review)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Edited by J. B. Rossell Published 2001 Hardback 369 Pages Price: [pound]129.00 (UK: Woodhead Publishing Limited) Frying - Improving Quality has been edited by an authority in the field along with an international team of contributors. As a ...
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN FOOD SCIENCE - A VIEW TO THE FUTURE.(Brief Article)(Review)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Edited by G. Webb, P. Belton, A. Gil and I. Delgadillo Published 2001 Hardback 271 Pages Price: [pound]73.50 (UK: Royal Society of Chemistry) This book is based on oral presentations given at the 5th International Conference on Applications of ...
WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE DESIGN AND DISTRIBUTION OF QUALITY FOODS.(Brief Article)(Review)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Edited by Yrjo Roos, R.Leslie and Peter Lillford Published 1999 Hardback 602 Pages Price: [pound]151.00 (USA: Technomic Publishing Co.Inc) This book is based on papers presented by invited speakers to the 7th International Sym-posium on the Properties of Water in ...
ENCYCLOPEDIC HANDBOOK OF EMULSION TECHNOLOGY.(Brief Article)(Review)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Edited by Johan Sjoblom Published 2001 Hardback 736 Pages Price: [pound]217.00 (USA: Marcel Dekker) This volume, compiled from contributions from seventy experts in the field of emulsion technology, offers a comprehensive examination of all ...
EVALUATION OF CERTAIN FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS.(Brief Article)(Review)
Jun 01, 2001 ... WHO Technical Report Series 896 Published 2000 Softcover 128 Pages Price: [pound]20.00 (World Health Organization:Geneva) This report represents the conclusions of a joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee convened to evaluate the safety of various food ...
MODELLING OF MICROBIAL NON-LINEAR THERMAL INACTIVATION KINETICS: A REVIEW -- Review No.26.(Brief Article)(Review)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Written by M.A.Casadei and K.Jewell Published 2001 Softcover 83 Pages Price: [pound]44.00 (UK:Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association Group) Non-linear inactivation patterns have been reported since the beginning of the century, and as ...
IRRADIATION FOR FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY.(Review)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Edited by Paisan Loaharanu and Paul Thomas Published 2001 Hardback 216 Pages Price: [pound]86.00 (USA: Technomic Publishing Company Inc.) This volume consists of presentations given at an International Conference on Ensuring the Safety and ...
BREAKFAST CEREALS AND HOW THEY ARE MADE (2nd Edition).(Brief Article)(Review)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Edited by Robert Fast and Elwood Caldwell Published 2000 Hardback 562 Pages Price: [pound]134.00 (USA: American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc.) Since the original publication of the first edition of this book in 1990, significant advances ...
New premises and dough make-up for Pizza Express.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Pizza Express, with more than 268 UK restaurants, have just purchased their first automated dough make-up plant. Their investment, comprising a bowl tipper elevator, automatic dough portion feeder and a Winkler Derby E divider moulder, are part of a multi-million pound UK ...
S & W Process Engineering rise to challenge.(to build new plant for Hazlewood Foods)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... After extensive flood damage to Hazlewood Foods's sauce plant at their sites at Middleton, Manchester and Selby, North Yorkshire, S & W Engineering were called in to build an entirely new sauce plant complete with new equipment and ...
New trucks for Jack Richards and Son Ltd.(grocer get trucks from Lex Commercials of Peterborough)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Norfolk-based Jack Richard and Son Ltd recently ordered 32 tractor units from Lex Commercials of Peterborough, the main distributors of ERF vehicles serving East Anglia. The vehicles have been specially built to take advantage of the new maximum weight legislation. The vehicles ...
Safety award for S&A Foods.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Derby-based S&A Foods, manufacturers of international chilled ready meals, have won a safety award from the British Safety Council for the second year running. The National Safety Awards highlight ...
ThermoAllen Coding Abroad.(contract with Aylans-KM)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... In a bid to increase their overseas presence, Thermo Allen Coding have signed a deal with Aylans - KM to distribute the company's hot foil coders and thermal transfer printers. Established in 1995, Aylans currently sell a variety of ...
Rheological expertise from Tetra Pak.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Tetra Pak were able recently to provide the solution to a processing problem in the production of a new frozen product by Heinz. The product, McVities 'Go Ahead' Chocolate Sundae Sensation, is multilayered with a chocolate filling between some of the layers, and a chocolate topping. At the ...
Hygiene awards for 'One Nut' Pumps.(from Flotronic Pumps)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... West Sussex-based pump manufacturer Flotronic Pumps Limited have scooped the Food Hygiene 2001 'Hygiene in Food Processing & Manufacturing' Award for their slimline Super Pump from ...
BT Rolatruc for Londis.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... When Londis Holding Ltd opened a warehouse and distribution centre at South Elmsall, West Yorks, to supply stores in the Midlands, the north of England, north Wales and Scotland, BT Rolatruc were chosen to provide the warehouse truck fleet. The fleet consists of ten RRE3 REFLEX AC reach ...
Lawcred standard for Youngs Bluecrest.(seafood company earns quality seal)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Youngs Bluecrest Seafoods Limited, UK manufacturers of fresh and frozen seafood, have won the LAWCRED standard for seven of its sites based in Scotland, Ireland and NE Lincolnshire. LAWCRED is an inspection scheme developed to assist food manufacturers and retailers to ...
Schmersal wraps up safety for Cadbury Trebor Bassett.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Schmersal UK have supplied solenoid interlocks and safety switches to guard packaging machines at Cadbury Trebor Bassett's main manufacturing plant at Bournville in Birmingham. The plant, which wraps chocolates for Cadbury's Roses and Heroes cartons, operates Sapal wrap ...
Tetra Pak to equip Vietnam plant.
Jun 01, 2001 ... Tetra Pak have been awarded a contract by Vietnamese company Dong Giao for the supply of a 10-tonnes-per-hour turnkey plant for the production of pineapple concentrate. The project, which is due to come on stream next year, and for which Tetra Pak Vietnam are the main process ...
Robopac Genesis for Nestle.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Nestle Rowntree's Halifax plant have installed a new stretchwrapper supplied by Aetna UK. The Robopac Genesis was chosen by Nestle for a number of reasons, including its ability to read and adapt to individual pallets' barcodes and assign pre-determined wraps to them. The Genesis is able ...
Simple but CLEVER.(Coastal Liquid Effluent Volume Reduction environmental project)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Sunderland-based Voyager Foods were among ten small to medium enterprises in the north-east - primarily in the food sector - which recently participated in a collaborative waste minimisation study. The CLEVER project (coastal liquid effluent volume reduction) was a collaborative ...
'One-nut' pumps in the sun.(Flotronics wins Sunjuice contract)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Sunjuice Ltd, suppliers of freshly squeezed juices, crushes and smoothes, have procured and installed a Good Food pump from Flotronic Pumps Ltd. as part of their efforts to improve product handling. The 2 inch pump in 316 Stainless Steel from FPL, transfers fruit juices and ...
Tetra Pak enter agreement with BioGala.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Liquid food processing and packaging systems suppliers Tetra Pak, and research and development organisation BioGaia have announced an agreement to co-market LifeTop[TM] Straw, an individually wrapped straw attached to the outside of beverage cartons. It ...
UK food and drink export market recovery.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Jun 01, 2001 ... The UK's food and drink export market has shown its first signs of recovery since 1997. According to figures released in May by export marketing consultancy Food from Britain, the value of exports held steady at around [pound]8.8billion for the calendar year 2000. However, this recovery is ...
Water Guardian promoted by Marks & Spencer.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Severn Trent Water and Marks & Spencer have signed an agreement to promote Water Guardian, a water audit and advisory programme offering a wide range of services delivering best practice in the food industry. The scheme covers all physical, chemical and microbiological aspects ...
The Foodfinders spread web for Paterson Arran.(distribution agreement)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... A recent agreement will see the extension of The Foodfinders'distribution of Paterson Arran's products. Whereas in the past they supplied the products exclusively to the Independent sector, The Foodfinders' network will now include both the Wholesale and the Cash & Carry ...
Systems integration by Willett.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Willett, single-source provider of product identification coding and labelling solutions, recently provided a complete systems integration solution to a company in need of a system for monitoring and labelling large quantities of fresh fish according to a number of different variables ....
Ishida multiheads help reduce downtime for sweets factory.(Cloetta-Fazer)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Six 14-head Ishida weighers have been installed by the Fazer part of Cloetta Fazer, confectionery manufacturers in the Nordic region. The heads are part of a flexible and multifunctional array of equipment supplied to the Central Packaging Department of the factory in Lappeentanta, ...
Innocent the one to watch.(smoothie company)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Innocent, the independent start-up company responsible for the innocent fresh fruit smoothie, were recently voted one of ten 'companies to watch in 2001' by Sunday Business. The company was voted best new ...
Tetra Pak sets up soya centre.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2001 ... Tetra Pak have established a Soya Centre of Expertise in Singapore which is expected to become the worldwide headquarters for Tetra Pak's soya-related processing and packaging knowhow. The centre will be supported by the company's Product Development Centre, which can develop product ...