Food Trade Review back issues from December 2003:
York International integration.(company evolution)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Supplier of industrial and marine refrigeration systems York International is further developing its approach to customers and enhancing the central contracting business by integrating its industrial refrigeration operation at Sittingbourne into the company's European headquarters at its ...
KHS acquires Metec.(company evolution)(Metec GmbH)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... KHS Maschinen-und Anlagenbau AG, Dortmund, internationally active manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage, food and non-food sectors, has acquired a majority holding in Metec GmbH, Niederzissen, provider of quality ...
FABBL merges with EFSIS Limited.(company evolution)(Fabbl Farm Assurance)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... FABBL Farm Assurance has merged with EFSIS Limited in a move designed to bring greater benefits to FABBL members. FABBL Farm Assurance will be known as EFSIS-FABBL, and will form part of the new EFSIS agriculture division in Milton Keynes, headed by Agriculture Director Rub ...
Ilchester expands gift lines with new facility.(company evolution)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Speciality cheese producer The Ilchester Cheese Company has invested in a new state-of-the-art packing facility to service and develop its worldwide Christmas gift business, and has also created an additional 60 jobs to cope with an increase in orders. The new 3,500 sq ft ...
The optimal solution.(company evolution)(Greiner Mould & Machinery)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... After more than 30 years experience, packaging production solutions company Greiner Mould & Machinery has changed its name to Mould & Matic Solutions, ...
Danexport name change.(company evolution)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Meat industry company BHJ A/S has rebranded its global companies under one name. Previously known as BHJ, Danexport, Protein Foods, Kalino, Garant and ...
New services for improved growth and performance.(company evolution)(Business Development Advice Ltd)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... One year after moving to larger premises, two-year-old Scottish firm Business Development Advice Ltd (BDA) has increased in size, launched new services and entered overseas markets. The three existing directors have made two new senior appointments in Wendy Anderson, director of corporate ...
Granelli's go for growth.(company evolution)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Ice cream manufacturer Granelli's of Cheshire has acquired the assets and ice cream manufacturing facilities of Harvest House Foods in Tattenhall. This ultra modern facility was created three years ago. The existing capacity is eight million litres of ice cream per annum but them is ample ...
New structure at Canterbury Foods.(company evolution)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Big changes are in the pipeline at Canterbury Foods following the recent sale of its meat trading and Spacehire divisions by parent company Global Group. The new Canterbury Foods plc that emerges from the reorganisation has already announced the appointments of Paul Ainsworth (pictured, ...
BSS Group acquires Pegler & Louden.(company evolution)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... The BSS Group, distributor of heating, plumbing and pipeline equipment to the industrial and domestic construction and maintenance markets, has acquired Nottingham based Pegler & Louden, supplier of specialist valves to the industrial process sector, including food and drink, ...
Liberalizing Trade in Processed Foods.(bookshelf)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Tim Josling, Mitchell Hooke and Joachim Rathke Published 2002 Paperback 32 Pages Price: 20.00 [pounds sterling] (USA: IPC) The food and beverage products industry is increasingly subject to the forces of globalisation. Thanks to increased consumer purchasing power and improved ...
Rapid and On-Line Instrumentation for Food Quality Assurance.(bookshelf)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Edited by Ibtisam E. Tothill Published 2003 Hardback 406 Pages Price: 129.00 [pounds sterling] (UK: Woodhead Publishing) Many measurements of product and process characteristics have traditionally been "off-line", involving removing the product and taking it to a quality control ...
Food Authenticity and Traceability.(bookshelf)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Edited by Michele Lees Published 2003 Hardback 612 Pages Price: 150.00 [pounds sterling] (UK: Woodhead Publishing) The ability to trace and authenticate a food product is of major concern to the food industry. This important topic is reviewed extensively in this authoritative ...
Hog Manure Management, the Environment and Human Health.(bookshelf)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Tiffany T.Y. Guan and Richard A. Holley Published 2003 Hardback 168 Pages Price: 75.00 [pounds sterling] (The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers) Hog Manure Management, the Environment and Human Health provides a current look at how development of intensive livestock ...
Texture in Food, Vol 1: Semi-solid foods.(bookshelf)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Edited by Brian M. McKenna Published 2003 Hardback 425 Pages Price: 139.00 [pounds sterling] (UK: Woodhead Publishing) Texture is one of the must important attributes used by consumers to assess food quality. This quality is particularly important for the growing number of ...
Trade marks[R]: a selection of Trade Marks and Brands registered in November.
Dec 01, 2003 ... ALTORAL No. 798722 Food for babies; included in Class 5. UCB Farchim SA., Zone Industrielle Planchy, Chemin de Croix--Blanche, 10, Case Postale 411, 1630 Bulle, Switzerland. ATOMIC FIREBITES No. 2343160 Non medicated confectionery; included in Class 30. Ferrara Pan Candy Co ....
Exhibitions & conferences.(Calendar)
Dec 01, 2003 ... January 2004 8-10 IFE INDIA 2004--The International Food, Drink and Hospitality Exhibition is an important event for industry professionals within the Indian subcontinent. The goal is to offer exhibitors the opportunity to develop new and existing business relationships and ...
From South Africa to Spalding.(news & installations)(Westfalia)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Fresh fruit ingredients supplier J.O. Sims has appointed a new South African principal to strengthen its presence in the UK marketplace. Westfalia is a specialist exporter Of premium produce to the UK, Europe. USA and the Far and Middle East. Access to Westfalia's dried fruit portfolio ...
Success for Unipac at Shanghai Packaging Exhibition.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Slough based Unipac, part of Illinois Tool Works, has chalked up another export selling success with its successful participation in Propak during early September. Post Communist China is becoming increasingly brand conscious and a number of local manufacturers of consumer ...
Major expansion at Entec International.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... In a move to strengthen client service and meet increasing demands for its global eProcurement solutions, Entec International Lid is expanding its Halesowen headquarters by 50%. The new facilities, housing ...
Top ice cream maker installs Carlisle equipment.(news & installations)(Carlisle Process Systems Ltd)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Mackie's, one of Scotland's leading luxury ice cream makers, has streamlined production thanks to the expertise of Carlisle Process Systems Ltd, a top specialist in the manufacture of equipment for the dairy industry. Carlisle designed and built a milk chilling and routing ...
In and out of the cold proves no problem for Crown trucks.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Two Crown SC three wheeled electric counterbalanced forklifts are continuing to play a key role in the input and output of goods at the Avonmouth cold storage facility of Border Holdings. Initially acquired on contract hire. the two fully cold store protected machines have now ...
Seymour crate liners reduce delivery costs for Waitrose.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... By changing to lightweight Tempro insulated liners from Seymour Manufacturing for its customer deliveries, Waitrose, the food Shops of The John Lewis Partnership has been able to reduce customer delivery costs. Waitrose uses separate plastic moulded crates for frozen, chilled ...
Country contract for Lock.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Ready meals manufacturer Country Chef is the first Belgian company to invest in Lock's MET 30+ 3f triple frequency metal detector with ADC software. One of two Lock systems installed at the plant, the MET 30+ 3f offers the highest levels of sensitivity for their fresh and frozen ...
NDFTA announces shortlist line up for Dried Fruit New Products Awards.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Snacking is still one of the most popular uses of dried fruit, and this has been borne out by the judges of this year's Dried Fruit New Products Awards. This sector was overwhelmingly the most popular in terms of innovation and numbers of entries at the judging, which took place ...
Lenox Systems set to make major mark in Irish markets.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... By offering new standards of service backed by unrivalled expertise while providing unbiased advice, newly launched Lenox Systems Lid is set to become a leading name in product identification, coding and marking in the Irish markets. Based in Bray. County Wicklow, the company is ...
Henson Foods puts Fraikin to the test.(news & installations)(DAF 45 )(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... London based Henson Foods is trialling the service offered by contract hire specialists Fraikin against its regular supplier, having taken delivery of a new DAF 45 on a five year contract hire agreement. The vehicle joins a fleet of twelve commercial vehicles and will be used to ...
RSSL first with response to packaging risk.(news & installations)(Reading Scientific Services Ltd)(detecting semicarbazide in metal lids)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Scientists at Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) have won the race to develop a reliable method for detecting semicarbazide in metal lids. Using a technique based on LC-MS, RSSL claims a detection limit of 10 parts per billion (ppb). Semicarbazide ISEM) emerged ...
It's in the bag for edible oils.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Rapak, a market leader in bag in box and liquid filling systems, has installed a new Autopak single head fully automatic filler at Anglia Oils in Hull. Anglia Oils is a major supplier of edible oil to Burger King in Europe and is now using Rapak's Bag-in Box system to pack the ...
Market leaders in quality and hygiene.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Kingston Carton Company is a leading manufacturer and printer of solid board cartons. Following their recent accreditation to the BRC/IoP Technical Standard in November 2002, Kingston Carton received a glowing report from Q.A. International who conducted their recent ...
Ribena expansion continues.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... A highly flexible processing line for aseptic drink production has been supplied, installed and commissioned at GlaxoSmithKline's Royal Forest factory in Coleford, Gloucestershire, by Tetra Pak Processing UK Ltd. The line consists of a Tetra Therm Aseptic plant for the heat ...
SJ Bargh Ltd choose Crossland Tankers for efficiency and manoeuvrability.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Carlton based SJ Bargh Ltd, the Northwest largest independent milk haulier, has recently taken delivery of four new farm collection tankers from Crossland Tankers. The tanks are on Scania P114 8x6 rear steer 32 tonne chassis, and feature high speed pumping meter systems. ...
New WP outperforms the competition.(news & installations)(WP 2300 series )(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... First UK user of Crown's newly launched WP 2300 series of" powered pallet trucks is Medway Ports Fresh Produce Division based at Sheerness Docks, the UK's largest port for break bulk fresh produce. Annually handling massive volumes of fresh produce arriving from all over the world for ...
Daylesford Creamery claims Cheese Award.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Award winning Daylesford Creamery Organic Cheddar has won Best Modern British Cheese 2003 at the British Cheese Awards. Daylesford Organic is aged for nine months or more, and is available in 10 kilo rounds, and 2.5 kilo truckles. Each round and truckle is made by hand from the ...
A better system in double quick time.(news & installations)(Teknequip Ltd)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Teknequip Ltd specialises in the design and manufacture of drinks dispense equipment and beer fonts. A recent fire resulted in substantial damage to their factory and meant there was a need to rebuild with a minimum of delay. Paul Cox, Teknequip's Production Manager, ...
New Ivory Sauces focuses on freshness and innovation.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... New Ivory Sauces, is a specialist producer of fresh, high care, savoury dips, dressings and flavoured sauces. The dressings and sauces are supplied to leading food manufacturers as portioned accompaniments or ingredients for the preparation of a variety of chilled savoury dishes ...
Mission Foods celebrates 4th anniversary.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Tortilla giant, Mission Foods, has celebrated its 4th anniversary in the UK with the announcement of record sales and the recent creation of 50 new jobs at its Coventry production facility. Mission Foods was established in the UK in September 1999 ...
Clark "Pioneer" the way.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Clark Door, the cold store specialists based in Carlisle, has again shown its revolutionary attitude towards industrial door design. The newly designed Environmentally Conditioned Vestibule (E.C.A.V.) has recently been installed in Pioneer Foods, one of the biggest and most ...
Dosatron and Manor Bakeries working together.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Manor Bakeries. Carlton, the largest cake manufacturing unit in Europe. has installed nine Dosatron pumps into the bakery to improve sanitising efficiency, reduce costs and to be more environmentally friendly. Stocked exclusively in the UK by Hingerose Ltd the Dosatron is a ...
FMA cleans up with new Heinz Telford contract.(news & installations)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Following on from the successful completion of a contract to install a new "Cleaning in Place" and product feed solution on the stick pack lines at the Heinz sauce production facility in Telford, FMA Process Engineering of Lichfield has been awarded a further contract with Heinz. ...
Baltic order for Carlisle.(news & installations)(Carlisle Process Systems Ltd.)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Carlisle Process Systems Lid, a leading global supplier of top quality process solutions to the dairy, cheese, food and beverage industries, is now selling into the Baltic States following an on-going marketing campaign. Its products are already popular throughout the world but ...
Space saving solution.(news & installations)(DET Logistics )(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Handling and storage solutions specialist Jungheinrich UK is currently assisting DET Logistics to more than triple storage capacity at its Swansea third party warehousing and distribution complex. Aimed at coping with DET's year-on-year expansion in the marketplace--as well as ...
Delamere Dairy appoints Culina Logistics.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Delamere Dairy has appointed Culina Logistics. the chilled supply chain specialist, to provide a shared user storage and distribution service for its goats milk products. Established in 1986, Delamere's Dair, based in Knutsford, Cheshire, is the leading UK supplier of goats milk ...
RHM Foodservice choose Chill It cold stores.FBRF.(news & installations FBRF)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... RHM Foodservice, a UK leading supplier of products, brands and services designed specifically for the foodservice industry, has chosen Chill It's SR-22 portable cold storage box from their Superior range on a long term lease. A replacement for their old freezer, the new SR-22 ...
North East oriental food manufacturer increases production using BCH cooking and cooling lines.(news & installations)(Kwoks Foods Ltd)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... North West process engineer BCH has recently installed a range of cooking and cooling lines at Kwoks Foods Ltd newly extended factory in Hull. The site produces a wide range of Oriental ready meal products for major high street retailers, specialising in restaurant quality food ...
sbh.uk to project manage food processing fit-out for Fresh Pak.(news & installations)(Fresh Pak Chilled Foods Limited)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Specialist industrial and warehouse property company sbh.uk has been appointed to act as agent for the fitting out of a new egg processing plant for Fresh Pak Chilled Foods Limited. The project involves equipping an existing factory shell in Barnsley with new production plant ...
Lutosa celebrates silver potato anniversary.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Lutosa, one of Europe's leading manufacturers of potato-based food products, recently celebrated 25 years in business. The Lutosa range is available in the UK through Icefresh Foods. The Van den Broeke family, who began selling potatoes back in the 1920's, now oversee ...
Safeway cools down with Transrent.(news & installations)(Transrent Trailer Rental Ltd )(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Safeway Stores Plc have recently taken delivery of 30 temperature controlled trailers from Transrent Trailer Rental Ltd on a long-term lease. The Gray and Adams teeters, fitted with Carrier Vector units, have been built to Safeway's exact specification and are ...
Loseley picks new Bradman Lake robots.(news & installations)(LJ300M medium speed robot)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... The first two LJ300M medium speed, pick & place robot top loaders unveiled by Bradman Lake at PPMA 2003 will shortly be in operation at the Loseley ice cream factory. Each is linked with a Bradman Lake 2/60 erector and Compact R 3-flap FCC closer to create two fully automatic, ...
Radical shake-up in European food hygiene legislation.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... A radical shake-up in food safety hygiene legislation is due to take place in early 2004. A new EU Regulation will come into effect that will bring about the harmonisation of 17 existing Directives. The new Regulation will apply across the entire food chain to include primary producers, ...
Allied Bakeries takes proactive approach to noise and dust monitoring with Sypol.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... As one of the UK's leading bakery companies with a one-third share of the bread market, Allied Bakeries production business inevitably results in employees being exposed to noise and dust. The company takes the health and safety of its workforce seriously and has commissioned leading ...
Finance Minister attends US factory manufacturing open day in East Kilbride.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Field Group one of Europe's leading packaging manufacturers, has cemented its commitment to Scotland with the completion of a 10 million [pounds sterling] refurbishment of its Field Packaging East Kilbride facility. The funding for the 18 months re-development programme was ...
TruckStops helps milk processor gain an extra collection trip a day.(news & installations)(TruckStops routing and scheduling system)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Milk processor and haulier Robert Wiseman Dairies has increased the number of milk collections by 50, and the company has paid tribute to the essential role played in the planning process by the TruckStops routing and scheduling system, which was supplied by Kingswood MapMechanics. ...
A Welcome Break for Reznor.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... The new Welcome Break motorway service area on the M54 near Telford is a 24 hour operation with a considerable service requirement to ensure comfort temperatures for customers and staff at all times. Completed in March 2003, the amenity building combines public toilets, a retail shop, fuel ...
New investment by Rigid Corrugated strengthens service and boosts capacity.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... In a move to further strengthen customer service, Rigid Corrugated is continuing an intensive investment programme at its current Selby plant. The latest phase announced by the company has involved boosting annual manufacturing capacity for machine erect cases by some 36 million ...
McLelland Cheese seriously successful at Entrepreneur Awards.(news & installations)(Ernst and Young Consumer Products Entrepreneur of the Year)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... McLelland Cheese, one of the UK's leading cheese producers and makers of the famous 'Seriously Strong' cheddar, has been awarded the highly prestigious Ernst and Young Consumer Products Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the UK. The award, which was presented to joint Managing ...
AAA success for Biochrom in China.(news & installations)(Amino Acid Analyser)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Following a visit in September by senior Chinese officials to Biochrom's headquarters on Cambridge's renowned Science Park, the company has secured its first orders from China for the Biochrom 30 Amino Acid Analyser. The instruments will be installed across China, the majority ...
Minister opens new 6.2 million [pounds sterling] production line at Coca-Cola Enterprises.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... The minister for Finance and Public Services, and MSP for East Kilbride, Mr Andy Kerr has welcomed the opening of a new high tech production line at Coca-Cola Enterprises Limited (CCE). CCE has invested 6.2 million [pound sterling] in the new line, which will deliver a greater ...
DSM secures supreme champion cheese award.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Cultures from the Dairy Ingredients business unit of DSM Food Specialities, in the skilful hands of accomplished cheese maker Glanbia Taw Valley. helped to scoop the top honours from among 1500 participants at this year's prestigious Nantwich International Cheese Show. Among the ...
Tibbett & Britten snaps up Kelly's ambient food logistics in Austria.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... UK based international logistics service provider Tibbett & Britten Group plc has won new logistics business in the ambient food sector in Austria, with the award of a three year open-book contract by Kelly GmhH, a leading manufacturer of crisps and snackfoods. The new contract ...
Ray Hill Butchers installs serve-over display chillers from Dawsonrentals.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Bristol based retail butchers. Ray Hill Butchers has installed a number of 6.0ft and 10.0ft long serve over display chillers in its large retail outlet in Lawrence Weston. The localised business, which has been trading for seventeen years, offers customers an extensive range of ...
Widespan freezer specification for ethnic snack company Daloon Foods.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Daloon Foods, a leading supplier of frozen ethnic snack products to the UK's major foodservice wholesalers and leading grocery multiples, has recently installed a sixty eight pallet portable cold storage system from Dawsonrentals. The high capacity Widespan cold store, which has ...
Top Welsh celebrities get a taste of Celtic Pride.(news & installations)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Ex-International rugby stars Scott Gibbs and Ieunan Evans were given a taste of Celtic Pride at the official launch of the new premium quality beef to be produced in Wales. Celebrity chef Margaret Rees cooked up the first delicious cuts of finest Celtic Pride Welsh sirloin and ...
McVities invests in Dipix vision systems.(news & installations)
Dec 01, 2003 ... The improvement in efficiency by a Dipix 3D vision system from APV Baker on one biscuit production plant at its Tollcross factory in Glasgow, has persuaded McVities--part of United Biscuits (UB)--to invest in similar equipment for three more lines. The unit installed on a line ...
Kwoks plans major factory expansion following success of 'grab-bags'.(news & installations)(Kwoks Foods Ltd)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003 ... Kwoks Foods Ltd, a leading UK supplier of oriental ready meals, is expanding its factory five fold, following the success of its grab-bag meal range, which it launched only a few years ago. Grimsby-based Kwoks pioneering 'grab-bag' meals now account for approaching 50% of its ...