Food Trade Review back issues from March 2007:
'You can't eat gold, but you can sure eat Pez'.(News and Installations)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Eduard Haas III first established PEZ on the food market as "refresher lozenges" with a slogan: "Smoking prohibited--Pezing allowed"--the sweets were first seen as a great help for giving up smoking. The big international PEZ breakthrough came in 1950, the year the celebrated PEZ dispenser ...
Mil-tek brings less waste and increased efficiency.(News and Installations)
Mar 01, 2007 ... M&J Seafood's distribution centre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, has taken steps to significantly reduce its environmental impact by introducing a new waste management programme. M&J Seafood is the UK's largest seafood supplier to the foodservice industry and the distribution ...
CFS relocation shows loyalty and investment in local area.(News and Installations)(Compagnie Francaise de Sucrerie)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The opening of the 20,000 [m.sup.2] plant at the Kempten Buehl-Ost industrial estate is a clear signal of CFS's intention to expand, while committing to the local area. The capacity limit of the previous location in Roemerstrasse was reached after steady growth in the past years. However, ...
Turbo enables the production of home-cooked food, quickly.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Turbo Systems' depositors installed on fully robotic production lines have increased throughput at ready meals producer Kettleby Foods. Kettleby Foods, of Melton Mowbray, manufactures recipe dishes, such as cottage pie, Lancashire hotpot and beef stew and dumplings. All the ...
FKI picked for its service support.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... FKI Logistex[R] has won a major contract to supply Condor[TM] very-narrow-aisle (VNA), automated storage-and-retrieval systems (AS/RS) for six new Preferred Freezer Services[R] facilities planned for June 2007. This contract involves the installation of 42 FKI Logistex Condor ...
Fuerst Day Lawson goes to Roadferry.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Fuerst Day Lawson, the leading supplier of specialist products to the food, beverage, fragrance and chemical industries, has chosen Roadferry, Britain's premier logistics service, to transport its premium food ingredients to customers around the UK. "We put everything into ...
Endoline down under.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Endoline Machinery Limited is beginning to gain quite a reputation down under. Building on their on-going success in installing a series of new end-of-line packaging systems for a major Australian cereals manufacturer, they have just won another contract with one of Australia's largest ...
Sweet operation.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... "Sweet as a nut" is how the operation of the Starwheel, the enhanced rotary, filling and sealing machine from Packaging Automation, can be described by its latest satisfied customer. In fact, Phillip Dymmock, general manager of Serious Desserts part of The Serious Food Company, ...
A change of gear for packaging.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Agreement has been reached to create a more powerful trade association to be known as PAFA (Packaging and Films Association) which will combine the interests of the former PIFA (Packaging and Industrial Films Association) and FPA (Flexible Packaging Association). The body will represent ...
Faster turnaround without cross contamination.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... When a customer demanded an easy clean mixer that did not need dismantling or major operator involvement between batches, Hosokawa Micron looked at its current range options to determine the best solution for the customer. After consideration it was agreed that the customers demands could ...
Product of the Year breaking new records.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Product of the Year continues to break its own records as the nation's leading scheme for product innovation. New research shows nearly hall of 16 to 44 year olds familiar with the scheme would be more likely to purchase an item that had been awarded by the mark--an increase of 15 per cent ...
An award for fairness.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(Fairtrade Foundation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Fairtrade Foundation has just scooped a prestigious award from the Chartered Institute of Marketing's Food Drink & Agriculture Market Interest Group (CIM FDA). The annual award was presented to Harriet Lamb, executive director of the Fairtrade Foundation by Justin King, J Sainsbury's chief ...
New company deal with Rachel's.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(Gower View Foods Ltd contract with Rachel's Organic Dairy)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Gower View Foods, a new specialist food packing company, celebrated its official launch on Monday 5th February 2007 with the news that it had won a significant contract from one of the UK's leading organic dairy brands. Gower View Foods has secured a contract with Rachel's ...
PFM's adaptability key to Wholebake.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Wholebake, which provides wholesome vegetarian foods, has recently placed yet another order with PFM Packaging Machinery. The company approached PFM after a need arose for it to produce multi-packed products including flapjacks and high-energy bars, in a new packaging format ....
Fast, clean and good fop the environment.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Cleaning and hygiene management provider Hygiene Group is employing Fast (Foam Scrubbing Technology) to increase operator productivity by up to 40 minutes in a three-hour cleaning period--an 18 per cent improvement. The Fast system is produced by cleaning equipment and chemical ...
Customer training the key.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Rocol Lubricants, industrial and food grade lubricants manufacturer, says that a record year of customer training signals good news for food-safe manufacturing. In 2006, the firm trained more than 250 maintenance engineers in 18 companies across the food industries in effective ...
Italian olive oil for the world.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Italian edible oil producer Olitalia has gained "enormous logistical advantages and cost savings" by installing a complete Kosme filling line, including blow-moulding machines for inline production. For the first time, Olitalia is thus producing 5- and 10-litre containers itself ...
White's wins first business in Jordan.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... White's, the Northern Ireland oat miller, has won significant new business for its premium crunchy cereal and porridge oat flakes from a major customer in Jordan. The company is supplying its porridge flakes and Toasted Oats natural breakfast cereals to a leading food ...
Starfrost picked again.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(Cheviot Foods installed spiral freezer)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... One of the UK's leading manufacturers of frozen vegetable products has invested in another spiral freezer from equipment specialist Starfrost. Cheviot Foods, part of the Prize Food Group, has installed its fourth custom-built freezing system from Starfrost. The Helix Spiral ...
Multiple buns in the oven for Gregg's.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Work has now started on a major scheme to upgrade and expand facilities at a bakery in Treforest, South Wales. Food industry construction and engineering specialists Clegg Food Projects is carrying out the work on behalf of Greggs plc, one of the country's largest bakery chains ....
Ensuring perfect buns.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(Dipix Europe supply machine vision system to Lantmannen)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Dipix Europe has installed an advanced automated inspection system at Lantmannen Unibake's bakery plant in Orebro, Sweden. The online machine vision system inspects hamburger buns at high speed as they pass along a conveyor after baking. By continuously measuring a range of ...
Meeting of minds.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(London Manufacturing Advisory Service launch new programme)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... London's Chinese food manufacturers and restauranteurs are learning to go 'lean', thanks to a new programme launched with the London Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS). Around 24 members from this sector, responded to an invitation from Thomas Chan, chairman of the Chinese ...
New business sales boost for Roberts.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(Miriam Roberts restructure Port Dinorwic Ltd)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Roberts of Port Dinorwic Ltd, specialist manufacturer of quality frozen products to the food service sector, has started the new year on a high after securing new contracts worth in excess of one million pounds. The new contracts, which have resulted in the company recruiting ...
Treatt invests in Earthoil.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(Treatt PLC venture with Earthoil)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Treatt and Earthoil have announced a strategic investment by Treatt in the Earthoil group of companies. Earthoil is a specialist in the manufacturing and supply of organically certified and fair traded essential and pressed seed oils. As a result of the agreement, Treatt will, with ...
Grimsby's FoodTown at IFE.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Exhibiting at IFE at ExCel was to boost Grimsby's reputation as Europe's FoodTown and the large number of food companies based in the area. Andrew Moore, Economic Development Officer at the Council said: "In a number of circumstances grants are available for companies ...
New abattoir floors stand up to steam cleaning.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Abattoirs, where food processing begins, set the standards for hygiene throughout the industry. Frequent steam cleaning of floor areas is one of the essential operations for hygiene in an abattoir and so the flooring surface must be able to withstand high temperatures on a regular basis. ...
The doors.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)(PVCu roller shutter doors supply to TDG PLC)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... When it was decided that the existing dock leveller doors on five different loading bays at their Stephenson Way handling plant in Thetford, Norfolk, needed replacing, Logistics experts TDG (UK) called in the UK's leading roller shutter door and dock leveller supplier, Ro-Dor. ...
Ridding a system of fat.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Aziz Tejpar, managing director of Environmental Biotech, is tackling some of the worst drainage, sewer and odour problems caused by waste fats. Having a resounding success in alleviating some of the worse drain line issues in the UK, Mr Tejpar decided to buy the entire ...
Britvic's dry solution.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... For a new bottling line at Chelmsford--which handles the Robinsons Fruit Shoot range of soft drinks--Britvic opted for a space-efficient solution known as a 'block filler'. These systems integrate filling, capping and labelling operations employing an arrangement of carousels to transfer ...
New flexible conveyor system.(NEWS AND INSTALLATIONS)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Modular Automation International has an exclusive agreement with German manufacturer Rose & Krieger to distribute the new flexible conveyor system Easy-linkO in the UK. Easy-linkO is a modular conveying system that complements Modular Automation's automated assembly lines. The ...
Isoma honoured for its loyalty.(Robert Wiseman Dairies 2006 awards)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Isoma is celebrating its long and trusted relationship as a supplier to Robert Wiseman Dairies, one of the UK's leading Dairy Companies. In appreciation of the firm's commitment and service Isoma were presented with the much coveted "Supplier of the Year" award at the Robert ...
Signum compact industrial scales.(Plant and Equipment)(Sartorius Ltd innovate Signum series)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Sartorius, the world-leader in weighing technology, demonstrates its commitment to innovation with the launch of the new Signum series, a new generation of easy-to-use compact industrial scales set to revolutionize industrial weighing. Suitable for use in legal metrology, the ...
Appetite for automation.(Plant and Equipment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... RTS Flexible Systems has developed a new and innovative assessment process to help uncover 'hidden profitability' in food manufacturing processes through investment in robotics and automated handling. The method has been prompted by the findings of the 2006 'Appetite for ...
High friction modular conveyor belts.(Plant and Equipment)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Habasit Rossi Ltd--Belting Division has developed a new range of high friction plastic modular belts which are set to benefit distribution centres, airports, general conveyor systems, packaging end-lines and checkouts. The new HabasitLINK R GripTop modular belts have been ...
Which centrifuge?(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Selecting the right centrifuge, for dewatering new or modified products, thanks to a unique 'test, try and recommend' service offered by Westfalia Separator, leader in separation and filtration technology. Barry Dumble, Managing Director, Westfalia Separator Ltd, says, ...
Flexicon industry first FPAX range.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Leading flexible conduit manufacturer, Flexicon, has proved itself an industry leader yet again, with the news that its popular FPAX range of nylon-moulded conduit fittings has achieved the ingress protection rating IP69K--proving resistance to high pressure water or steam jets, necessary ...
Portsdown stainless steel powder/granule hopper.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Portsdown/Granule Prepacker unit is designed for 1-15 Kg weighings and has coarse and trickle feed with automatic in flight adjustment. A portsdown Conveyor Unit with a continuous sealer of in-house design can be added at modest cost. Smaller and larger ...
Hygienic stainless steel component fabrication.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Axium Process, specialist stainless steel fabricators and manufacturers of a range of filters and sample valves for the pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries, now stocks a comprehensive range of hygienic stainless steel process equipment including tank manways, valves, sprayballs, ...
A revolution using sterilisation.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Steritech, until now well-known for its innovative and energy-saving batch retorts systems, has enlarged its product line with continuous solutions. The market demand for a prolonged shelf-life can in many cases only be fulfilled by thermal treatment. For example, flash (or ...
Various vibrators at POWTECH.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Invicta and Italvibras electric, Vibrators exhibited their various vibratory wares at POWTECH 2007 in Nurnberg, Germany, 27 -29 March 2007. The Invicta display featured a selection of the company's latest BLz Series of foot-mounted, rotary electric vibrators and the EBK Series ...
Avoid spilling soup at 30ppm.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Ishida Europe has developed a 'walking beam' system that operates in conjunction with its QX 775 Traysealer to fill and seal pots of soup at 30 packs per minute at German food manufacturer Mico GmbH's plant in Oederan, Saxony. The range of soups, sold under the popular Suppina ...
Batch Peelers improve peeling control.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Potato processors using tandem Heat and Control Batch Peelers in a two-stage process achieve greater peeling control and cleaner fryer operation. The first peeler uses a coarse abrasive to quickly remove the tough peel of stored potatoes. After most of the peel is removed, ...
Neogen's 24-hour GeneQuence[R] Salmonella test receives AOAC status.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Neogen has received Official Method status from AOAC International for its 24-hour GeneQuence Salmonella diagnostic test system. GeneQuence Salmonella combines the superior specificity of DNA hybridization technology with the ability to rapidly process up to 372 samples at once ...
A Blowin' Thru the Sieve.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Blow Thru Sieve[TM] from Russell Finex has been designed for use in pneumatic conveying lines, enabling processors to screen and transport material simultaneously. Its development has come about as a result of a need to check-screen powder during dilute-phase positive ...
Heat and Control Potato Chip Fryer.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... With hundreds of installations worldwide, Heat and Control's Potato Chip Fryer provides superior product quality, clean operation and total reliability! Precise control of temperature and rapid adjustment to product load changes are provided by continuous oil circulation between ...
AxFlow Blackmer Mouvex pump.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... AxFlow has a new addition to its range of Blackmer Mouvex eccentric disc pumps in the form of the Micro C. A seal-free eccentric disc pump, the Micro C is a low maintenance, compact pump offering leak-free performance. Offering flow rates from 1251/h-5001/h, the three model ...
Elfab helps compliance with ATEX.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Elfab, Europe's leading manufacturer of bursting panels, has been helping the food industry to comply with changes to the ATEX Directive. All existing hazardous area workplaces in use prior to 30 June 2003 had to meet ATEX's appropriate minimum requirements by 1 July 2006. ...
Laitram Machinery new Salmon Cleaner.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... In addition to manufacturing high-performance shrimp processing equipment, Laitram Machinery is now equipping salmon processors with a new Salmon Cleaner. This innovation in salmon processing completes the cleaning process of aquaculture salmon. The cleaner reduces the labour ...
A good wash doesn't harm Leuze Mayser safety light curtains and grids.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... An exciting development cxtending the application of Leuzc Mayser's safety light curtains and grids is that virtually the entire range can be supplied conforming to IP68, a classification confirming eligibility for water jet washing. It opens up a whole new range of applications, ...
Advanced Dynamics feeds the food industry.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Advanced Dynamics Ltd is targeting the UK food industry with an exciting hygienic stainless steel version of its best selling LB-2 friction feeder. The company has been selling KoRa-Packmat friction feeders for many years, but this is the first time that it has introduced a food ...
More economical and service-friendly.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The economical advantage of the new DFO series, used worldwide for effective industrial dust collection, can now also be used in lower air volume ranges. Three new compact dust collectors are available as ready-to-fit, plug and play solutions. The success of this dedusting ...
Trucker Wellingtons for food processing.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... For people that need more than just a standard safety shoe in the food processing and manufacturing sector, safety footwear specialist Aimont is promoting its Trucker safety wellingtons, available in UK sizes 3 to 13 Ideal for applications where staff reguire added foot ...
Improving Listeria isolation.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Fraser BrothPLUS and Half Fraser BrothPLUS are recently-introduced variants of Lab M's standard Fraser Broth medium for the isolation of Listeria species. The new media are formatted to give improved results in both traditional culture and ELISA methods. In common with all of Lab M's ...
Accelerated Sodium Buffer System.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Biochrom, the market leader in amino acid analysis announces the launch of the Sodium Accelerated Buffer System. The new buffer system enables the total analysis time for a full amino acid profile to be reduced by up to 30%, which is equivalent to seven additional runs per day. ...
New Bioprene hoses for food-processing.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Hoses in Bioprene, a proprietary high-grade thermoplastic material, are now available for use with Watson-Marlow Bredel SPX hose pumps. Bioprene is beige in colour, safe for use in food production for aqueous foods, and offers an exceptionally long life. The material has a higher shore ...
Filtering out the competition.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Donaldson Membranes' world-leading portfolio of Tetratex ePTFE filtration media were on show at Powtech 2007 Nurnberg, Germany, 27th-29th March. Representatives from the mechanical process industry took the opportunity to see how Tetratex[R] & ePTFE membranes could be tailored ...
Improved Breezair industrial wall controller.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)(Seeley International (Europe) Ltd.)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Seeley International (Europe) Ltd, manufacturers of the highly acclaimed Breezair Evaporative Cooling system, has introduced a new Industrial Wall Controller (IWC). Unique in the evaporative cooling market and developed in response to European demands, the IWC-05 has enhanced ...
More economical and service-friendly.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The economical advantage of the new DFO series, used worldwide for effective industrial dust collection, can now also be used in lower air volume ranges. Three new compact dust collectors are available as ready-to-fit, plug and play solutions. The success of this dedusting ...
Turning your dreams of automation into a 'Flexible' reality.
Mar 01, 2007 ... Automation can be a dream solution for many food processing engineers, especially at the medium to small end of the industry. But turning the dream into reality is another matter. They may know theoretically that automated handling holds the key to more efficient production and effective ...
Netherlocks takes the strain.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Valve-control specialist Netherlocks has developed a device to facilitate the manual operation of problematic valves, whether they are high-torque, difficult to reach or require many handwheel rotations to activate. The KMS is a portable pneumatic handheld actuator that enables valves to ...
Valve prevents drain pollution.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Designed for emergency sealing of pipes and drains, the Portable Envirovalve introduced by Darcy Products Limited provides a simple, easily deployed method of preventing spilled or leaking pollutant from flowing into the drainage system. By using a lance and inflatable bladder, ...
Sting in the tail.(PLANT AND EQUIPMENT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... TM Robotics (Europe) has teamed up with Scorpion Vision Ltd to offer an industrial robot solution using Toshiba Machine SCARA robots, Sony Scorpion smart cameras and the Scorpion open software tool for industrial vision. The new package will allow engineers in the food industry ...
Processing, packaging, plant, equipment and supplies.(food trade buyers' index)(Directory)
Mar 01, 2007 ... AGGLOMERATION PLANTS GEA Process Engineering Ltd, 1 The Quadrant, Abingdon Science Park, Barton Lane, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3YS. Tel: 01235 555559. Fax: 01235 554140. E-mail: sales-nuk@niro.co.uk. Website: www.niro.co.uk BAKERY MACHINERY IMA Food Equipment ...
Raw materials, ingredients and additives.(food trade buyers' index)(Buyers guide)
Mar 01, 2007 ... ANCHOVY (Fillets, Pastes, Flavourings, Canned, Jarred, Tubs) La Monegasque UK Ltd, The Priory, High Street, Ware, Herts. SG12 9AL. Tel: 01920 469107. Fax: 01920 486646. E-mail: enquiries@thecannedfish.co.uk Website: www.lamonegasque.com Meridian Sea, PO Box 58, West Park, ...
Events.(Calendar)
Mar 01, 2007 ... april 2007 15-16 NATURAL & ORGANIC PRODUCTS EUROPE This event, which is now in its eleventh year, will be held at Olympia, London. It will cover thousands of products from all over the world from organic foods to herbal remedies. Expected to attract around ...