May 18, 2024

IFFA 2022 concludes exceeding expectations

The global meat and protein industry seized every minute of IFFA from 14 to 19 May: for intensive networking, to see innovations and to do business. Sustainable production, automated processes and digitalization in all areas of processing, packaging and sales characterized the range of products at the booths. The high interest in alternative proteins also

BIOFACH and VIVANESS 2022: Unpackaged and new packaging solutions

• Exhibitors at BIOFACH and VIVANESS 2022 focus on unpackaged and new packaging solutions Analyzing the value chain for a given product will eventually lead you to the crucial question of packaging. How much is needed? And how little is still enough? After all, foodstuffs need a long shelf life, for example, and hygiene standards

GNT reveals ambitious targets in the food color market

EXBERRY® Coloring Foods supplier GNT has published a major new report that sets out its plans to become the leader in its field on sustainability. Each year, GNT produces more than 11,500 metric tons of EXBERRY® concentrates from edible fruit, vegetables, and plants – enough to color over 40 billion servings of food and drink. To ensure the company

Real-time communication via 5G with Profinet

Siemens at Hannover Messe, Hall 9, Booth D49 – both on site and virtually, from May 30th to June 2nd.  Siemens enables the transmission of Profinet IO via a private 5G network, which allows data to be transmitted in real time for industrial applications. This is made possible by the VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN) transmission

Packaging Speaks Green: Now all eyes on 2023 edition

The curtain has just fallen on a successful second edition of Packaging Speaks Green, the international forum promoting the culture of sustainability and circular economy, held in conjunction with Ipack-Ima and Greenplast. As shown by the figures, it was a much wanted and much awaited event: over 400 participants and 46 speakers, including 20 from abroad, enlivened

Arla Foods Ingredients receives positive EFSA opinion

Arla Foods Ingredients has secured a positive opinion on its Novel Food application for Bovine Milk Osteopontin ingredient Lacprodan® OPN-10. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published an opinion that Bovine Milk Osteopontin (OPN) is safe for use in infant formula (IF), follow-on formula and ready-to-eat dairy-based meals for children. When this process is complete,

Spirit of optimism: New perspectives for the meat and protein industry

The outlook for the meat and protein industry and its suppliers is positive despite difficult underlying conditions. German production of process technology for this sector rose to a peak in 2021, and exports were also at a record level despite the pandemic. The German butchery trade also reports a high willingness to invest. At IFFA

Optimistic industry attitude in the forefront of IFFA 2022

On the occasion of the press briefing with the daily and business press for IFFA 2022, the VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association reports that German production of food processing and packaging machinery increased by 7 percent to 14.8 billion euros in 2021. This means that industry sales in the fourth-largest mechanical engineering sector

Ingredion to showcase innovation in plant-based proteins and sugar reduction at Vitafoods Europe

Inspired by increased consumer demand for healthier food and beverages, Ingredion will showcase two delicious recipe prototypes at this year’s in-person and virtual Vitafoods Europe, Geneva. Designed specifically for the event, these unique recipes will highlight how the latest ingredient innovations can help food and beverage manufacturers develop and formulate great-tasting zero sugar and high-protein

Dedicated production line for sustainable, floatable shrink sleeve film opened in Poland

Innovia Films (Innovia), a major producer of highly differentiated speciality films announce the opening of a new 6.2 metre multi-layer co-extrusion line at its site in Płock, Poland. The state-of-the-art line will be dedicated to manufacture low-density polyolefin shrink film for shrink sleeve labels and tamper evident applications. The film forms the basis to produce

Packaging Speaks Green: The wait is over

More than 400 registered participants, 38 speakers and multidisciplinary discussions. The event is set to begin in a few hours’ time with opening remarks from Undersecretary of State Manlio Di Stefano, ITA Director General Claudio Luongo and the Chairmen of Ucima and Amaplast The stage is set for Packaging Speaks Green, the international forum devoted to

IPACK-IMA opens today

The world meets in Milan for 4 days of innovation and sustainability IPACK-IMA opens today, on stage at Fiera Milano with all the process and packaging solutions for the manufacturing industry Innovation and sustainability at industrial and production level in a unique European business ecosystem. IPACK-IMA, scheduled at Fiera Milano until May 6th, opens today