May 29, 2023

Technology & Sustainability

IHG hotels at Dubai Festival City launch waste reduction program

The cluster of hotels – InterContinental Dubai Festival City, InterContinental ResidenceSuites Dubai Festival City, Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City and Holiday Inn & SuitesDubai Festival City – to prevent the disposal of about 2 million single-use plastic water bottles within the next 12 months. IHG Hotels at Dubai Festival City have announced a series ofinitiatives

New GEA control top generation provides explosion protection for food producers

GEA completes the T.VIS® control top series with a version for potentially explosive processes: GEA T.VIS® E-20 is of interest to the dairy industry, among others, which processes highly flammable hazardous substances in the form of milk powder and sugar dust – for example in the production of fruit preparations. In the food, dairy, chemical

The right packaging a key factor in the
green transition

Living in the Bioeconomy is the title of the two-day conference Sweden is organizingduring the Presidency of EU. Today, Billerud’s President and CEO Christoph Michalskispoke about the role of fibre-based packaging in the needed green transition. Theconclusion is that material and design of package matters. The bioeconomy is an important part of the circular economy.

UAE and Romania to work on food security

UAE and Romania to support investment exchanges in food security along with others like technology, transportation and logistics H.E. Bin Touq: The UAE-Romanian relations are solid thanks to a shared desire to promote them H.E. Abdullah Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, and Mircea Abrudean, Head of the Chancellery of the Romanian Prime Minister,

Williams’ new cool Under Broiler Counter

Latest model in the UBC range can hold two different sizes of G/N pans Williams Refrigeration has launched a new model in its range of Under Broiler Counters, model UBC16, which is capable of storing 2/1 and 1/1 Gastronorm pans simultaneously. The Williams UBC range is designed to provide chefs with refrigerated storage right in

Eco-friendly, energy saving, hygienic: efficient sanitisation with microwave and radio frequency systems by SAIREM

SAIREM, a world-leading specialist in microwave (MW) and radio frequency (RF) industrial solutions based in Lyon, France, will showcase the company’s sanitisation technologies at FIE, Food Ingredients Europe, from 6-8 December 2022. The company will highlight innovative systems which are suitable for either decontamination of ingredients such as powders, spices, peppercorns, flours, and nuts etc.

GEA Batch2Flow innovation earns Industry Excellence Award

The increasing global importance on reducing food loss and increasing efficiency in the food supply chain is driving food manufacturers to seek out ways to change their production methods for the better. The award-winning solution called Batch2Flow, designed by technology specialists from GEA, offers such improvements to food manufacturers. An automation food processing solution, Batch2Flow

Leybold UK wins Composites UK 2022 Industry Awards

Vacuum equipment specialist Leybold UK, based in Chessington, Surrey, has won the Composites UK 2022 Industry Awards in the Social Impact category. The award was announced and presented to Leybold on the evening of 2 November at the Composites UK Awards Dinner at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. The Composites UK Social Impact Award

Healthy Hedonism: EXBERRY® by GNT identifies disruptive new color trend

A bold new era of “Healthy Hedonism” is inspiring a radical rethink of what is possible with natural colors, according to trend analysis by GNT. GNT, the global supplier of plant based EXBERRY® colors, explored how today’s consumers see color in the world of food and drink and beyond. The research revealed a powerful new

End-to-end sustainability at Handtmann

FROM SHOW TO SHOPPERUpcycling at Handtmann: From trade fair graphic to recycled bag The scope for sustainable action is immense. In the firmly established set of values of the family-owned company Handtmann based in Biberach, sustainability is spelled with a capital “S” and all its activities are guided by this principle. The Filling and Portioning

Krones has affirmed its commitment to net zero

In its climate strategy adopted in 2020, Krones set itself the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused in the company by its own vehicle fleet or production plants, for example, by 80 per cent by 2030. In addition, the group aims to cut emissions attributable to the upstream and downstream value chain by 25

How Product Inspection Helps Combat Rising Manufacturing Costs

Escalating manufacturing costs are proving a challenge to food manufacturers. Rob Rogers, Senior Advisor Food Safety & Regulation of Mettler-Toledo outlines how product inspection technology can help to mitigate the impact of cost pressures. Inflationary pressures for Asian food manufacturers have been less severe of late than for those based in other parts of the

Sidel: Making circular economy a reality with R-Cycle

Sidel is helping to make the circular economy a reality by joining R-Cycle, the open tracing standard for sustainable plastic packaging. The global packaging solutions company is now a member of R-Cycle, a community designing digital ‘product passports’ to accelerate the recycling of plastic packaging around the world.  Using an open tracing standard, R-Cycle allows

Research says climate change could threaten food supply chains

Modelling shows climate change and extreme weather events will impact food supply chains, with adverse effects on income, food and nutrient availability Rural communities would be most severely impacted – while more affluent communities would be better positioned to buttress against supply shocks. New University of Sydney research published in Nature Food today has modelled the wide-ranging

WorldFish and Norad to develop highly nutritious aquatic feeds

WorldFish signed this month an agreement with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) to develop low-cost and highly nutritious aquatic feeds based on novel ingredients. The agreement will enable 5,000 smallholder aquatic food producers in Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia to test and use these feeds and ingredients, which will increase their income, improve their