Processing
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Asia Pacific: Philippines to manufacture Cheetos snacks, says PepsiCo
PepsiCo says its beverage bottling partner in the Philippines will manufacture and distribute a range of PepsiCo's popular Cheetos snack products and flavors to...
Americas: PositiveID’s chip detects E. coli in less than 20 minutes
PositiveID Corporation has successfully detected Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chip of its Firefly Dx prototype handheld, real-time...
Asia Pacific: SCIEX releases study that detects low levels of Pesticide 1080 in hours
SCIEX's application team is developing a new method for screening of monofluoroacetic acid (MFA), also known as ‘1080’.
In 2008, a melamine milk scandal posed...
Europe: Food recalls drop in Q1, says product recall company
Product recall company Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS has reported that recalls and notifications have decreased in the first quarter of 2015, due to heightened recall awareness...
Europe: WGS uncovers foodborne outbreaks, says Denmark institute
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, is promoting the creation of global databases for whole genome sequencing (WGS) results to facilitate intelligent...
Europe: Festo’s Process Automation Mobile to tour UK next month
The Festo Process Automation Mobile will be starting the UK leg of its European Tour visiting its customers from June 1 to 26, 2015.
The...
Europe: KION Group acquires Egemin division
The KION Group has signed an agreement to buy Belgian automation specialist Egemin Group's handling automation division for about €72 million (US$80.3 million).
The transaction...
World: Bühler, Saudi Arabian flour producer signs CHF50M project
Bühler Technology Group is building a new flour milling complex in Jazan for Saudi Arabian flour producer Grain Silos & Flour Mills Organization (GSFMO)...
Europe: Endress+Hauser earned €192M in 2014
Endress+Hauser increased net sales in 2014 by 11.0% to €2.013 billion (US$2.246 billion) and achieved a net income of €192 million.
The company invested more...
Europe: GEA buys Italy’s Comas
GEA signed an agreement to acquire Italian cake and pastry industrial processing equipment and solutions provider Comas.
Comas will join the business area Solutions in...