Technology
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Europe: Baumer unveils optical sensors with SmartReflect
Baumer Group releases 0300 and 0500 optical NextGen sensors with IO-Link for the sensor principles to diffuse mode sensor with background suppression and SmartReflect...
Europe: Key Technology improves sizing, grading systems
Key Technology's enhanced Rotary Sizing and Grading Systems is a family of equipment that enables fruit, vegetable and potato processors to size and grade...
Americas: Sigma-Aldrich facilities receive ISO certification
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation has received ISO 13485 certification for expanded quality assurance capabilities at its Dekalb and Barton facilities located in St. Louis, US.
With the...
Americas: Sciex releases meat detection system for Halal, Kosher consumers
Sciex unveils a meat species authentication method for Halal food verification, which has been developed using the Sciex Qtrap 6500 Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS)/MS...
Americas: JTB buys liquid foods company for US$51.6M
JBT Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the shares of Stork Food & Dairy Systems B.V. (SFDS), a filling and sterilization solutions...
Americas: Mettler Toledo introduces software for production visibility
Mettler Toledo introduces Collect+ data collection and visualization software that offers users a visual overview of their operations, taking complicated process data and making...
Americas: Honeywell’s refrigerant obtains US approval for vending machine uses
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Honeywell's Solstice N40 (R-448A) refrigerant in applications ranging from stand-alone systems to commercial refrigeration.
The EPA also...
Americas: Calyxt, PBL sign agreement on bread wheat trait
Calyxt has signed an exclusive license agreement with Plant Bioscience Limited (PBL) for a bread wheat trait generated using gene editing.
The trait provides endogenous...
Europe: Munters to acquire HB Group
Munters AB has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HB Group, an international company that specializes in customized hygienic climate control systems for the...
Asia Pacific: Blue LEDs could preserve food, finds Singapore university
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) have strong antibacterial effect on...