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Europe: GEA’s organic sales grew by 5.6% in 2014
Despite a less vibrant development of the global economy, GEA says 2014 was a highly successful fiscal year for the company.
The preliminary key figures...
Americas: Food Safety ’15 series – If prevention is the main attraction, is US’...
It has now been more than four years since the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law by President Obama on January...
Americas: Kalsec validates kill step of Salmonella in extraction process
A 2013 report by the Food and Drug Administration found nearly 7% of spice imports examined by federal inspectors were contaminated with Salmonella.
The American...
Europe: Researchers develop bacteria quick test for beer, milk
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam and company GEN-IAL from Troisdorf have developed a polymer powder that significantly...
Europe: PhD researcher develops online analytical tool to determine type of salmonella
There is no single analytical method for whole genome sequencing data, which can be used universally to determine salmonella bacteria’s type.
A PhD project at...
Europe: BASF invests €56M to expand PVP production
BASF plans to invest up to €56 million (US$73.7 million) in the expansion of its Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) value chain over the next four years.
PVP...
Asia Pacific: Shimadzu Corporation launches unified chromatography system
Shimadzu Corporation launches Nexera UC, a unified chromatography system, which showcases complete automation and combines automatic sample pre-treatment with chromatographic separation and analysis.
The fully...
Asia Pacific: Veolia Water Technologies releases modular water treatment systems
Veolia Water Technologies has launched its new Orion that provides compendial purified water with sustainability features such as low energy membranes Reverse Osmosis (RO),...
Europe: Ishida Europe devises weighing solution for German seafood processor to pack fixed weight...
Ishida Europe has devised a bespoke weighing solution that has enabled Deutsche See Fischmanufaktur, Germany’s market leader in seafood to weigh just two large...
Europe: Mettler Toledo launches program to measure equipment for green purpose
Mettler Toledo's Green program has spawned an EcoDesign initiative that targets the full product lifecycle by holistically optimizing the use of materials and energy...