Asia Pacific: Testing laboratory for AHAVC opens in Thailand
UL, a global safety science organization, has opened a laboratory in Samut Prakan, Thailand. The facility will serve as UL’s regional hub for testing appliances, as well as heating, ventilation and air conditioning or AHVAC equipment, across diverse industries. Bolstered by world-leading economic growth, demand for AHVAC safety and energy efficiency testing services in ASEAN has continued to surge...
Americas: Toyo Ink Brasil releases PU-based inks
Toyo Ink Brasil presents an upgraded lineup of high-performance polyurethane-based surface and lamination inks for flexo and gravure printing. The company offers systems, from general-purpose snack structures to high-end retort and hot-fill packaging applications. "Demand continues to grow for packaging solutions that offer greater convenience features, stronger barriers, and lighter weight materials, and for shorter print runs," said director Sergio...
Asia Pacific: Yili launches ambient drinking yoghurt with Tetra Pak system
Chinese dairy manufacturer Yili has produced its first ambient drinking yoghurt with large fruit and cereal pieces with Tetra Pak's technology. Yili launched the product in Tetra Top 200ml with large re-sealable screw caps. "The new Tetra Pak TT/3 AD filling system has been designed to allow the particles to pass through seamlessly, and the new Tetra Top package uses a...
Europe: DuPont company partners French institution on probiotic strains
The DuPont Nutrition & Health Microbiome Venture has partnered with INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Research) to decipher the molecular mechanisms of action of DuPont’s probiotic strains through a functional metagenomics approach. This partnership was done through both the Micalis Institute and MetaGenoPolis, a pre-industrial demonstrator. INRA has developed and validated a high-throughput screening platform to test the effect of...
Americas: JBT releases three-in-one machine for juice makers
JBT Corporation releases a combination of three pieces of equipment, the Fruit and Vegetable Processing Solution, for premium juices and blends produced by smaller juice marketers. The solution can be assembled using three JBT unit operations: a) an FVX5 fruit and vegetable extractor, which receives the raw products and performs the initial size reduction, b) an FTE50 Turbo Finisher, which produces...
Americas: Slow take-up in online grocery shopping, report
Adoption of online grocery shopping is moving at a slower pace than other consumer categories, but it is growing with about 10% of US consumers now regularly buying groceries, reports The NPD Group. Although there are more consumers buying their groceries online, 99% of online grocery shoppers still shop in brick and mortar grocery stores. Consumer preferences when shopping for foods...
Asia Pacific: Eagle showcases detection machines at China show
Eagle Product Inspection will exhibit its advanced x-ray and product analysis equipment at ProPak China 2018, from July 11 to 13 2018 in Shanghai. The company will showcase the following: - X-ray system EPX100 that detects and automatically rejects potential contaminants including glass shards, metal fragments, mineral stones, some plastic and rubber compounds and calcified bone. Its accompanying SimulTask 5 image...
Europe: Cargill to build €12M factory in Mouscron
Cargill has invested in a new liquid chocolate production line in its Mouscron production facility in Belgium to increase the production of milk and dark chocolate while creating 10 local jobs. Set to open in the last quarter of 2018, the facility in Belgium will cost the company €12 million ($14 million) to build. Cargill currently employs approximately 150 people in...
Europe: ISO releases new food safety standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) releases the new edition of ISO 22000 on food safety management systems aimed at all organizations in the food and feed industries. The ISO 22000:2018, Food safety management systems – Requirements for any organization in the food chain, translates food safety management into a continuously improving process. It takes a precautionary approach to food...
Asia Pacific: Toyo Ink to set up factory in Myanmar
Toyo Ink SC Holdings plans to set up in July 2018 a wholly-owned manufacturing subsidiary, Toyo Ink Myanmar in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone in Yangon, Myanmar. With an initial paid-in capital of US$6.5 million, the new factory is scheduled to break ground in November 2018 with commercial operation expected to begin in November 2019. In line with its strategic focus...