Tag: Europe
Europe: Testing concepts through virtual commissioning, ABB
Industry 4.0 continues to open up new opportunities across food and beverage manufacturing.
In particular, these technologies help improve manufacturing flexibility and the speed...
Europe: SIG deploys digital solutions for factory efficiency
SIG will deploy GE Digital’s Predix Asset Performance Management (APM) and Predix ServiceMax industrial applications across more than 400 customer factories worldwide to drive...
Europe: Layn offers sweetening platforms to Europe
Layn Corp introduced its SteviUp and Lovia sweetening platforms, and demonstrated its monk fruit sweetener at the Vitafoods Europe last month.
The company is also...
Asia Pacific: China boost demand for virgin plastics material, analyst
Global demand for polyethylene (PE), the world’s most used plastic, has nearly doubled since 1999, according to information provider IHS Markit.
It states global demand...
Europe: Sorting potato strips with intelligence, Key Technology
Key Technology releases Veryx digital sorters equipped with the patented Sort-to-Grade (STG) software for wet and frozen potato strips.
While Veryx targets all foreign...
Europe: Marback, RPC company release closure system
German tool producer Marbach and RPC Bebo have developed a thermoformed screw closure system.
Called Turner, the system comprises a cup, lid and lidding...
Europe: Using blockchain in the food industry
Described as an ‘open ledger’ for transactions, blockchain gives a secure way to track and transfer assets through supply chains, states Sustainable Foods Summit.
It...
Europe: Packaging needs to ‘speak’, said DLG
Consumer desire is a fundamental driver for change in the food sector as this has a direct influence on production processes and subsequent packaging,...
Europe: Global Easter chocolate launches up 23% in 2017, report
There has been a 23% rise in Easter chocolate launches from March 2017 to February 2018, providing a plethora of chocolate choice for Easter...
Europe: Learning from the mistakes of the Fipronil scandal, ABB
In summer 2017, 15 EU states, Switzerland and Hong Kong were affected by the Fipronil contamination scandal.
The scandal originated in the Netherlands but...