FANUC Europe Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Marco Ghirardello as the new President and CEO. Ghirardello succeeds Shinichi Tanzawa, who has been leading the company since 2016 and will return to FANUC Headquarter for a new assignment. His contribution to FANUC Europe over the past years is highly appreciated. “It is a […]
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Modern society is characterised by our reliance on convenience. We are all guilty of choosing convenience over the most sustainable option – from single-use disposable coffee cups to the polystyrene packaging and plastic bags used to keep takeaway food warm. Over the past decade, however, the food and drink industry has been making some steps […]
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A.F Blakemore & Son Ltd, one of the UK’s largest privately owned family businesses operating across retail, foodservice and the largest SPAR wholesaler in the UK, has chosen RELEX Solutions, the provider of unified supply chain and retail planning solutions, to automate and optimise their supply chain processes. AF Blakemore has 9000 SKUs in […]
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Global food supplier Griffith Foods has selected WCS Environmental Engineering technology to enhance the wastewater treatment process at its UK site in Wincanton, Somerset. Griffith Foods provides seasonings, coatings, sauce, dressings and butter portions to the food industry, with the corporate purpose to “blend care and creativity to nourish the world”. Its previous onsite water […]
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Leading global assurance partner, LRQA, is urging manufacturers to ensure heightened focus on change management to ensure supplier approval processes remain effective, following reports that one in three vegan products in the UK contain egg or milk. The story, which led to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute warning of the potentially tragic consequences caused by […]
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With skeleton food safety crews, a leaner post-Brexit quality control workforce and Food Factory Managers wearing multiple technical hats, JentonDimaco Director Dr Russ Sion explores how a ‘belts & braces’ approach to label verification can save overtasked technical professionals sinking under the compliance and cost controls pressures. Food factory managers today are carrying the weight […]
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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has welcomed the publication by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) of the updated Food Law Code of Practice. However, CIEH suggests that further changes are necessary to embrace a more risk-based and intelligence led approach. The updates to the Food Law Code of Practice comes as a result […]
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In any business world, data is reshaping the landscape. Food processing is no exception. If we consider the next big technology development, it will inevitably be a non-incremental, non-organic, move away from human labour and towards automation. In food production humans generally perform two sub-tasks for each primary task. In virtually every case, one of […]
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One of the UK’s leading packaging experts has invested more than £200,000 into launching a new premier logistics offer that goes beyond the usual delivery of items across Europe and the UK. Nuneaton’s Lesters Logistics, which is part of the Burntwood-based Lesters Group, is now offering new and existing clients access to its ‘Signature Logistics’ […]
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One of Kent’s leading food manufacturers received a major royal seal of approval at the weekend. Nimisha Raja, founder of Nim’s Fruit Crisps in Sittingbourne, was awarded an MBE in King Charles’ first ever birthday honours for her services to business and enterprise. The former coffee shop owner sold her company to start the UK’s […]
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