Category: Features & Interviews

As the world comes together for a global football event this summer, it’s all about community. air up? captures this energy and presents its first Artist Collection: In collaboration with Munich-based artist GABE, the brand transforms its revolutionary Scentaste™ technology into a limited-edition design piece under the motto “Everyone Plays”. Scentaste™: The drinking revolution At […]

At Santa Maria’s Milton Keynes facility, best known for producing fajita kits, seasonings, salsas and tortillas, nitrogen is an essential part of the production process. It is used in the final product as a 30 per cent filler gas within modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) as well as to blanket bulk silos, protecting ingredients from oxidation […]

Removal of external car park bins increased average recycling rates from 18% to 49% Partnership delivered cost savings, operational efficiencies, and improved staff engagement Demonstrates how evidence-led redesign can deliver measurable improvements in recycling performance in complex, public-facing retail and hospitality environments Reconomy Connect, a brand by the leading international circular economy specialist Reconomy, has […]

Scientists from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh are cooking up a healthier, greener vegan cheese. Professor Stephen Euston has been working with a food innovation company for almost 10 years to make vegan cheese healthier and more sustainable. The team has just received funding from the UK Research and Innovation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council […]

Every year, 80 million Easter eggs are purchased in the UK. Waste management experts BusinessWaste.co.uk have calculated that a whopping 5,672 tonnes of packaging will be binned. 25% of your Easter egg is actually just packaging By analysing ten popular high street Easter eggs, experts uncovered that on average, most products are just 75% chocolate, […]

By Matt Hale, Global Business Development Director, HRS Heat Exchangers   Over the last decade business procurement has evolved significantly. Previously focused on achieving the best outcome in terms of performance and cost, procurement is now an increasingly strategic corporate function, with any new purchase needing to aid business performance and meet increasingly stringent compliance, […]

The global fermentation market is expanding rapidly, driven by demand for enzymes, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), biochemicals, probiotics and alternative proteins. As growth continues to accelerate, so does pressure on manufacturers to not only innovate but also to scale efficiently. While product concepts may be proven at lab scale, many companies encounter quality and variability […]

How weighing and inspection technologies actively enable hygiene. In the Food, Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics industries, hygiene is not an option, but a prerequisite for safe products and stable processes. Modern weighing and inspection technologies make a decisive contribution to this: they ensure correct filling quantities, detect foreign bodies and support manufacturers in reliably maintaining […]