Category: Markets
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White Lake Cheese has expanded its summer artisan dairy range. The Somerset cheesemaker has added four products across goat, sheep, and cow milk formats.
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Framptons has returned to profit following renewed plant investment work. A third Tetra Edge A3 line will add 40m units of production capacity.
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Cocoa reformulation is becoming a sharper technical manufacturing challenge globally. Volatile supply and pricing are forcing deeper work on flavour, texture, viscosity, colour, and labelling.
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Confectionery manufacturers face a difficult shift away from plastic packaging. Barrier performance, shelf life, line speed, and product protection still govern material choices.
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EU rules now clarify recycled-content accounting for PET beverage bottles. The methodology covers calculation, verification, and reporting as chemically recycled plastics enter compliance systems.
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Q2 tested food manufacturers’ exposure to regulation, ingredients, and costs. Distilled examines the deals, packaging rules, reformulation pressure, trade weakness, and safety incidents that shaped production planning.
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Pengelly Farms has automated potato case assembly and sealing operations. The Cornwall producer installed Endoline equipment to remove a manual bottleneck around heavy 10kg boxes after upstream grading and loading upgrades.
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Cranswick has automated pigs-in-blankets packing with robotic handling equipment technology. The end-of-line system uses autonox robots and Rockwell Automation controls to place products into packs at up to 240 pieces per minute.
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Sveba Dahlen will join Midera Food Processing this coming summer. The move places the bakery equipment manufacturer inside a focused group spanning protein, bakery, snack, automation, thermal processing, and packaging technologies.
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Klöckner Pentaplast has expanded kp Infinity into recyclable fruit trays. The new trays target packed fresh fruit, combining product protection, stackability, and lighter handling for produce supply chains.