Category: Processing
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Ferrero is investing €60m across French Nutella production, professional packaging, and cookie manufacturing as the group expands its European industrial footprint.
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Paranova has completed a £5m expansion of its St Neots operation, adding 2,000 square metres and new converting capability for fibre-based food-to-go packaging.
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Rising fibre demand is creating new opportunities for ingredient suppliers, while food manufacturers balance gut-health positioning with processing performance, texture, labelling, cost, and claims.
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Lamb Weston plans to close its Broekhuizenvorst production facility in the Netherlands, affecting around 110 workers as the frozen potato processor reshapes its European manufacturing footprint.
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Premier Foods has reported major low-carbon manufacturing investments, including a £2.1m solar farm at Carlton Bakery, £3.3m boiler upgrades at Worksop, and heat recovery work at Lifton Creamery.
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Domino’s Pizza Group has opened a £25m Avonmouth supply chain centre to increase capacity across South West England and Wales, with automation planned by early 2027.
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Raisio has secured €1.8m from Business Finland for a four-year project to develop functional fibre ingredients from grain processing side streams, with pilot-plant scale-up planned at Raisionkaari.
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Sidel has presented complete-line and end-of-line technologies at Interpack 2026, including robotic collating and palletising systems designed to support higher flexibility, faster changeovers, and complex packaging formats.
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Vybey has entered functional soft drinks with Collagen + Energy. The UK-made range combines collagen protein, caffeine, Lion’s Mane, L-theanine, magnesium, and electrolytes in a lightly carbonated format.
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FBC UK has recalled Arran Fine Foods caramelised red onion chutney over possible metal contamination. The affected 195g and 1.35kg packs highlight the operational importance of foreign-body control, batch traceability, and recall execution.