Category: News
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Finland opens first industrial-scale liquefied biogas production facility in Nurmo. The food-industry-linked plant is designed for around 100 GWh of annual output, with liquefaction scheduled to begin this autumn.
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Suempol plans a major salmon processing complex in Poland’s west. The Pełczyce development would combine filleting, salting, smoking, freezing, and packing with photovoltaic generation and energy storage.
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Markem-Imaje has launched new connected packaging software for GS1 transition. CoLOS 2D Activate and Engage combine QR-code management, production data, analytics, and digital content as manufacturers prepare for wider 2D barcode adoption.
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US food manufacturers are accelerating reformulation away from synthetic dyes. FDA’s latest tracker shows completed and ongoing changes across cereals, snacks, dairy, confectionery, beverages, bakery, and private-label foods.
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WECO has launched X-ray inspection technology for in-shell nut processors. Multiscan MXV-Bulk detects hidden defects, poor kernel fill, and dense foreign material that surface inspection cannot identify.
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PepsiCo’s Pune snacks plant marks twenty-five years of manufacturing growth. More than ₹600 crore of investment has expanded annual capacity to 62,100 tonnes while adding automation and water-recovery technology.
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Diageo will reformulate several major Indian whisky and rum brands. The changes follow FSSAI action over added flavourings and will require recipe and labelling changes across affected production.
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Premier’s Tulbagh plan could halve South African fruit canning capacity. Growers face uncertainty before the November harvest as the company consults on closing one of the country’s two principal deciduous-fruit processing operations.
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Krones has opened a major bottling equipment plant in Karnataka. The 16,000m² facility will manufacture ErgoBloc systems and bottle-production machinery for India, adding local capacity for high-speed beverage and liquid-food lines.
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Cawston Press has acquired LA Brewery after an earlier investment. The deal follows LA Brewery’s factory closure and shift to outsourced production, adding fermented drinks to Cawston’s expanding non-alcoholic portfolio.