Category: News
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Belgium is testing digital watermarks across flexible food packaging nationally. The HolyGrail 2030 trial aims to create a sortable food-contact polypropylene stream for future recycling.
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Fortifi has acquired German food separation specialist SEPAFood Solutions GmbH. The deal adds SEPAmatic equipment, patented cooling and speed controls, engineering expertise, and manufacturing capacity.
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GEA is expanding separation testing capacity at its Oelde centre. The project adds a third test room and supports pilot inputs up to 5,000 litres per hour.
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Barry Callebaut and Arla have launched a dairy decarbonisation partnership. The three-year programme links UK skimmed milk powder sourcing with farm-level carbon data, farmer incentives, and Scope 3 reporting.
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Novonesis will invest €600 million in Indian enzyme production capacity. The Patalganga expansion is due online in 2030 and will serve food, beverage, biofuel, and household-care customers across growing regional markets.
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Pilgrim’s Europe workers have begun continuous strike action at Enniskillen. The escalation follows three weeks of stoppages as the manufacturer and Unite remain divided over pay and paid breaks.
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Tirlán completed its SAP separation without interrupting dairy production operations. The nine-month programme migrated core enterprise systems and analysed more than 30 billion records while maintaining an eleven-site manufacturing network.
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Wageningen has secured funding to turn agricultural side-streams into proteins. The six-year VASCO programme combines separation, fermentation, product development, consumer research, and commercial work around underused crop residues.
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IDAK has sold KADI as it concentrates on frozen bakery. The transaction returns the Swiss potato-products manufacturer to Invision ownership while its management retains continuity and a minority stake.
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Grote is acquiring Turatti to broaden European food processing capability. The transaction adds Italian fresh-produce engineering, complete lines, automation, and service capacity to an expanding international equipment group.