Category: Operations
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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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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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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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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.
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UK investigators are tracing a Salmonella outbreak potentially involving eggs. The 207-case cluster has caused one associated death, while authorities examine imported supply routes, food businesses, and possible cross-contamination events.
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Finland has opened its first industrial liquefied biogas production plant. The Nurmo facility links food-industry by-products and farm manure with renewable transport fuel, recycled nutrients, and 100GWh annual production capacity.
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Arla has electrified heating at its Videbæk whey processing plant. The €8.3 million project cuts gas demand while giving Production Tower 4 greater flexibility to use renewable electricity.
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Testo is positioning objective oil testing around consistent frying quality. Its 270 BT measures total polar materials in hot oil and transfers readings to the Smart App for documented process control.