Category: Topics
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Shibuya Hoppmann is extending gentler transfer across packaging lines worldwide. Horizontal discharge prefeeders elevate bulk products while limiting impact and fitting around existing equipment.
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Moa’s new financing advances alternatives for increasingly resistant weeds worldwide. The Oxford business will progress three programmes while expanding discovery and commercial development work.
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Greencore is accelerating integration across Britain’s enlarged chilled manufacturing network. Stronger trading and early savings are increasing pressure to align factories, procurement, systems, and products.
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Cranswick’s rising volumes are driving further pork and poultry investment. First quarter growth is being matched with additional processing, storage, and automation capacity across England.
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Roberts is cutting meat tempering from days into mere minutes. Refrigeration and X-ray portioning will extend improvements in production speed, yield, energy use, and scheduling.
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Made Smarter grants are putting automation onto smaller factory floors. Supported projects cover tempering, wrapping, filling, slicing, process monitoring, and internal fabrication across food manufacturing.
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Automated media preparation is targeting persistent food laboratory testing bottlenecks. InstaFlux combines dispensing, enrichment, barcode control, and digital records within one integrated microbiology workflow.
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Paranova is adding substantial fibre packaging capacity in Cambridgeshire operations. A new facility will anchor investment in printing, finishing, automation, and internal logistics.
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Mars is bringing traceable natural menthol into European gum production. The sourcing programme links British and Polish factories with more than 24,000 growers in India.
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Poland’s proposed drinks levy will reshape beverage formulation and pricing. Higher rates and wider coverage could alter concentrate manufacture, recipe development, and portfolio planning from January 2027.