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Food manufacturing

24 Apr 2018

Cheese producers use Sine pumps to increase productivity

By Staff Writer

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group has produced a white paper explaining how MasoSine Certa pumps using sine technology offer significant benefits compared with rotary positive displacement types such as lobe pumps. The advantages include gentle product handling, improved yield and far easier cleaning, making Sine pumps ideal for cheese manufacturing. Independent testimony and a relevant case...
16 Apr 2018

Developments in forming and extrusion technology

By Staff Writer

Dutch company DJM specialises in the manufacture of forming and extrusion equipment. It combines the benefits of vacuum stuffing technology and integrates it with various forming and extruding attachments.
27 Feb 2018

GEA technology supermarket shows specialist expertise during FoodEx

By Staff Writer

The technology group GEA will exhibit its wide range of high-tech equipment and possibilities for customised solutions in the area food and drink processing and packaging at FoodEX 2018 in Birmingham from 16-18 April.
12 Feb 2018

Cargill and ARASCO open corn milling facility for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

By Staff Writer

Through a joint venture between Cargill and ARASCO, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has a new corn milling facility to meet the growing demand of the region’s food and beverage industry. The Middle East Food Solutions Company (MEFSCO Corn Milling Facility) is Cargill’s first investment in KSA. The investment marks the company’s commitment to...
05 Feb 2018

Why Verderflex hoses outlast competitor hoses

By Staff Writer

Why do some hose pumps have short hose life and what unique features does Verderflex have that offers extended hose life beyond that of its competitors?
14 Sep 2017

Effective control – from ingredients to retail shelves

By Staff Writer

Matrix Software offers two custom manufacturing software solutions for most processing and manufacturing plants in the food, beverage and meat industries. Branded as Meat Matrix and Food Matrix, the technology is a must-have solution for any industry where stock control, yield management, traceability, productivity and cost margins are a necessity. The software is developed in...
05 Sep 2017

Tomra announce successful half-year performance

By Staff Writer

The company has announced a positive six months trading since the start of 2017 thanks to the successful launch of three sorting platforms, new senior management appointments and the implementation of an enhanced customer support service.

31 Aug 2017

Ipex launches an innovation centre

By Staff Writer

Ipex Machinery (Ipex), the South African representative of Wittmann Battenfeld hosted an open house from 21 to 23 August. This was to mark the official opening of its new Technology Centre at its Johannesburg premises.

10 Jul 2017

ID Logistics invests in technology

By Staff Writer

ID Logistics South Africa, part of the global group that specialises in contract logistics, has recently embarked on a secondary transport optimisation programme to decrease costs and improve efficiencies across the operation.

19 Jun 2017

The future of maintaining supply chain integrity

By Staff Writer

Are you 100 per cent sure the food in your kitchen is not counterfeit? Overseas counterfeiters have diversified from fake designer handbags to food, trying to pass off poorer quality grown produce as genuine brands.

12 Jun 2017

Better supply chains will help turn SA business around

By Staff Writer

As South Africa slips into recession following two consecutive quarters of negative growth, supply chain experts met in Cape Town at the SAPICS event to share ways of keeping business competitive in a volatile but tech-enhanced world.

23 May 2017

Pyrotec PackMark’s intuitive case coding

By Staff Writer

Pyrotec’s machinery division, Pyrotec PackMark has launched the 4500 Drop on Demand (DOD) Valve Jet coder from Markem-Imaje, a global manufacturer of product identification and traceability solutions.