Oct 11th 2017
New Production Facility
A plant-based food manufacturer has invested £28.5M in a new production facility in Northamptonshire, UK. The investment has doubled production capacity at the site to 150M litres as demand grows for almond, hazelnut, soya oat and coconut drinks. A company spokesman said that “the soya-baked drinks and alternatives to yoghurt demand is growing” At the UK…
Oct 11th 2017
NW Ambient Food and Drink Facility
Permission has been granted for the development of a 26,000m2 food and drink logistics facility at the Port of Salford in the Northwest of England. The depot will be a multimodal facility, accessible by road, rail and shipping via the Manchester Ship Canal. This will provide a strategic foothold in the Northwest to allow the…
Oct 11th 2017
Food Manufacturer Expanding
A West Bromwich food manufacturer is investing almost £9M to expand its sauce manufacturing business. The investment is in equipment which will improve efficiencies and improve productivity. A fully automated glass line will significantly boost manufacturing capability. The next phase of the venture will be a fully automated plastic line providing 70-75% extra capacity. The…
Oct 11th 2017
Brewery Conveyor H&S Issues
One of Britain’s oldest breweries has been ordered to pay a substantial amount for failings in its safety. An incident occurred when a worker suffered a severed finger from the unguarded machine when cleaning it. The employee slipped, resulting in the instinctive movement of putting his arm out to steady himself, but his hand came…
Oct 11th 2017
Conveyors and Packaging
A company has completed the construction of an egg packaging centre in Oxfordshire, UK. The facility features machinery which will grade, sort and pack eggs before they are delivered to retailers. The facility has been designed to make it as energy efficient as possible with a high level of H&S that will make it one…
Oct 11th 2017
End of Line Improvements
A Cornish bakery is able to consider expansion to a second factory following improvements to its end of line production process. They have installed a new flow wrap machine which has enabled the company to expand production almost six-fold at speeds of up to 80 units per minute. They have a growing range of wrapped…
Oct 11th 2017
New Bottling Line in Yorkshire
A Yorkshire brewery has increased its production of its bottled Yorkshire beers following investment in a new bottling line. The new site is capable of producing 2.5M bottles of beer for one shift a day, operating five days per week. The new automated plant would also deliver greater efficiencies and growth potential for the brewery….
Oct 11th 2017
Food-Space Conveyor
A pick and place robot solution for handling packs of fresh food has been combined with a food safe conveyor. The simplistic, groove design with side channels made from high molecular, weight polyethene (HMWPE) was design with side channels made from high molecular, weight polyethene (HMWPE) was preferred, because it can be deployed in hygienic…
Oct 11th 2017
Robotic Palletiser Installation
A robotic palletiser, is being used to increase the speed and efficiency of a coffee stacking line. The coffee firm is said to be part of one of the largest snack foods manufacturers in the world. Key factors that influenced the unnamed company’s decision are said to have been the machine’s robust yet streamlined design…
Oct 11th 2017
Palletiser Installation Completed
An Essex-based company has invested in an automated palletiser to quicken its ability to fulfill orders. Up until this year, palletising the bags was a manual process. However, due to the seasonal nature of fulfilling orders, the company has just a short window to process and distribute its products, making it a labour intensive task…
