Food Manufacturing

Air-Tech and Fluid Power & Systems Exhibitions 2016

The biennial Air-Tech & Fluid Power & Systems Exhibitions, co-located alongside Drives & Controls, Plant and Asset Management, European Offshore Energy, Exhibitions, are once again set to return to Birmingham's NEC (Halls 3/3A) from 12-14 April 2016, alongside MACH 2016 and National Electronics Week 2016. Collectively the exhibitions will be the largest manufacturing and engineering events of 2016, and will create an unmissable event.

11th February 2016

Visit Mouser at Embedded World 2016

Visitors to Mouser's booth, Stand A4-101, Hall A4, at the Embedded World exhibition, Nuremburg Messe, 23-25 February 2016, will see how the New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor supports the entire design cycle with a wide range of services, tools and products from leading suppliers, making the development process easier, faster and more cost effective, thus shortening time to market.

5th February 2016

Wearside Pneumatics: Atlas Copco Compressors Premier Distributor

Wearside Pneumatics, based in Gateshead, is celebrating its appointment as a premier distributor for Atlas Copco Compressors in the North East of England. This promotion means that Wearside Pneumatics, formerly a Class 1 distributor, now offers the supply and installation of Atlas Copco's full range of energy-efficient industrial compressors, rough vacuum pumps, nitrogen generators and spare parts.

4th February 2016

AUTOMATICA 2016: Innovations for the food industry

The food and beverage industry is subject to immense cost pressure. To remain competitive, producers are looking for powerful automation solutions with reasonable investment costs at the same time. AUTOMATICA 2016, which will take place in Munich from June 21 to 24, presents suitable solutions for the industry.

29th January 2016

Exico: strong foundations laid before first birthday

A successful and eventful first year of trading has been celebrated by electric motor company Exico UK. The company's name was previously used in the UK until 12 years ago, but was absorbed into a global conglomerate and has now re-emerged as an independent business.

27th January 2016

Hirschmann and Secomea sign Partnership Agreement

Belden Inc has announced that its Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH business has signed a formal partnership agreement with Secomea A/S, a provider of Remote Access Solutions for the automation and machine industry. The two companies have agreed to work together to develop new, easy to use Secure Remote Access Solutions - which will enable users to remotely access their sites for programming, diagnostics and troubleshooting.

19th January 2016

Industry forecasts highlight divergence in sector performance

Britain's manufacturers continue to diverge in performance with some sectors outperforming while others lag behind for a variety of reasons, according to forecasts for individual industry sectors for 2016 published today by EEF.

30th December 2015

Case-loading methods for retailers and food factories at Foodex

Increased handling capabilities, flexibility and output have pushed automation to the forefront for many food manufacturers. With 2016 set to be the "˜tipping point' for automation, Pacepacker Services will showcase new automated case loading systems at Foodex 2016 on stand L229.

19th December 2015

RS Components refreshes offering of pneumatic components

RS Components has announced a significant extension to its range of pneumatic components from SMC. Targeting machine builders developing new pneumatics-based applications as well as maintenance engineers, the additions to the SMC pneumatic components range comprise more than 600 products including cylinders, actuators, valves, fittings, assemblies, filters, lubricators, regulators, hoses and air-preparation devices.

17th December 2015

Review: CE Marking and PUWER machinery safety workshop

On 1 December 2015 Spiers Engineering Safety hosted a CE marking and PUWER machinery safety workshop attended by around 20 engineers and managers, plus Jon Severn the editor of MachineBuilding.net, who has written this review.

15th December 2015

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