Food Manufacturing

RS Components marks official opening of extended distribution centre

RS Components has held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the expansion of the company’s distribution centre (DC) at Bad Hersfeld, Germany. RS has made a significant investment over the past two years to create one of the company’s largest distribution centres in its global supply chain network, fully automated and equipped with state-of-the-art technology. At the official opening event, customers and suppliers were invited to see the highly automated stock processing capability and warehouse management system now installed at the site.

10th November 2021

Watson-Marlow announces details of new US manufacturing facility

Watson-Marlow is pleased to announce that construction has begun on a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in the United States, with first production due in late 2022. The new facility will be dedicated to Watson-Marlow’s range of industry leading products, including peristaltic pumps, tubing, fluid path solutions and BioPure components.

8th November 2021

Sulzer pumps help Calysseo produce a more sustainable food resource

Sulzer is supplying loop reactor pumps to Calysseo’s facility in Chongqing, China, to support the production of an innovative bio-protein for the Asian aquafeed industry. FeedKind has the potential to reduce pressure on wild fisheries as well as decreasing the agricultural resources and water used to produce animal feed.

4th November 2021

ABB helps South American barley malt house boost production

ABB has been announced as the main automation and electrification contractor for South American barley malting company Maltería Oriental SA (MOSA) as it extends operations and looks to significantly reduce raw water consumption.

4th November 2021

Bostik provides vital repair solutions in international yacht race

Repair Kit chosen to help meet the rigours of a global sea challenge

3rd November 2021

Smart LED lighting fixture secured and protected

Technology recreates and modulates full spectrum of Sun’s natural light

2nd November 2021

Re-setting the standard

WEG and Lontra report high efficiency levels with new compressor-motor combination

2nd November 2021

Cobots help businesses address labour shortage

Labour shortages have reached chronic levels in the food and drink industry. Long-held fears that robots might rob human workers of their jobs are finally starting to dissipate with the realisation that there simply isn’t enough available labour to keep the wheels of the UK’s food and drink sector turning. Stuart Coulton, UK market development manager at Omron Industrial Automation argues that manufacturers automate their way out of the crisis.

1st November 2021

Vision Engineering supports the "Queen"s Green Canopy" initiative

Vision Engineering welcomed HRH The Princess Royal to its global headquarters and manufacturing facility in Send, Surrey, to present the company with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its Lynx EVO ergonomic stereo microscope.

28th October 2021

Stacking and palletising eggs quickly and reliably

When Netherlands-based egg processing machinery specialist Kletec needed a motion control supplier that could deliver a complete range of products, preferably worldwide, it turned to Lenze.

26th October 2021

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