Industry News
Fonterra Farm Source to sell livestock division
Carrfields Livestock will take over Fonterra's Farm Source livestock division on 1 March 2019, following a review of the co-op's assets and investments. [ + ]
Wastewater treatment for Kraft Heinz's soy sauce plant
Veolia Water Technologies will supply Kraft Heinz China with a wastewater treatment solution for its new soy sauce plant in Guangdong. [ + ]
New name for Ammeraal Beltech and Megadyne Group
The two belting technology suppliers have announced their joint operations name will be AMMEGA. [ + ]
New Australian service partner for SPX Flow
Servicing of SPX's heat exchangers, separators, homogenisers, pumps and valves will now be available from Victorian company FDPI. [ + ]
New high-speed door manufacturing facility for Victoria
Arbon Equipment is set to open a high-speed door manufacturing facility at Laverton North, in Melbourne's west, in January 2019. [ + ]
Checking cold chain and DIN SPEC 91360
A valid and efficient cold chain is essential if chilled and frozen goods are to be delivered from online retailers. [ + ]
Australia leads the world in interest in vegan
In 2018, search interest in 'vegan' information was at an all-time high in Australia. [ + ]
Aussie app to protect wine industry
An app called Snap Send Solve is being used to help protect the Mornington Peninsula wine industry from biosecurity threats, namely phylloxera. [ + ]
Open your mind to packaging innovations
Australian and New Zealand companies and individuals are encouraged to enter the 2019 Packaging Innovation & Design Awards. [ + ]
Flour dust goes to court — and loses
A UK bakery has been fined for exposing its staff to flour dust. [ + ]
How essential is shelf stacking?
Woolworths has just been told it can't have 5000 people stacking shelves on Christmas morning. [ + ]
Entries open for 2019 packaging scholarship
Packaging New Zealand's annual Scholarship program offers the opportunity to complete a Diploma in Packaging Technology to the value of $9000. [ + ]
Ishida designer awarded for multihead weigher
Toshiharu Kageyama, a mechanical engineer with Ishida R&D, developed an oval-shaped, 18-head multihead weigher that has resulted in him winning the Kyoto Inventors Award. [ + ]
Integrated digitalisation platform introduces Food Manufacture library
Version 1.3 of the gPROMS FormulatedProducts introduced the Food Manufacture library, which aims to tackle innovation and optimisation challenges in the food industry. [ + ]
Avoid lead in your spices
Spices purchased abroad may contain high levels of lead and pose a risk for lead exposure, according to an American study. [ + ]
