Reformulation consultancy
06 July, 2009 | Ingredion
National Starch Food Innovation has launched the Value Matters program, which is a global initiative to help companies stay competitive.
Bottle coding solution
06 July, 2009 | Matthews Australasia Pty Ltd
The Linx 4900BC bottle coding solution has been specifically designed for wet and humid conditions. It uses inks that stick and it prints exactly where needed.
Flow wrapper
06 July, 2009 | Emrich Industries Pty Ltd
Emrich Industries has introduced a full servo wrapper with axis motion controller and brushless servomotors. The unit can independently drive the infeed conveyor, fin seal rollers and sealing crimpers.
Resistant starch for fibre-enriched bakery products
06 July, 2009 | Cargill Australia
Cargill’s ActiStar resistant starch can be used to produce fibre-rich, low-calorie bakery products.
Aflatoxin-detecting laser sorter
06 July, 2009 | Heat and Control Pty Ltd
The Best Detox aflatoxin laser sorter has been designed to provide reductions in aflatoxin levels on a wide range of crop plants. The sorter uses optical laser technology to detect and reject aflatoxin-contaminated products at a normal processing flow. Combined with the Best Free-Fall technology, it ensures a minimum of yield loss.
Natural dairy concentrates
06 July, 2009 | IMCD Australia Limited
Flavouring declarations on European food labels are about to change thanks to EC 1334/2008, a regulation passed at the end of 2008. This regulation effectively eliminates Natural Identical Flavours and greatly narrows the scope of what can be declared a Natural flavour.
Atomising spray nozzle
06 July, 2009 | Spray Nozzle Engineering
The BETE XAAD nozzle uses the energy in compressed air to produce highly atomised sprays at low flow rates to ensure a total clean with less compressed air consumption.
Fryer technologies
06 July, 2009 | Heat and Control Pty Ltd
Heat and Control is developing fryer technologies for the reduction of acrylamides, product oil content control, cooking oil volume, and fryer floor space and energy requirements.
Pallet-wrapping machine
06 July, 2009 | HBM Packaging Technologies
TechnoWrapp has released the ruggedly constructed, high-speed A800 and A800 4E automatic ring-wrapping machines for wrapping palletised loads with stretch film and a waterproof top sheet. The machines are particularly fast as they can wrap at speeds up to 130 pallets/h.
Energy-efficient pump and fan drive
06 July, 2009 | ABB Australia Pty Ltd
ABB has released a low-voltage AC drive that has been specifically targeted at pump and fan applications. The addition to the ABB standard drive family ranges from 0.37 to 22 kW.
High-resolution bar code printer
06 July, 2009 | Metromatics Pty Ltd
Quicklabel Systems has introduced the desktop Pronto! 486 high-resolution bar code printer.
General-purpose spill kits
06 July, 2009 | 3M Safety & Graphics
The 3M General Purpose Sorbents range offers a highly absorbent, clean and lightweight way to manage potential spills.
Hygienic optical sensor system
06 July, 2009 | Treotham Automation Pty Ltd
The Wenglor InoxSens range of optical sensors provides a selection of hygienic sensors for the food and beverage and pharmaceuticals industries.
Hygienic bag dump station
06 July, 2009 | Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
A Hygienic Bag Dump Station for pneumatic conveying systems collects dust created during manual dumping of bulk materials from bags, boxes, drums and other containers, and allows rapid, tool-free washdown.
Field communicator
06 July, 2009 | TechRentals
The Emerson 375 Field Communicator is an intrinsically safe handheld communicator that supports all HART and Foundation fieldbus devices from all suppliers.

