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‘Pukka’ new Arla dairy will not help supermarket milk margins, analyst predicts

10-Feb-2012 - Arla announced on Wednesday that it had broken ground on its new 1bn-litre UK ‘super dairy’ near Aylesbury, but one analyst believes that the extra capacity will not help supermarket milk margins.

Automation necessary to meet 'critical' food safety requirements: Tetra Pak

09-Feb-2012 - Tetra Pak has told DairyReporter.com that it believes plant automation systems are necessary to meet critical food safety requirements worldwide, and reduce the risk of human error.

Alfa Laval says fourth quarter dip can’t spoil successful 2011

08-Feb-2012 - Alfa Laval hailed 2011 as “successful” as orders and operating income grew year-on-year but the company noted slowing in demand in the final quarter.

Packaging material factory opening will boost milk carton output – Tetra Pak

03-Feb-2012 - Global packaging supplier Tetra Pak hopes to boost its output capacity of material used for chilled beverages cartons such as milk by around half a billion packages through its latest factory opening.

Krones looks to seal deal at Anuga with new aseptic valves

31-Jan-2012 - German food machinery giant Krones has confirmed to BeverageDaily.com that it will launch new aseptic valves as the latest additions to its EvoGuard series at the Anuga FoodTec trade show in March.

World-first pouch recycling tech takes leap toward commercialisation

20-Jan-2012 - Ground-breaking technology backed by food giants Kraft and Nestle that paves the way for the recovery of aluminium from flexible pouches has taken a major step towards commericalistion after securing crucial new funds.

ADM loses faith in bioplastic JV on cost and demand anxieties

18-Jan-2012 - Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) said it is considering the future of its bioplastics operations as it terminated its joint venture with Metabolix and prepared to halt production of the PHA resin at the purpose-built US facility.

Eco concerns clear in recent Chinese, Indian customer visits: Tetra Pak

16-Jan-2012 - Tetra Pak says that during recent client visits in both India and China, customers have shown an increased interest in environmental issues such as energy use, water consumption and product loss.

Fraunhofer looks beyond Wheylayer film coatings to ‘encouraging’ thermoformable composite work

13-Jan-2012 - Gemany’s Fraunhofer Institute says that after the success of research on replacing petrochemical-based polymers in food packaging film barriers with sustainable whey-based alternatives, scientists are now striving to replace EVOH (ethylene vinyl alcohol) in thermoformable composites.

Can you Jugit? PFM spies rosy UK milk bag future with new machine

09-Jan-2012 - Multinational food packaging company PFM has launched a new entry level milk bagging machine onto the UK market that it hopes will benefit from a perceived trend towards bagged milk on sustainability grounds.

'We're the first to hit UK zero waste to landfill target', Arla

23-Dec-2011 - Arla Foods claims that it is the first major dairy company in the UK to achieve zero waste to landfill throughout its entire UK business, including all its processing sites.

State-of-the-art serrated plastic pipe cleaning tech unveiled by Arla

20-Dec-2011 - The UK arm of Scandinavian based dairy giant Arla has installed a new ‘state of the art’ pipe cleaning technology at its creamery in Stourton that it says will help it reduce product waste and save water.

Shelf-life, sustainability and substitution to drive aseptic packaging growth – report

16-Dec-2011 - Extended shelf-life and sustainability properties of aseptic packaging will drive demand for food and beverage applications to nearly $2.5bn by 2020, an industry report has predicted.

News in brief

O-I announces senior vice president appointment

15-Dec-2011 - US glass packaging manufacturer O-I has named Tony Gardner its new senior vice president and chief commercial officer.

‘Curbside exclusion’ is major challenge facing US carton recycling: Carton Council

13-Dec-2011 - Despite improvements to curbside carton recycling, lack of access for consumers is the major problem that the industry faces in upping recycling rates, according to the US Carton Council.

European glass sector toasts rising packaging demand

06-Dec-2011 - An upswing in glass packaging production announced today has been fuelled by growing demand from consumers and brand owners as sustainability and quality benefits of the material continue to gain traction, said leading industry figure Niall Wall.

Safety and operational efficiency mega-trends spur Nalco takeover, says Ecolab

02-Dec-2011 - Ecolab said it has completed the US$8.3bn (€6.4bn) takeover of Nalco as part of a strategy to tap into global mega-trends such as food safety and the need for industry players to maximize operational efficiencies such as energy and water reductions.

‘Paradigm shift’ in mixing industry sees SPX commercialise cavitation technology

01-Dec-2011 - US machinery firm SPX Corp is commercialising patented cavitation mixing and dispersing technology for beverage and food sector use, and says it believes the equipment is unique within the marketplace.

Competition watchdog scrutinizes Amcor takeover plans

29-Nov-2011 - The Australian competition watchdog confirmed it is probing Amcor’s proposed takeover of packaging company Aperio Group to see if the deal would damage competition in the domestic market.

Bioplastics lobby prompted Californian anti oxo-bio marketing laws, OPA

25-Nov-2011 - Professor Gerald Scott, president of the UK Oxo-Biodegradable Plastics Association (OPA) has hit out at Californian environmental marketing laws that prevent oxo-bio producers from marketing products as ‘biodegradable’, and says they were prompted by the bioplastics lobby.

APPE battles HDPE bottles with ‘radical’ PET launch

23-Nov-2011 - APPE insists that a ‘technological advance’ now allows it to produce large size polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles with recessed handles, and challenge blow-moulded HDPE rivals with a ‘significantly lighter’ alternative.

European Court annuls cartel fine on Dutch packaging company

17-Nov-2011 - Dutch packager Royal Stempher is celebrating after the European General Court quashed a €2.37m fine against the firm made as part of a price fixing cartel investigation six years ago.

Energy-efficient plate heat exchanger has ‘huge potential’, Alfa Laval

17-Nov-2011 - Alfa Laval has launched an energy-efficient and cost-effective heat exchanger called FusionLine that it claims has immense potential to effect a ‘technology conversion’ for food firms.

Tetra Pak claims 20 per cent cost savings with new cheese blockformer

15-Nov-2011 - Tetra Pak claims that its new Tetra Tebel Blockformer will enable cheese producers to achieve electricity, air and water savings of 20 per cent per kilogram of cheese compared to its older model.