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22-May-2012 - Organic infant formula manufacturer Nature’s One will step-up its efforts to minimise and eliminate the presence of environmental contaminants such as arsenic in its products.
21-May-2012 - Dairy giant Fonterra has announced the opening of a new Shanghai-based innovation centre, in its latest effort to tap into Chinese demand for new, innovative dairy products.
21-May-2012 - Parmigiano-Reggiano and Grana Padano cheese – worth over €250m (£200m, $320m) - has been destroyed in the recent earthquake that shook northern Italy.
07-May-2012 - Tetra Pak has pinpointed the dairy industry’s next big growth opportunity – the ever-growing demand for liquid dairy products (LDP) in emerging nations such as India and China.
04-Apr-2012 - At Anuga Food Tec 2012 FOSS launched its new near infrared dairy analyser, and in this exclusive video shot at the show, dairy market manager Dorthe Bisgård Oldrup told DairyReporter.com that it broke new ground in terms of analysing milk powder to cut energy consumption and achieve other cost savings.
02-Apr-2012 - GEA Westfalia has launched a new generation of milk separators for smaller dairy processors, and claims that use of patented technology to reduce protein losses provides it with a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
02-Apr-2012 - The food and beverage production industry is ramping up its innovation pipeline as a way of bucking the uncertain economic trend, Anuga FoodTec show director Peter Grothues told FoodProductionDaily.com at the event last week in Cologne, Germany.
02-Apr-2012 - Nestlé says its latest investment in a UHT milk factory in Sri Lanka will have a positive “ripple effect” on suppliers and farmers in the country, and lend it the ability to extend its product offering to consumers.
29-Mar-2012 - Relive the best of the action from day two of the major processing and packaging show ongoing in Cologne, Germany this week.
13-Mar-2012 - Fonterra plans to build a second milk drier costing NZD $300m at its Darfield site, citing higher milk production levels and increased demand from the Middle East, Southeast Asia and China, while CEO Theo Spierings had pointed to “six key megatrends” affecting the firm’s future strategy.
07-Mar-2012 - UK dairy co-operative First Milk claims that a £17m investment to redevelop its cheese packing and storage site, in a move that it said would spur future growth for brands such as Lake District Cheddar.
06-Mar-2012 - Tetra Pak say a new production line at one its plants in China will boost output to 20bn liquid dairy cartons annually to ‘keep up with market demand’.
01-Mar-2012 - Lindhurst Engineering has successfully tested microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology to help dairy processors dispose of waste streams and generate energy, and MD Martin Rigley told Dairy Reporter.com that an installation could cost 75% less than its anaerobic digestion equivalent.
16-Feb-2012 - Leading food processing machinery manufacturer SPX says it is 'encouraged' by recent successes within the dairy sector, and the firm's president, Food and Beverage Systems, Kenneth Rodi, told DairyReporter.com that the company anticipated strong product demand from emerging regions such as China and the Middle East.
14-Feb-2012 - Food processing machinery specialist SPX has won a multi-million dollar contract to kit out Bright Dairy & Food Co’s new processing plant in Shanghai, China.
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.
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.
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.
27-Jan-2012 - A silver ion-laced silicone material that absorbs and destroys pathogens such as E.coli and Salmonella will ensure safety standards are met in the dairy sector, its developer has claimed.
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.