Handtmann Ltd appoints new managing director
Handtmann Ltd has appointed Anthony Daniels as the new managing director of the company, who will take over from Martyn Garrod. The company distributes filling and portioning equipment, and offers things such as vacuum filling machines, automatic linking, forming, depositing, conpro, and handling systems. The equipment helps for products such as sausage, cooked meat, fresh mince, ball forming, burgers and more. Daniels joined the...
Tulip invests in £1m mincing line
Tulip Ltd has invested more than £1 million in a new mincing line at its factory in Tipton to improve efficiencies and increase output at the site. The new unit is said to be able to process both frozen and fresh mince and has a labelling function built in as part of the packaging system. Trialed from December 2017, the line is now fully up to speed and all employees were trained with the new equipment during the introduction period....
Cranswick reveals details of new on-site energy project
Food producer Cranswick has announced a nine year Power Purchase Agreement with BasePower, the provider of on-site power plants. The agreement, made on 14th May, will see the Cranswick Country Foods site in Preston, Hull, install a new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system. This is Cranswick Country Foods’ largest site, producing fresh pork products and processing over 6,500 pigs per day. The investment will support a number of...
Defra publishes guidelines for CCTV in slaughterhouses
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a guidance document which outlines specific guidelines for CCTV usage within slaughterhouses. The document, titled Guidance on the Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (England) Regulations 2018, states that all English slaughterhouses must “install and be operating a CCTV system that meets the needs of the CCTV Regulations by 5th...
Poultry firm racks up £65,000 bill for equipment misuse
Al-Ummah Halal Poultry Ltd of Barnsley has been fined for repeatedly using another company’s equipment without permission. The firm, which has also been fined previously for equipment misuse, has agreed to pay an additional £18,000 in costs and damages to Bakers Basco. The latest agreement was the result of a mediation meeting between Al-Ummah, Bakers Basco management, both parties’ legal teams and an Independent Mediator, after...
2 Sisters Food Group sees positive impact of automation
2 Sisters Food Group has seen positive results with the implementation of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), digital solutions and technology services company Zensar Technologies has reported. According to Zensar, its RPA has helped the company realise visible and measurable outcomes by streamlining of the financial framework and operations in the last six months, specifically in accounts receivables cash posting and allocation...
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