Ian Mackway leaves Raps
After 28 years’ service, Ian Mackway of Raps UK has confirmed that he has left the business. Ian’s story with Raps began in 1988 when he responded to an advertisement for a new business opportunity. RAPS Gmbh & Co. KG, a successful European company at that time, based in Germany, which had no presence in the UK, was looking for a general manager to establish a subsidiary in the UK Market. Starting as a one-man band with a car and...
Moy Park fined after worker crushes hand in machinery
Moy Park Ltd has been fined after a worker was injured at the company’s site in Anwick near Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Lincoln Crown Court heard that an engineer was checking the blades on the cutting line when the machine restarted and he was not able to move his hand away from the blade he was inspecting when the machine started up. The worker suffered deep laceration to his hand as a result of this incident. An investigation by the...
International award for sausage cutting machine
The new generation of Inotec sausage cutting machines was recently awarded by Germany’s iF International Forum Design GmbH in Hannover. The iF Design Award 2017 has a tradition of over 60 years and every year more than 5,500 products from 59 countries apply for it. The jury members were convinced by Inotec’s sausage cutting machine WT99-iT because of its hygienic machine design, which is said to meet all requirements in terms of...
Multivac introduces the G700 traysealer
The latest addition to Multivac’s traysealer portfolio was recently unveiled to the UK market at the company’s first ever traysealing showcase event. Meat Management was among visitors to Multivac’s three-day tray sealing showcase event where guests had the opportunity to see the all new G700 traysealer, as well as attend seminars with industry experts, experience machine demonstrations and ask questions in a live debate....
Multivac acquires share in TVI
Multivac’s German business Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG has acquired a 49.9% share in machinery company TVI. The companies will place focus on integrating and linking TVI’s products and Multivac’s packaging machines into complete lines. Multivac has described the acquisition as a “strategically important step in being able to offer, in future, complete production lines from one source.” Multivac has also announced that...
Tulip Ltd relaunches food production division
Following his appoint to the role of CEO in September, Steve Francis has announced that Tulip will be split into four business divisions: Tulip Fresh, Tulip Added Value, Tulip Agriculture and the already well-established Dalehead Foods model. Tulip Added Value has now been re-branded as Tulip Food Company (UK) in order to better reflect the make-up of the division, which consists of a series of customer-focused centres of excellence...
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