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    Handtmann Ltd appoints new managing director

    2018-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Handtmann Ltd has appointed Anthony Daniels as the new managing director of the company, who will take over from Martyn Garrod.Anthony Daniels has been appointed the new managing director of Handtmann Ltd.The company distributes filling and portioning equipment, and offers things such as vacuum filling machines, automatic linking, forming, depositing, ...

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    Tulip invests in £1m mincing line

    2018-08-23T00:00:00Z

    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.The new unit is said to be able to process ...

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    Cranswick reveals details of new on-site energy project

    2018-05-16T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

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    Defra publishes guidelines for CCTV in slaughterhouses

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a guidance document which outlines specific guidelines for CCTV usage within slaughterhouses.Defra has published a guidance document for CCTV usage in slaughterhouses.The document, titled Guidance on the Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (England) Regulations 2018, states ...

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    Poultry firm racks up £65,000 bill for equipment misuse

    2018-03-20T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

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    2 Sisters Food Group sees positive impact of automation

    2017-09-21T00:00:00Z

    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.2 Sisters reacts positively towards Robotic Process Automation.According to Zensar, its RPA has helped the company realise visible and measurable outcomes by streamlining of the ...

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    Ian Mackway leaves Raps

    2017-04-20T00:00:00Z

    After 28 years’ service, Ian Mackway of Raps UK has confirmed that he has left the business.Ian Mackway has stepped down from his role with Raps.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 ...

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    Moy Park fined after worker crushes hand in machinery

    2017-04-13T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

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    International award for sausage cutting machine

    2017-04-06T00:00:00Z

    The new generation of Inotec sausage cutting machines was recently awarded by Germany’s iF International Forum Design GmbH in Hannover.The Inotec High End Rendering Schneidemaschine WT99.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 ...

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    Multivac introduces the G700 traysealer

    2017-02-27T00:00:00Z

    The latest addition to Multivac’s traysealer portfolio was recently unveiled to the UK market at the company’s first ever traysealing showcase event.Multivac's new G700 traysealer.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 ...

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    Multivac acquires share in TVI

    2017-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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, ...

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    Tulip Ltd relaunches food production division

    2016-10-20T00:00:00Z

    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 CEO Steve Francis.Tulip Added Value has now been re-branded as Tulip Food Company ...

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    New Birmingham office for Marel

    2016-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9th was a red letter day for Marel’s UK operation with the formal opening of a new office in Birmingham. The new location will serve as the sales and service centre for Marel in the United Kingdom & Ireland, and is part of an on-going strategy to bring the ...

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    Multivac completes refurbishment

    2016-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Multivac UK, providers of packaging solutions to the meat industry, has moved into its newly refurbished premises following an investment of over £2 million into its modernisation programme.The building, which will be officially inaugurated in March, now includes a dedicated practical training area and a new classroom, with audio-video technology, ...

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    Dawn Meats implements Red Tractor Assurance Verification Service

    2015-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Irish meat supplier, Dawn Meats has implemented an Integrated Checker service for verifying supplier Red Tractor assurance claims for beef.Working in partnership with Edinburgh-based tech firm everysite and food industry solutions provider Hellenic Systems, Dawn Meats’ new system can check the Red Tractor 90 day rule for each individual animal ...

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    David Black Award winner revealed

    2015-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Knowles, marketing director swine for ForFarmers is the winner of this year’s David Black Award.Andrew Knowles, this year's winner of the David Black Award for his contribution to the British pig industry.The award is given to somebody who has made a significant and sustained contribution to the British pig ...

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    ABP Food Group completes £30 million redevelopment in Ellesmere facility

    2015-09-28T00:00:00Z

    ABP Food Group has completed a £30 million investment into its facility in Ellesmere, Shropshire. The group claimes ABP Ellesmere is now one of Europe’s most advanced, efficient and sustainable beef processing operations. The plant employs 727 people and receives cattle from over 2,000 farmers mainly from Shropshire and Cheshire ...