Browsing: Processing
Increasing automation in the food processing industry has helped maintain quality. NZ Food Technology News features the latest food processing trends, equipment, machinery and manufacturing processes. There’s a particular emphasis on food processing in the meat, poultry, seafood and dairy industries, as there’s a need for safe and speedy production.
Machines beat humans when it comes to picking Sauvignon blanc grapes
University of Auckland research overturns the long held view that hand picking of grapes is needed to produce the best Sauvignon blanc. Continue →
Fonterra’s biggest shake-up since its formation
In-fighting over the amount of control shareholding farmers will retain in Fonterra will now drag on until November – and possibly longer – because of last month’s inconclusive vote on the issue. Continue →
Fonterra applies to acquire New Zealand Dairies
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (Fonterra) seeking clearance to acquire the dairy processing assets of New Zealand Dairies Limited (NZDL). Continue →
Reduce product theft with MobileCamViewer
Florida meat packer and distributor Master Purveyors has seen a sharp increase in staff production — and reduction in theft — since adding the MobileCamViewer mobile surveillance application from mobiDEOS to its business security system. Continue →
Automation at drinktec 2013
Factors such as batch tracing, cost pressure and sustainability – along with the product consistency and diversity demanded by the customer – have radically changed the beverage and food industry. Continue →
New Avure HPP installation in Taiwan
The opening of Taiwan’s KEE Fresh & Safe Foodtech Co., Ltd. Continue →
A strategic investment
The food company Stute Nahrungsmittelwerke in Paderborn, Germany, is rigorously pursuing its eco-friendly strategy. Continue →
Tetra Pak’s commitment to recycling
Tetra Pak has announced a partnership with LoveNZ to enable New Zealanders to recycle their cartons and coffee cups, as well their cans and plastic bottles, outside of their homes. Continue →
Kiwi No.8 wire meets German manufacturing precision
A New Zealand company has developed a pruning system that has been described as a revolutionary step in mechanising and revolutionising viticulture. Continue →
Another feather in the cap for Compac
By Chris Smith
Judges at the New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards in May described Compac Sorting Equipment as “the Rolls Royce of its industry”, citing its “laser-focused priority on market-driven R&D” as a key reason for its global success. Continue →
Automated checkweighing technology improves line efficiency
The CK Checkweigher has been upgraded with new software and a Human Machine Interface (HMI) to simplify operator use and provide greater flexibility for food and beverage manufacturing lines in Asia. Continue →
Crown builds Cambodian beverage can plant
Crown Holdings, a leading global supplier of metal packaging products, has announced it will build a new beverage can plant in Sihanoukville, Cambodia to meet growing demand. Continue →
Calls for transparency around milk additives
South Island independent supplier of fluid milk, Klondyke Fresh says that permeate – a by-product of milk processing which Fonterra admits routinely adding to their blue top products – makes milk less healthy and less tasty, and its use should be declared on the label. Continue →
Dairy leader employs DAF treatment to achieve tough wastewater targets
One of the world’s leading dairy product companies is achieving high efficiency discharge targets from a new $1.5 million wastewater treatment facility for treating effluent from its southern NSW manufacturing site. Continue →
The world’s largest dairy spray dryer to be built by GEA Process Engineering
GEA Process Engineering has received an order for building the world’s largest dairy spray dryer from Fonterra. Continue →
Salt reduction gains momentum
By Les Watkins
Consumers barely seemed to notice when New Zealand’s two major bread producers removed 150 tonnes of salt from the nation’s food in just one year. Continue →
Multi-million dollar investment for delivering world class, high-value dairy products
A multi-million dollar investment in a vertical integration strategy and manufacturing capability is paying off for New Zealand’s New Image Group. Continue →
Continued growth for New Zealand King Salmon
By the mid-2020s more than 1600 additional jobs will be sustained in the Nelson Marlborough region if plans by salmon farmer New Zealand King Salmon come to fruition. Continue →
Record keeping to comply with tightening standards
Key Technology says its latest offering, FoodSafetyPRO™, will improve record keeping for food processors and help them comply with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, Safe Quality Food certification and Global Food Safety Initiative certification. Continue →
Expanded portfolio of valves for processing applications
The EvoGuard range of valves manufactured in-house by Krones in Germany, includes all the valve designs required in the beverage and dairy industries. Continue →