AI-powered robots used to pick valuable materials from Fife waste
AI-powered robots are being used to sort Fife Council's household waste in its Dunfermline material recovery facility (MRF).
Installed in late 2022, the robotic pickers...
Loma appoints new Scottish sales manager
IVOR Milne has been appointed regional sales manager for Scotland at machinery specialist Loma Systems.
He was most recently a sales engineer with coding and...
Egg producer boosted by robotic palletising system
AUTOMATION specialist Endoline Robotics has installed a fully integrated robotic palletising system for Bird Brothers, a family-run UK egg producer.
Supplying up to five million...
Organic veg box specialist doubles capacity with new packaging machines
AN organic veg box company has reportedly doubled its packaging capacity and transitioned to fully compostable paper since installing two new GIC vertical form...
Recovering high value products helps food factories maximise returns
By Matt Hale, International Sales Manager, HRS Heat Exchangers
When processing any kind of remotely viscous food product it is inevitable that a certain amount...
X-ray technology offers firm a Brighter future
A food manufacturer has decided to invest in X-ray inspection technology to help support increased emphasis in the company’s product checking processes.Â
Brighter Foods has the...
Box maker investment a ‘game-changer’ in printed corrugated packaging
RIGID Containers has revealed it has invested in the latest Mitsubishi Evol to ensure it can meet growing demand for sustainable printed corrugated boxes.
The...
Systems show their metal as users hail ‘uptime benefits’
METTLER-Toledo has announced that manufacturers that have installed the firm’s GC (Global Conveyor) series of integrated conveyorised metal detection systems are reporting ‘significant productivity...
ULMA adds to flow pack wrapping portfolio
ULMA Packaging UK has added to its FLOW-VAC portfolio with the new FV 55 SD flow pack wrapping machine.
Described as ideal' for the packaging...
Spirits are high in Kirkcaldy thanks to new bottling line
A new spirits facility that allows bottling and packaging from small volumes in single casks to 30,000 litre tankers has been established by QAS...
