Capacity is filling up

RP Adam is to increase production capacity at its Selkirk base by more than 40% after investing £125,000 in new filling line technology. The cleaning...

No horseplay from new FastPac machine

AN animal feed supplier has reportedly increased its bagging efficiency by 15% after splashing out on a new FastPac sack placer. The machine was installed...

All good in the hood

Daren Spice, sales and marketing director at Gordian Strapping, discusses the benefits of stretch hooding ONCE pallets have been secured for transit, often with plastic...

Metal detectors the ‘natural choice’ for Britain’s food-on-the-go SMEs

By Phil Brown, European sales director at Fortress Technology ACCORDING to statistics gathered by DEFRA for the annual Food Statistics Pocketbook, SMEs in the UK...

DHL snaps up four collaborative robots

DHL Supply Chain has bought four collaborative Sawyer robots as part of the firm's robotics programme. The robots will be used across DHL's 19 co-packing and production logistics...

Krones puts faith in apprentice programme

Krones has expanded its apprentice programme with the announcement that three more recruits are planned to join the company this year. Managing director Andrew Wilson...

Yamato names new business development manager

PAUL Ingall has been appointed business development manager at Yamato Scale Dataweigh. The firm revealed his "chief responsibility" will be to work with the operations manager to...

Yamato launches genuine spare parts next-day delivery service

Yamato Scale Dataweigh UK has announced a next-day delivery service on genuine spare parts. The service applies to ranges of multihead weighers and checkweighers, with Yamato...

CWM Automation adds to sales and marketing team

CWM Automation has strengthened its sales and marketing department with two new appointments. The packaging machinery and end of line automation manufacturer, which supplies filling, lidding...

Acquisition adds to Tetra Pak’s cheese technology portfolio

Tetra Pak has announced the acquisition of Wisconsin-based Johnson Industries International, a manufacturer of equipment and lines to produce mozzarella cheese. Tetra Pak said the...