Major cava producer Bodega Jaume Serra has installed a Krones line that maximises output. [ + ]

Companies faced with food tampering need to make sure they remain sensitive to their customers’ cultural views before trying to assign blame when responding, according to a new study. [ + ]

In 2010, Coca-Cola’s chunky fruit juice Pulpy was on sale in 14 different nations; by 2011 it was already being produced and sold on 25 national markets. Beverages featuring fruit chunks are regarded as the paramount drivers for future global growth in the fruit juice segment. [ + ]

A joint initiative of a German engineering firm and Australia’s largest industrial automation and control systems integration company is generating returns on investment for manufacturers in months, rather than years. [ + ]

Anuga FoodTec is the premier international food processing equipment and technology exhibition. At this year's event, four Australian/New Zealand companies, Heat and Control, Gold Peg International, Cavitus and GEA Avapak, will show the international food processing community their wares. [ + ]

The Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Incorporated is hosting the 45th Annual Convention in Adelaide in July. The theme of the Convention is ‘Reaping the rewards’. [ + ]

The International FoodTec Awards celebrate the best new products, technologies, services, equipment and ideas that will improve the quality, safety and efficiency of the food industry. In 2012, nine companies have been awarded Gold and 10 Silver. [ + ]

Naturalness, functional value, enjoyment and convenience are still the prime drivers regulating consumer beverage purchase behaviour. But in the beverage processing plants operators are also focusing on minimising their environmental footprints and maximising their efficiency. [ + ]

Instead of paddock to plate, your hamburger could soon be making a journey from the test tube. Two scientists outlined their research into meat substitutes grown in the lab at the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) annual meeting on 19 February, revealing new possibilities for more sustainable meat production to feed the world’s growing population. [ + ]

A strategic alliance partner of GS1 Australia, insignia has helped CUB ensure logistics labelling is accurate at CUB’s Yatala brewery in Queensland. [ + ]

BIG (Bottling Investment Group), the production firm of The Coca-Cola Company, has gained a foothold in Malaysia with a greenfield facility serving as a showcase for bottlers in the entire region. The plant was designed to meet the needs of Coca-Cola’s move into the liquid-food beverage market. The plant has a number of sustainability features and innovations including the twin-flow filler in monobloc design from Krones, with separate pre-dosing of pulp and subsequent filling of juice on a PET hotfill line. [ + ]

McCormick’s packaging engineers in France took their consumers’ needs into consideration when they were designing a new spice package with a wider neck and wider access. The engineers chose the Wetherchem FlapMate closure as the traditional single-method sift cap on the package wouldn’t truly satisfy all of their customers. [ + ]

CompAir’s Quantima compressor system has helped Australia’s largest milk processor, Murray Goulburn (MGC), reduce costs and carbon emissions. [ + ]

When the local council changed the criteria for discharge to local sewage treatment works, a New South Wales juice producer turned to Ovivo Australia to supply, construct and commission a new waste water treatment plant (WWTP) at its factory. [ + ]

Choosing a Dematic robotic layer picker has helped Nestlé Australia improve safety, quality and productivity - and won Nestlé industry recognition for its system. [ + ]