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Biodegradability and the packaging industry
As market demand for environmentally friendly plastics grows, CSIRO is helping the packaging industry assess product biodegradability
[ + ]Labelling premium smallgoods
Barkly Continental is a supplier of top grade, hand made specialty European-style hams, sausages, and other pickled and smoked pork products
[ + ]Screener at Cargill Beef
Cargill Beef Australia began screening meat meal at its Tamworth plant using the largest circular vibratory screen separator manufactured in Australia
[ + ]Waste compacting for meat packer
The first Morinders Brickman B900K briquette press in Australia was purchased by Victorian meat packing company SRS last year. The company needed an efficient method of disposing of cardboard boxes in the wet room where staff unpack meat
[ + ]Magnetic filters keep chocolate iron free
Large European chocolate producers are using double-walled magnetic filters from Goudsmit Magnetic Systems to remove very fine iron particles (from 25 mhu) from liquid chocolate
[ + ]Better brewing with automation from Siemens
Thanks to a control system from Siemens, breweries can oversee the entire brewing process from a single monitor, allowing them to produce beer faster and more cost efficiently while ensuring quality of taste remains at a consistently high level
[ + ]Burra Foods saves 250,000 L of water/day
Dairy processor Burra Foods has almost halved water use over the past three months a reduction unlikely to be matched anywhere in Australia, according to the factory boss
[ + ]Processing cabbage in a stainless environment
Twelve months after the design and installation of a unique cabbage processing system in Melbourne, the importance of quality stainless steel fabrication has never been clearer
[ + ]Financing growth at SPC Ardmona
GE Commercial Finance is working with Australia's largest producer of packaged fruit and vegetables, SPC Ardmona, to introduce an innovative quality sorting solution for canned fruit to the local market
[ + ]Australians getting fatter on healthier food
The Australian and New Zealand nutraceuticals market is booming, according to a report by international market research company, Frost and Sullivan
[ + ]Better brewing with automation from Siemens
Thanks to a control system from Siemens, breweries can oversee the entire brewing process from a single monitor, allowing them to produce beer faster and more cost efficiently while ensuring quality of taste remains at a consistently high level
[ + ]Food safety is a global concern
With the cold war over, the US is now focusing on terrorism as its major threat to national security
[ + ]Financing growth at SPC Ardmona
GE Commercial Finance is working with Australia's largest producer of packaged fruit and vegetables, SPC Ardmona, to introduce an innovative quality sorting solution for canned fruit to the local market
[ + ]Trays for dogs
Forthglade has selected multilayer trays from RPC Bebo UK Corby for its revamped dog food range
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