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120,000 hL/year brewery by Krones
Krones has accepted a bid from New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, Wisconsin, for the erection of a Greenfield brewery with a yearly capacity of 120,000 hL
[ + ]Chlorine dioxide disinfection
This article discusses the application of chlorine dioxide preparation systems as a disinfection agent in the sectors of drinking water, bottle disinfection and power stations
[ + ]Vision verifies packaging at Tip Top Ice Cream
Tip Top in New Zealand produces around 50 million litres of ice-cream per year out of facilities in Auckland and Christchurch
[ + ]Robotic food processing now with x-ray vision
Zen Automation has been working closely with Melbourne-based Applied Sorting Technologies in using x-ray sensing to expand the capabilities of robotics systems, particularly for processing fresh fruit and vegetables
[ + ]Please don't let it be Wal-Mart
With yesterday's announcement that Coles has been approached by a potential buyer my first reaction was "Please don't let it be Wal-Mart"
[ + ]Safety for safety's sake
One of Australia's leading occupational health and safety managers discusses the evolution of workplace safety in food and beverage manufacturing with What's New in Food Technology & Manufacturing
[ + ]DOD coder for Cheetham Salt
Cheetham Salt is Australia's largest producer and refiner of salt. Its 12 solar salt fields nationally produce an annual total of more than 1.4 million tonnes, which is processed at six refineries
[ + ]Pressure-sensitive labeller for Barossa brewery
When the South Australian-based Barossa Brewery needed to upgrade to a new pressure-sensitive labeller for applying labels to its 375 mL bottles the CEO embarked on an exhaustive testing program
[ + ]Taking the guesswork out of electrical stimulation
New technology jointly developed by Realcold Milmech in conjunction with Applied Sorting Technologies and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has taken the guesswork out of applying electrical stimulation to cattle and sheep carcasses
[ + ]Nifty packaging for a cup of tea
Quikstix is a new and convenient way to make cups of tea or coffee. All ingredients, including stirrer, are contained in the one clever device.
[ + ]Pouch success for semi-liquid fat
Vandemoortele is a Belgian food group that supplies soy products, frozen dough products and margarine/fats to the food service and retail sectors
[ + ]Automating salad layers
A prominent British food company supplies a very big supermarket chain in the UK with fresh and convenient salads
[ + ]Beverage bottling on high
At 5100 m above sea level, a spring wells up from a glacier in the Himalayas, which is bottled by the Tibet Glacier Mineral Water Co
[ + ]We are eating ourselves to death
Although the refrigerated display counters at the supermarkets abound in healthy food items, we are eating an increasingly greater amount of unhealthy foods
[ + ]The potential of intelligent labels
Food poisoning in the US is claimed to take 5000 lives every year and force 325,000 into hospital treatment. Overall, nearly one in four Americans suffers from some form of food poisoning in any year
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