Polystyrene milk bottles
01 June, 2008BASF joined forces with Alpla to create a bottle for milk and yoghurt beverages using impact-resistant polystyrene (PS-I). This demonstrates that polystyrene is an inexpensive alternative when it comes to packaging for this sector.
Milk is a good food
04 April, 2008Good news for the dairy industry: a recent study has established that children who drink milk have better nutrition and equal or better BMIs.
Cheese plant ordered
13 November, 2006APV has been awarded a contract for one of the largest capacity cheese plant orders it has ever undertaken
Vision verifies packaging at Tip Top Ice Cream
13 September, 2006Tip Top in New Zealand produces around 50 million litres of ice-cream per year out of facilities in Auckland and Christchurch
Dairy innovation centre announced
11 September, 2006Victoria's status as the capital of the nation's dairy industry will be further enhanced with the opening of a new dairy innovation centre designed to place Australia at the forefront of world dairying innovation and thinking.
Cheese and cholesterol
19 June, 2006Australian research shows that cheese is different to butter in the cholesterol stakes. In fact, people can enjoy cheese without harming their blood cholesterol levels.
Australian milk could improve Chinese standard of living
12 May, 2006Victoria's expertise in agriculture, dairy, animal husbandry, manufacturing, clean coal technology, services and biotechnology could lead to China becoming the state's top trading partner within the next few years, the Consul-General of the People's Republic of China in Melbourne, Mr Liang Shugen, will told a symposium on Friday 12 May.
Augmented reality technology could improve communication in poultry plants
25 January, 2006Technology that transfers computer-generated information onto the physical world is being tested for use in poultry farms to improve communication between computers and workers.
Dairy tub packing
23 September, 2005The Pack Line PXG tub filling and sealing machine and the PDP-1 pouch and bag fillers are both designed to economically, swiftly and cleanly handle a range of moist products and liquids including dairy products.
UV disinfection in the dairy industry
06 September, 2005In an increasingly regulated and safety-conscious market, the dairy industry has to meet ever more stringent standards of quality. Effective microbial disinfection of process water is therefore essential
Milk sacks to the US
15 August, 2005Amcor has reached a licence agreement with US-based Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation to provide revolutionary milk sack technology.
Determining the shelf life of pasteurised milk
12 August, 2005Soleris technology has been proven an effective indicator of the shelf life of pasteurised fluid milk, according to a study conducted by the Mississippi State University Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion.
Bega's 100% wireless coverage within a unique environment
20 July, 2005Bega has implemented full wireless VoIP (voice over internet protocol) and wireless data capture coverage within its massive NSW packaging and distribution facility.
Communicating and cutting cheese at Bega
20 July, 2005Based in New South Wales Australia, dairy farming started in the Bega Valley in the 1850s. During these early years each farmer produced and sold cheese from his own dairy.
In milk, we have a unique raw material
06 July, 2005 by Richard Johnson, Lead Chemist, Fonterra LaboratoriesFormed in October 2001, the Fonterra Cooperative Group is a leading multi-national dairy company, owned by 13,000 New Zealand dairy farmers. With an annual turnover of US$6.8 billion, they are the world's largest exporter of dairy products
